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Seoul sounds alarm on humanitarian crisis in North Korea
Date: 2021-02-26 12:54:17 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:42 - ID:8819210
LONDON, Feb 26 (MENA) - South Korea has warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis and meals shortages unfolding in North Korea as chief Kim Jong Un grapples with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the Financial Times reported. Lee ....
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Japan: State of emergency to be lifted in 6 prefectures
Date: 2021-02-26 12:48:44 GMT - Japan - World - SN:41 - ID:8819259
TOKYO, Feb 26 (MENA) - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said coronavirus conditions in six prefectures have improved enough to lift a state of emergency at the end of the month. But the declaration will remain in place for Tokyo and three ....
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Explosion destroys cafe, injures 3 people in Russia
Date: 2021-02-26 12:37:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:39 - ID:8819153
MOSCOW, Feb 26 (MENA) - An explosion destroyed a café building and injured three people in a Russian city 400 kilometers east of Moscow, Interfax news agency quoted emergency officials as saying. The blast in Nizhny Novgorod on Friday morning ....
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New top Japanese envoy meets S. Korean vice FM amid protracted tensions
Date: 2021-02-26 11:55:00 GMT - south korea - World - SN:37 - ID:8819204
SEOUL, Feb 26 (MENA) - New Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Aiboshi met with First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun on Friday as he began his duty amid protracted tensions between the two countries over wartime issues, Yonhap news agency ....
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Czech coronavirus cases reach new high of 14,457
Date: 2021-02-26 11:53:30 GMT - Czech - World - SN:36 - ID:8819211
PRAGUE, Feb 26 (MENA) - The number of COVID-19 patients in a serious conditions reached a new high at 1,531 on Friday morning, according to data released by the Czech Health Ministry. The number of newly detected cases continues to rise, with ....
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3 people killed as gunmen attack slain journalist’s house western Afghanistan
Date: 2021-02-26 11:36:36 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:33 - ID:8819152
KABUL, Feb 26 (MENA) - At least three people were killed and five more were wounded in an attack by unidentified armed men in the western province of Ghor on Thursday night, Tolo News reported on Friday. The house that was attacked by gunmen ....
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Moscow condemns US airstrikes on Syria, demands respect for Arab republic's sovereignty
Date: 2021-02-26 11:31:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:32 - ID:8819155
MOSCOW, Feb 26 (MENA) - Russia "strongly condemns" the US' Thursday night attack along the Syrian-Iraqi border, Sputnik news agency reported, quoting Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying. "We strongly condemn such ....
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Michael Somare, first prime minister of Papua New Guinea, dies at 84
Date: 2021-02-26 10:34:16 GMT - Papua New Guinea - World - SN:29 - ID:8819121
PORT MORESBY, Feb 26 (MENA) - Papua New Guinea's first prime minister, Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, has died at the age of 84, ABC News reported. Known as the father of the nation, Sir Michael led PNG into independence from Australia in 1975 ....
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UN confirms Geneva meeting on Cyprus to be held in late April
Date: 2021-02-26 09:48:48 GMT - Greece - World - SN:27 - ID:8818931
ATHENS, Feb 26 (MENA) - The United Nations has confirmed that an informal five-party conference will take place under its auspices on the Cyprus issue, in Geneva, between April 27 and 29. The purpose of meeting, the UN said, will be to determine ....
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Singapore registers 13 new imported coronavirus infections
Date: 2021-02-26 09:28:48 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:26 - ID:8818958
SINGAPORE, Feb 26 (MENA) - Singapore reported 13 new cases of Covid-19 within the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of coronavirus infections in the country to 59,913 cases, said the Ministry of Health in a press release Friday. All cases ....
