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  • Japan to host first joint military drill with US, France

    Date: 2021-04-23 13:40:42 GMT - Japan - World - SN:46 - ID:8924627

    TOKYO, April 23 (MENA) - Japan will hold a joint military drill with US and French troops in the country's southwest next month, the defence minister said Friday, as China's actions in regional waters raise concern. The exercise, running from May ....

  • Lithuania expels two Russian diplomats in move of solidarity with Czech Republic

    Date: 2021-04-23 12:29:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:39 - ID:8924466

    MOSCOW, April 23 (MENA) - Lithuania expelled two Russian diplomats in a move of solidarity with the Czech Republic, the Russian news agency Tass reported on Friday, quoting Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis. "A Russian Embassy ....

  • Japan declares state of emergency in Tokyo, other regions

    Date: 2021-04-23 11:04:19 GMT - Japan - World - SN:30 - ID:8924290

    TOKYO, April 23 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency Friday in Tokyo and the western Japan prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo in an effort to curb a surge in COVID-19 cases during the upcoming Golden Week ....

  • Kazakhstan reports 2,894 new daily coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-04-23 10:22:51 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:26 - ID:8924233

    NUR-SULTAN, April 23 (MENA) - The Kazakh Ministry of Health confirmed 2,894 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 300,733, Kazinform news agency reported on Friday. A statement issued by the ministry ....

  • Germany registers 27,543 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-04-23 10:16:14 GMT - Germany - World - SN:25 - ID:8924159

    BERLIN, April 23 (MENA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Germany increased by 27,543 to 3,245,253 in the past 24 hours, information from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Friday. Virus-linked fatalities ....

  • Russia summons Polish amb. in Moscow

    Date: 2021-04-23 09:43:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:8924165

    MOSCOW, April 23 (MENA) - Russia’s foreign ministry summoned the Polish ambassador on Friday following Warsaw’s expulsion of Russian diplomatic staff, RIA Novosti reported. Earlier this month, Warsaw expelled three Russian diplomats, saying that ....

  • People in England could get COVID passports for foreign travel by May 17

    Date: 2021-04-23 09:17:01 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:20 - ID:8924127

    LONDON, April23 (MENA) - Millions of people in England could be provided with so-called Covid passports by 17 May to let them take holidays abroad this summer and potentially avoid quarantine when they reach their destination, the Guardian has ....

  • S.Korea reports 797 more coronavirus cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-04-23 08:08:15 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:8923948

    SEOUL, April 23 (MENA) - As many as 797 additional people tested positive for COVID-19 in South Korea in the previous day, raising the country's cumulative caseload to 117,458, KBS News reported Friday. Out of the new cases, 758 were local ....

  • Ukraine reports 14,277 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-04-23 08:07:24 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:11 - ID:8923974

    KYIV, April 23 (MENA) - Ukraine has recorded 14,277 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 2,004,630, Ukrinform news agency reported, quoting Health Minister Maksym Stepanov as ....

  • Indonesia reports 6,243 new Covid-19 cases, 165 deaths

    Date: 2021-04-23 08:06:25 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:10 - ID:8923944

    JAKARTA, April 23 (MENA) - Indonesia's number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by 6,243 over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 1,626,812 so far, according to the Task Force for COVID-19 Handling. With 165 new ....

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