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Brazil registers over 45,000 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-07-17 06:39:15 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:3 - ID:9066073
BRASILIA, July 17 (MENA) - Brazil registered 45,591 new COVID-19 cases and 1,456 new deaths in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. This brings the nation's total infections to 19,308,109 and the death toll to ....
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EU says Egypt 'important partner', plays essential role in ME peace process
Date: 2021-07-16 21:25:33 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:84 - ID:9065882
BRUSSELS, July 16 (MENA) - European Union spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy Peter Stano said Friday the EU appreciates Egypt's role in regional files, especially its essential role in the Middle East peace process. In an ....
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Lavrov highlights need to launch intra-Afghan talks at meeting with Afghan president
Date: 2021-07-16 19:13:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:80 - ID:9065823
TASHKENT, July 16 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on the sidelines of an international conference dubbed ‘Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and ....
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China, Bangladesh mull boosting anti-poverty cooperation
Date: 2021-07-16 17:58:28 GMT - China - World - SN:76 - ID:9065737
BEIJING, July 16 (MENA) - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Kalam Abdul Momen in Tashkent Friday, Xinhua News Agency reported. China will continue to provide Bangladesh with vaccines ....
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Ukraine: Additional restrictions on entry from Russia possible
Date: 2021-07-16 17:30:23 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:74 - ID:9065708
KIEV, July 16 (MENA) – Ukraine’s government may consider introducing additional restrictive measures on entry of citizens from Russia and a number of other countries due to the situation with the coronavirus infection, Secretary of the National ....
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850 soldiers deployed to face floods in western Germany
Date: 2021-07-16 16:30:57 GMT - Germany - World - SN:67 - ID:9065615
BERLIN, July 16 (MENA) – German Defense Ministry spokesman Arne Collatz said the German military had deployed some 850 troops in affected areas, but the number is "rising significantly because the need is growing,'' DW reported. He added that the ....
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Pakistan expects mass influx of refugees from Afghanistan
Date: 2021-07-16 16:30:07 GMT - Uzbekistan - World - SN:66 - ID:9065610
TASHKENT, July 16 (MENA) - Pakistani authorities expect an increase in the number of refugees fleeing from Afghanistan, with no capacity to accept the new flow of asylum seekers, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday. "As of now ....
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An-28 passenger plane with 17 people on board goes missing over Siberia
Date: 2021-07-16 14:36:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:9065376
MOSCOW, July 16 (MENA) - Rescue crews have located the An-28 plane that went missing in the Tomsk region of Russia, RIA Novosti reported. The aircraft made a hard landing, the local emergency services clarified, adding that it was found by a ....
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Australia will continue to push for answers over COVID-19 origins, says PM
Date: 2021-07-16 14:04:36 GMT - Australia - World - SN:52 - ID:9065347
CANBERRA, July 16 (MENA) - Australia will continue to push for answers the world "deserves" over the origins of Covid-19 despite pushback from China, the Australian prime minister said. Scott Morrison held firm on Australia’s probing approach to ....
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Russia did not give Kerry promises about emissions, Moscow already does a lot — Kremlin
Date: 2021-07-16 13:43:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:9065297
MOSCOW, July 16 (MENA) - Moscow did not give US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry any promises in terms of reducing emissions, Russia is already doing a lot in this area, TASS news agency quoted Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry ....