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One person dead, several others wounded in shooting at German university
Date: 2022-01-24 14:56:46 GMT - Germany - World - SN:63 - ID:9383099
BERLIN/WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (MENA) - A lone gunman injured several people in a shooting in an auditorium at the University of Heidelberg, in south west Germany on Monday, police, quoted by CNN, said. A police spokesman said that the perpetrator, ....
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Global conditions "ideal" for more Covid variants to emerge - WHO chief
Date: 2022-01-24 14:07:45 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:54 - ID:9382669
GENEVA, Jan 24 (MENA) - WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the “acute phase” of the Covid-19 global health crisis can be finished this year if countries globally use strategies and tools in a comprehensive way. As the world ....
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Blinken: Russian threat to Ukraine matter of concern for entire world
Date: 2022-01-24 13:43:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:9382938
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday the Russian threat to Ukraine "is a concern that should extend not only to Europe and the United States, but in a sense it should concern the entire world." "If a ....
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EU says not following US diplomat families’ withdrawals from Ukraine
Date: 2022-01-24 13:37:02 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:50 - ID:9382651
BRUSSELS, Jan 24 (MENA) - The EU is not following the US in withdrawing its diplomats’ families from Ukraine, top European diplomat Josep Borrell said on Monday , adding that there was no need to “dramatize” the situation while talks with Russia ....
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NATO steps up readiness in Eastern Europe
Date: 2022-01-24 13:28:05 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:48 - ID:9382673
BRUSSELS, Jan 24 (MENA) - NATO said on Monday that member countries were putting their forces on standby and sending additional ships and fighter jets to Eastern Europe to reassure allies in the region, as Britain joined the United States in ....
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Germany not to pull Kiev embassy staff - FM
Date: 2022-01-24 13:26:44 GMT - Germany - World - SN:47 - ID:9382715
BERLIN, Jan 24 (MENA) - The German Foreign Ministry announed it will not withdraw employees from the German Embassy to Ukraine. The German workers and their families will stay in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, the ministry said in a press release on ....
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Japan eyes evacuating nationals in Ukraine amid military tensions
Date: 2022-01-24 11:51:58 GMT - Japan - World - SN:42 - ID:9382610
TOKYO, Jan 24 (MENA) - Japan is considering evacuating its nationals in Ukraine amid fears of an imminent Russian invasion, Japanese government sources said Monday, following such an order by the US to family members of its embassy staff. About ....
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Russia reports 65,109 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2022-01-24 10:55:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:9382499
MOSCOW, Jan 24 (MENA) - Russia has confirmed 65,109 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 11,173,300, since the pandemic hit the country, according to Sputnik news agency. The Federal Response Center said ....
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Russian, Syrian pilots conduct joint air patrol mission along Golan Heights
Date: 2022-01-24 09:45:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:9382128
MOSCOW, Jan 24 (MENA) - Russian and Syrian military pilots have conducted a joint air patrol mission along the Golan Heights and the Euphrates River, TASS quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying in a statement. "The mission’s route ran ....
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Second batch of US weapons arrives in Ukraine
Date: 2022-01-24 09:44:26 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:26 - ID:9382300
KIEV, Jan 24 (MENA) - A plane with 80 tons of weapons landed in Kiev – the second batch of US defense aid as part of a $200 million package, Ukrinform reported. “The second bird in Kiev! More than 80 tons of weapons to strengthen Ukraine's ....
