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  • Japan aiming to recategorize COVID on par with seasonal flu

    Date: 2023-01-20 08:35:26 GMT - Japan - World - SN:17 - ID:9977403

    TOKYO, Jan 20 (MENA) – Japan's government has decided to work toward easing anti-COVID measures by recategorizing the new coronavirus into the same class as seasonal influenza, NHK reported. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is expected to ....

  • Russian military death toll in Ukraine reaches 119,300

    Date: 2023-01-20 08:23:55 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:16 - ID:9977437

    KIEV, Jan 20 (MENA) - The Armed Forces of Ukraine killed about 119,300 Russian troops, including 770 soldiers over the past day, Ukrinform reported Friday. This is stated in the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ....

  • Davos 2023: Chief executive of 'world's largest vaccine maker' on achieving vaccine equity

    Date: 2023-01-20 08:21:11 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:15 - ID:9977434

    DAVOS, Jan 20 (MENA) - "We need to keep educating people and dispel vaccine hesitancy," Adar Poonawalla, chief executive of the Serum Institute of India (SII), told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He's been meeting with key ....

  • Russia, Pakistan readying two agreements on customs cooperation for signing

    Date: 2023-01-20 08:15:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:9977431

    MOSCOW, Jan 20 (MENA) - Russia and Pakistan are preparing two agreements in the area of customs cooperation for signing within the framework of the intergovernmental commission on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation, a representative ....

  • Gazprom supplies gas for Europe through Ukraine equaling 24.4 mcm after 23% decline

    Date: 2023-01-20 08:13:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:9977428

    MOSCOW, Jan 20 (MENA) - Gazprom supplies gas for Europe through Ukraine in the volume of 24.4 mln cubic meters per day via the Sudzha gas pumping station, TASS news agency quoted a Gazprom representative as saying. He added that the request for ....

  • Zelensky thanks Biden for another defense support package

    Date: 2023-01-20 08:10:41 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:12 - ID:9977422

    KIEV, Jan 20 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed gratitude to United States President Joseph Biden for another defense support package for Ukraine, totaling $2.5 billion. The relevant statement was made by President of ....

  • Poland receives 9.289 refugees from Ukraine

    Date: 2023-01-20 08:07:17 GMT - Poland - World - SN:11 - ID:9977417

    WARSAW, Jan 20 (MENA) – Some 9.289 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said, citing figures from Polish Border Guard. Poland received on Thursday about ....

  • Russians killed four residents of Donetsk region in past day

    Date: 2023-01-20 08:03:23 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:9977410

    KIEV, Jan 20 (MENA) - Russian troops killed four civilians and injured three in Donetsk region on Thursday, Ukrinform reported Friday. "On January 19, the Russians killed four civilians in Donetsk region: two – in Drobysheve, one – in Bakhmut, ....

  • Fierce clashes in Lima as thousands rally against Peru gov't

    Date: 2023-01-20 07:49:38 GMT - Peru - World - SN:7 - ID:9977391

    LIMA, Jan 20 (MENA) - Thousands marched through Peru's capital on Thursday in a large anti-government rally punctuated by clashes with police, while the death toll from over a month of violent protests climbed in the country's southern regions, ....

  • Irish PM: Northern Ireland deal could come in months

    Date: 2023-01-19 22:56:58 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:91 - ID:9977207

    DAVOS, Jan 19 (MENA) – Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Thursday that he was “somewhat optimistic” that a deal could be struck in the coming months between the European Union and the U.K. over Northern Ireland’s trading status, an issue that ....

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