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  • Mask mandate on public transportation to end Monday

    Date: 2023-03-19 07:25:37 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:10073371

    SEOUL, March 19 (MENA) - The government's decision to lift the mask mandate on public transportation and pharmacies in open public spaces will go into effect this week amid a gradual COVID-19 virus downtrend, according to the Korean news agency ....

  • Russia to raise US invasion of Iraq under false pretext at UNSC

    Date: 2023-03-18 21:58:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:10073254

    MOSCOW, March 18 (MENA) - The Russian mission to the United Nations will raise the issue of the United States' invasion of Iraq under false pretext in 2003 during consultations on the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) on ....

  • Strong earthquake shakes coastal Ecuador

    Date: 2023-03-18 20:32:17 GMT - Ecuador - World - SN:59 - ID:10073196

    WASHINGTON, March 18 (MENA) - The US Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 in Ecuador's coastal Guayas region on Saturday. The earthquake was centered about 50 miles south of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second-largest ....

  • Moscow extends grain deal for only 60 days - Russian foreign ministry

    Date: 2023-03-18 17:16:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:52 - ID:10073046

    MOSCOW, March 18 (MENA) - Russia agreed to extend the grain deal for only sixty days, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS on Saturday. "We repeat once again. Russia agreed to extend the deal for sixty days," she ....

  • Russia open to proposals on resolving Ukraine issue, says diplomat

    Date: 2023-03-18 16:42:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:48 - ID:10073011

    MOSCOW, March 18 (MENA) - Moscow is open to serious proposals on resolving the Ukrainian crisis but will not accept ultimatums, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement on Saturday. When commenting on Ukrainian ....

  • Japan to watch developments of investigation against Putin: Kishida

    Date: 2023-03-18 14:18:09 GMT - Japan - World - SN:39 - ID:10072851

    TOKYO, March 18 (MENA) - Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday that Japan will carefully monitor the developments of an investigation against Russian President Vladimir Putin after holding talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Tokyo, ....

  • Poland receives 22,300 refugees from Ukraine

    Date: 2023-03-18 09:57:02 GMT - Poland - World - SN:21 - ID:10072393

    WARSAW, March 18 (MENA) - A total of 22,300 refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation there, Radio Poland said on Saturday, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. Nearly ....

  • Kerry to visit Mexico Monday

    Date: 2023-03-18 08:29:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:10072197

    WASHINGTON, March 18 (MENA) – US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Oaxaca, Mexico, from March 20-22 and to New York City, New York, from March 23-25, the US Department of State said in a press release. In Mexico, ....

  • Biden says Putin war crime charges justified

    Date: 2023-03-18 08:24:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:10072210

    WASHINGTON, March 18 (MENA) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, alleging Moscow's forcible deportation of Ukrainian children is a war crime, as the Kremlin reacted with outrage, The ....

  • Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to 164,200

    Date: 2023-03-18 08:13:12 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:13 - ID:10072222

    KIEV, March 18 (MENA) - The Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated nearly 164,200 Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to March 18, 2023, including 880 soldiers over the past day alone. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ....

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