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India, UK agree to facilitate travel for "Roadmap 2030": Indian FM
Date: 2021-10-08 14:14:28 GMT - India - World - SN:47 - ID:9207665
NEW DELHI, Oct 8 (MENA) - Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar spoke with UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss a day after the UK added India to its vaccine-eligible countries list for Covishield, which would mean fully vaccinated Indians will no longer ....
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Japan PM, Russia's Putin agree to advance peace treaty talks
Date: 2021-10-08 14:13:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:46 - ID:9207596
MOSCOW, Oct 8 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida confirmed that both sides are interesting in reaching a peace deal between Moscow and Tokyo, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday. Putin and ....
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China receives invitation to attend upcoming Moscow-format meeting on Afghanistan
Date: 2021-10-08 14:03:11 GMT - China - World - SN:44 - ID:9207672
BEIJING, Oct 8 (MENA) - China has received an invitation to take part in the upcoming Moscow-format meeting on Afghanistan, which the Russian capital hosts on October 20, and maintains contact with Russia and all the other parties on the matter, the ....
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Dialogue with EMA on Sputnik V jab moving forward, Lavrov says
Date: 2021-10-08 13:51:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:43 - ID:9207467
MOSCOW, Oct 8 (MENA) - Moscow’s cooperation with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) over the recognition of Russia’s coronavirus-fighting Sputnik V vaccine for use on EU soil has progressed, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reported on ....
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Chinese FM calls for joint efforts to remove "cancer" of terrorism
Date: 2021-10-08 13:10:43 GMT - China - World - SN:36 - ID:9207377
BEIJING, Oct 8 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on the international community to unite and work together to remove the "cancer" of terrorism, adding that China will continue to offer its solutions to global ....
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US Senate approves temporary lift to debt ceiling, averting default
Date: 2021-10-08 12:37:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:34 - ID:9207502
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (MENA) - The US Senate on Thursday approved legislation to temporarily raise the federal government's $28.4 trillion debt limit and avoid the risk of a historic default this month, but it put off until early December a decision on ....
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Japan records 827 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-10-08 12:14:18 GMT - Japan - World - SN:31 - ID:9207397
TOKYO, Oct 8 (MENA) - Japanese health authorities confirmed 827 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking the total in the country to 1,709,329. The death toll from the virus in Japan reached 17,920 after recording 46 new ....
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Japan PM Kishida holds first phone talks with China's Xi
Date: 2021-10-08 08:57:36 GMT - Japan - World - SN:17 - ID:9207081
TOKYO, Oct 8 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held phone talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday, according to a Japanese government official, their first conversation since Kishida took office this week. Kishida stressed ....
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Guterres calls unequal distribution of Covid vaccines across globe immoral & stupid
Date: 2021-10-08 08:15:07 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:15 - ID:9207038
NEW YORK, Oct 8 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned the inequitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines across the globe Friday, saying it was immoral and stupid. "Not to have equitable distribution of ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 236,760,977
Date: 2021-10-08 06:50:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9206938
WAHSINGTON, Oct 8 (MENA) - As many as 236,760,977 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Friday. It added that 4,834,268 people have died from the virus ....