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  • Russia to launch British OneWeb communications satellites from Baikonur on March 5

    Date: 2022-01-03 11:24:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:9348956

    MOSCOW, Jan 3 (MENA) - Over 35 British OneWeb communications satellites will be launched from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan on March 5, Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos reported on Monday. "In accordance with the 2022 launch ....

  • Russia registers more than 16,000 new coronavirus cases, 835 deaths

    Date: 2022-01-03 09:32:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:9348716

    MOSCOW, Jan 3 (MENA) - Russia registered 16,343 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, with the total number of infections reaching 10,554,309 cases, Sputnik News Agency reported Sunday quoting the anti-coronavirus crisis ....

  • UNICEF urges supporting Philippine children affected by Typhoon Rai/Odette

    Date: 2022-01-03 08:36:30 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:19 - ID:9348569

    NEW YORK, Jan 3 (MENA) - There are 846,000 children who need help after Typhoon Rai/Odette destroyed their homes. A more infectious strain of COVID-19 and continued heavy rainfall over typhoon-affected areas pose an additional danger and can further ....

  • COVID-19 pandemic may be over by May, Russian expert says

    Date: 2022-01-03 07:24:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:9348534

    MOSCOW, Jan 3 (MENA) - The coronavirus pandemic may be over by May given the observance of all preventive measures and the vaccination drive, epidemiologist and Russia’s former chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko told TASS. "It’s a long ....

  • Explosion rocks Kabul, causes no damage

    Date: 2022-01-03 07:23:17 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:9348532

    KABUL, Jan 3 (MENA) - An explosion took place in the 11th police district of Kabul on Monday morning, an official said. Aqil Jan Azam, deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, said: “A landmine went off close to the 11th police district ....

  • India reports new 33,750 Covid cases, 123 deaths in last 24 hours

    Date: 2022-01-03 07:16:13 GMT - India - World - SN:15 - ID:9348475

    NEW DELHI, Jan 3 (MENA) - India on Monday reported 33,750 new Covid cases, 22.5 percent jump from yesterday while the active cases rose to 1,45,582, The Times of India reported, quoting the Union health ministry data. There are 1,700 Omicron ....

  • Survey:84% of firms in Japan see economic growth in 2022

    Date: 2022-01-03 06:54:33 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:9348489

    TOKYO, Jan 3 (MENA) - About 84 percent of major companies in Japan expect the country's economy to grow in 2022, driven by recovering personal consumption amid hopes that the coronavirus pandemic will subside, a Kyodo News survey showed ....

  • John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 290 million

    Date: 2022-01-03 06:32:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:9348454

    WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (MENA) - As many as 290,157,607 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported on Monday. It added that about 5,443,753 have died from the virus ....

  • US survey: Americans see 2021 as "chaos" but are "hopeful" about 2022

    Date: 2022-01-03 06:27:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:9348438

    WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (MENA) - A survey of 1,000 registered voters, taken by cellphone and landline on December 27 to December 30, showed that close to half of Americans say the one word that best describes their mood about 2022 is "hopeful", according ....

  • Rep. Adam Schiff says it appears to be 'very likely' that Russia will invade Ukraine

    Date: 2022-01-03 06:23:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9348436

    WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (MENA) - US Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff warned Sunday that economic sanctions may be the strongest deterrent against a "very likely" Russian invasion of Ukraine, Insider reported. "I think it would require enormous sanctions on ....

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