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  • Factory fire kills 38 people in central China, state media reports

    Date: 2022-11-22 06:32:32 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:9887302

    BEIJING, Nov 22 (MENA) - A fire at a factory in central China killed dozens of people, according to Chinese state-media, the latest in a string of fatal industrial accidents to hit the country in recent years, CNN reported Tuesday. State ....

  • OHCHR: 16,784 civilian casualties reported in Ukraine since Feb. 24

    Date: 2022-11-21 21:42:33 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:88 - ID:9887159

    GENEVA, Nov 21 (MENA) - The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 16,784 civilian casualties in Ukraine from February 24. In its report, published on Monday, the OHCHR reported 3,939 deaths and 5,338 injuries in ....

  • 8 killed in Colombia plane crash

    Date: 2022-11-21 21:42:11 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:87 - ID:9887196

    BOGOTÁ, Nov 21 (MENA) – A small plane carrying eight people crashed into a residential area of Colombia's second-largest city Medellin on Monday, killing all on board, media outlets quoted airport authorities as saying. The aircraft took off from ....

  • Putin: Russia is helping and will continue helping countries facing food deficit

    Date: 2022-11-21 21:41:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:86 - ID:9887158

    MOSCOW, Nov 21 (MENA) - Russia will continue providing help to countries facing the food shortage due to the West’s reckless policy, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. "We are helping and will continue helping countries facing the ....

  • WHO to identify pathogens that could cause future outbreaks, pandemics

    Date: 2022-11-21 20:42:13 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:85 - ID:9887160

    GENEVA, Nov 21 (MENA) – WHO is launching a global scientific process to update the list of priority pathogens— agents that can cause outbreaks or pandemics — to guide global investment, research and development (R&D), especially in vaccines, tests ....

  • Biden sending federal aid to western New York after massive storm

    Date: 2022-11-21 19:23:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:9887051

    WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden on Monday approved an emergency declaration for New York and ordered federal assistance to help respond to the severe winter storm in the western part of the state, The Hill reported. His action ....

  • Indonesia quake kills 56, wounds hundreds

    Date: 2022-11-21 13:52:43 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:49 - ID:9886633

    JAKARTA, Nov 21 (MENA) - A 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed more than 50 people and injured hundreds in Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, with rescuers trying to reach survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series of aftershocks as night ....

  • UK business leaders urge Sunak to seek better EU relations

    Date: 2022-11-21 12:37:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:38 - ID:9886204

    LONDON, Nov 21 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was urged to improve relations with the EU and to take the brakes off the country’s economy, according to The Financial Times. In a report published on its website on Monday, the ....

  • John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide surpass 638 mln

    Date: 2022-11-21 12:03:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:34 - ID:9886341

    WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (MENA) - As many as 638,119,683 people have been reported to be infected with coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Monday. It added that about 6,621,028 have died from the virus worldwide. The US ....

  • Red Cross: Afghans will struggle for their lives this winter

    Date: 2022-11-21 10:52:31 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:29 - ID:9886151

    KABUL, Nov 21 (MENA) - More Afghans will be struggling for survival as living conditions deteriorate in the year ahead, a top official of the International Committee of the Red Cross said in an interview, as the country braces for its second winter ....

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