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  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 387mn

    Date: 2022-02-04 06:44:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9400292

    WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 387 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Friday that the current ....

  • Japan mulls sending natural gas to Europe in contingency over Ukraine

    Date: 2022-02-03 22:37:52 GMT - Japan - World - SN:123 - ID:9400126

    TOKYO, Feb 3 (MENA) - Japan is weighing an option to divert part of its natural gas reserves to Europe in case Russia restricts gas supplies to the region in response to projected sanctions following a Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kyodo News ....

  • Germany's Olaf Scholz announces impending Moscow visit

    Date: 2022-02-03 22:37:39 GMT - Germany - World - SN:122 - ID:9400127

    BERLIN, Feb 3 (MENA) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he would travel to Moscow in the near future to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Deutsche Welle reported. "That is planned soon," Scholz told public broadcaster ZDF ....

  • 4 senior aides to Boris Johnson resign in wake of 'Partygate' scandal

    Date: 2022-02-03 22:36:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:120 - ID:9400141

    LONDON, Feb 3 (MENA) - Four senior aides to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday in the wake of the Downing Street 'Partygate' scandal, SkyNews reported. Downing Street announced in an evening statement that it had accepted ....

  • US designates Indonesia-Based Organization for Support to Terrorism

    Date: 2022-02-03 21:56:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:118 - ID:9400125

    WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (MENA) - The United States is designating World Human Care, an Indonesia-based organization that has provided financial support to Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), an Indonesia-based terrorist group. World Human Care provides ....

  • Blinken: Daesh leader killed in airstrike on Syria

    Date: 2022-02-03 21:55:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:117 - ID:9400124

    WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (MENA) - The military operation authorized by US President Biden and carried out by U.S. forces last night in northwest Syria has resulted in the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of Daesh – a significant ....

  • Putin hails Argentina as one of Russia’s key partners in Latin America

    Date: 2022-02-03 21:18:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:116 - ID:9400048

    MOSCOW, Feb 3 (MENA) - Argentina is one of Russia’s key partners in Latin America, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference following talks with his Argentine counterpart Alberto Fernandez on Thursday, TASS reported. "I would ....

  • Lavrov wishes China success in hosting Olympics at meeting with Wang Yi

    Date: 2022-02-03 21:17:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:115 - ID:9400044

    MOSCOW, Feb 3 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wished China success in hosting the 24th Winter Olympic Games at a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday. The two top diplomats agreed that a diplomatic boycott of the ....

  • EU: Eighth round of Iran nuclear deal talks to resume this week

    Date: 2022-02-03 21:17:40 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:114 - ID:9400046

    AMSTERDAM, Feb 3 (MENA) - The eight-round of talks on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will resume in Vienna later this week, according to a European Union spokesman. "Right now we are ....

  • Russia shuts down Deutsche Welle broadcast in response to Germany's RT DE ban

    Date: 2022-02-03 19:47:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:112 - ID:9399968

    MOSCOW, Feb 3 (MENA) - Russia is shutting down Deutsche Welle's broadcast in response to Germany banning RT DE and is launching a procedure to recognize it as a foreign agent, Sputnik reported. "The correspondent's office of the German ....

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