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British army to shrink to its smallest size since 1700s
Date: 2021-03-22 22:19:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:86 - ID:8866410
LONDON, March 22 (MENA) – The size of the British army will be reduced to 72,500 personnel, and the RAF will have its air cargo and personnel carriers drastically cut as part of the biggest overhaul of the armed forces in decades, Sky News ....
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Chinese Foreign Ministry: China-US strategic dialogue has boosted understanding
Date: 2021-03-22 15:35:55 GMT - China - World - SN:67 - ID:8865781
BEIJING, March 22 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said her country's attendance at the high-level strategic dialogue is an important step to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state in their telephone ....
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Russian Foreign Ministry: US did not back Putin's proposal about talks with Biden
Date: 2021-03-22 13:41:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:8865469
MOSCOW, March 22 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the US did not back a proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold direct dialogue with US President Joe Biden to discuss bilateral problems. "We regret to note that the ....
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A year of Covid lockdowns has cost the UK economy £251bn, study says
Date: 2021-03-22 09:55:29 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:29 - ID:8864792
LONDON, March 22 (MENA) - A year of Covid-19 lockdowns has cost the UK economy £251bn – the equivalent of the entire annual output of the south-east of England or nearly twice that of Scotland, The Guardian quoted a report published on ....
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Taiwan starts Covid-19 vaccinations as premier receives AstraZeneca shot
Date: 2021-03-22 09:40:17 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:27 - ID:8864680
TAIPEI, March 22 (MENA) - Taiwan Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang and Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-Chung received their first shots of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Monday as the country began administering the vaccines against ....
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Russia reports 9,284 new coronavirus cases, 361 deaths
Date: 2021-03-22 09:38:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:26 - ID:8864750
MOSCOW, March 22 (MENA) - Russia on Monday reported 9,284 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 1,586 in Moscow. This takes the total number of cases in Russia to 4,466,153 and 95,391 deaths, the Moscow Times reported, quoting the ....
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Russia launches 38 Satellites for 18 countries
Date: 2021-03-22 08:57:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:25 - ID:8864721
MOSCOW, March 22 (MENA) - A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday carrying 38 foreign satellites after takeoff was twice postponed due to technical issues, The Moscow Times quoted Russian space agency ....
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Japanese cautious after Tokyo region COVID-19 emergency lifted
Date: 2021-03-22 08:40:30 GMT - Japan - World - SN:23 - ID:8864698
TOKYO, March 22 (MENA) - People in the Tokyo metropolitan region remained cautious Monday a day after it became the last area of Japan to exit the coronavirus state of emergency introduced in early January, Kyodo reported. Some were worried that ....
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South Korea defense chief embarks on trip to UAE
Date: 2021-03-22 08:08:16 GMT - south korea - World - SN:21 - ID:8864591
SEOUL, March 22 (MENA) - Defense Minister Suh Wook has embarked on a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and India to meet with senior officials there to discuss ways to boost defense and arms industry ties, Yonhap quoted his office as saying ....
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Russia FM starts visit to China for talks on coordination of joint action
Date: 2021-03-22 07:55:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:8864522
MOSCOW, March 22 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived on a working visit to the Chinese city of Guilin for talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Tass News Agency reported. The ministers are expected to discuss the ....
