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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 381mn
Date: 2022-02-02 06:23:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9396688
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 381 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Wednesday that the ....
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Blinken, Japanese FM discuss denuclearization of Korea, Ukrainian crisis
Date: 2022-02-02 06:06:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9396671
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa, said spokesman for the State Department Ned Price. Secretary Blinken condemned the DPRK’s recent ballistic missile ....
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Covid-19 medical waste poses threat to environment: WHO warns
Date: 2022-02-01 21:52:40 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:95 - ID:9396596
GENEVA, Feb 1 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday that the huge amount of medical waste produced as a result of tackling the Covid-19 pandemic poses a threat to human and environmental health. In a new report, the United ....
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Italy monitors Russian ships in the Mediterranean
Date: 2022-02-01 20:37:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:89 - ID:9396554
LONDON, Feb 1 (MENA) – Italy is monitoring the transit of a group of Russian ships in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The ships are “in international waters and do not violate the sovereignty of coastal ....
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WHO warns it is ‘premature’ to declare victory over Covid
Date: 2022-02-01 18:30:16 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:79 - ID:9396401
GENEVA, Feb 1 (MENA) - The World Health Organization chief warned Tuesday that it is too early for countries to either declare victory over Covid-19 or give up attempts to halt transmission, The Guardian reported. “It is premature for any country ....
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EU approves €1.2 billion emergency assistance package to Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-01 15:11:28 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:63 - ID:9395757
BRUSSELS, Feb 1 (MENA) - The European Commission has approved a new emergency macro-financial assistance (MFA) programme for Ukraine of up to €1.2 billion. "As I announced last week, the EU Commission has proposed a €1.2 billion financial ....
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France condemns expulsion of its ambassador in Mali
Date: 2022-02-01 13:06:45 GMT - France - World - SN:48 - ID:9395828
PARIS, Feb 1 (MENA) - French government spokesman Gabriel Attal condemned on Tuesday the expulsion of France's ambassador to Mali. France would review along with EU partners its military presence in Mali, a day after the junta in Bamako ordered ....
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Huge volumes of COVID medical waste posing health hazard, WHO warns
Date: 2022-02-01 12:21:55 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:44 - ID:9395738
GENEVA, Feb 1 (MENA) - Tens of thousands of tons of medical waste have been generated in the two years since the coronavirus began spreading around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. The large amount of waste accumulated ....
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Lavrov, Blinken to discuss Russian reaction to US solutions on security — Foreign Ministry
Date: 2022-02-01 11:23:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:9395597
MOSCOW, Feb 1 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his US counterpart Antony Blinken will discuss Moscow’s reaction to the US solutions on Russia’s proposals in the security sphere in a phone conversation on Tuesday, the Russian ....
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Japan records rise in number of Omicron infections in several prefectures
Date: 2022-02-01 11:14:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:38 - ID:9395341
TOKYO, Feb 1 (MENA) - The omicron variant has been spreading quickly, pushing new reported infections to much higher than earlier waves of coronavirus especially among the elderly people, Kyodo News reported. The number of coronavirus patients at ....
