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John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide surpass 652 mln
Date: 2022-12-16 16:20:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:9925752
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (MENA) – As many as 652,265,740 people have been reported to be infected with coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Friday. It added that about 6,663,361 have died from the virus worldwide. The US ....
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Japan needs to boost its defence capabilities: Japanese PM
Date: 2022-12-16 16:13:24 GMT - Japan - World - SN:57 - ID:9925744
TOKYO, Dec 16 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio said on Friday Japan needs to boost its current defence capabilities, NHK News reported. Kishida, meanwhile, said the government plans to spend about 315 billion dollars on defence over ....
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Ukraine: 449 children killed since start of Russian military operation
Date: 2022-12-16 14:19:29 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:44 - ID:9925377
KIEV, Dec 16 (MENA) - A total of 449 children have been killed and 859 others injured since the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine last February, Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office announced. More than 1,308 children were ....
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Putin, India's Modi discuss cooperation in energy, agriculture and transport
Date: 2022-12-16 13:57:29 GMT - India - World - SN:43 - ID:9925550
NEW DELHI, Dec 16 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed cooperation in various spheres of the economy in a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, the Kremlin’s press service said on Friday. "The ....
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Ukraine's Ukrenergo declares state of emergency due to energy infrastructure damage
Date: 2022-12-16 13:56:50 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:42 - ID:9925557
KIEV, Dec 16 (MENA) - The Ukrainian operator Ukrenergo declared a state of emergency on Friday due to damage to Ukraine's energy infrastructure, TASS news agency reported. "Due to damage to Ukraine's power infrastructure (thermal power plants, ....
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Moscow welcomes Erdogan's idea to hold meeting of Turkey, Syria, Russia leaders: Bogdanov
Date: 2022-12-16 13:49:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:9925417
MOSCOW, Dec 16 (MENA) - Moscow welcomes the idea of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to hold a meeting of the leaders of Turkey, Syria and Russia, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov on Friday. "(We are) extremely positive ....
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Russia’s response to oil price cap expected soon — Kremlin
Date: 2022-12-16 12:11:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:30 - ID:9925374
MOSCOW, Dec 16 (MENA) - Russia’s response to the Western oil price cap is expected soon and all details are being finalized, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday. "The last points are being finalized. We expect it ....
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Putin to visit Belarus Monday for talks with Lukashenko
Date: 2022-12-16 11:57:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:29 - ID:9925370
MOSCOW, Dec 16 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Belarus on Monday for talks with his counterpart and ally Alexander Lukashenko, the Kremlin said in a statement Friday. Lukashenko will host Putin in Minsk for talks on security ....
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World’s first net zero transatlantic flight to fly from London in 2023
Date: 2022-12-16 09:32:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:18 - ID:9925112
LONDON, Dec 16 (MENA) – The first ever net zero transatlantic flight will take off from the UK next year, with Virgin Atlantic receiving government funding to fly across the pond using solely sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the British government ....
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Explosion in Turkey's Diyarbakir leaves 9 police officers injured
Date: 2022-12-16 09:10:48 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:17 - ID:9925045
ANKARA, Dec 16 (MENA) – A car bomb went off in Turkey’s largest Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir on Friday morning, injuring at least nine police officers, Sputnik quoted local authorities as saying. The incident occurred when a car exploded ....
