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Japan to increase COVID entry cap on arrivals to 50,000 from Sept. 7
Date: 2022-08-31 07:01:21 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:9747527
TOKYO, Aug 31 (MENA) - Japan will raise its daily entry cap on arrivals to 50,000 from the current 20,000 from Sept. 7 in a further easing of strict COVID-19 border controls, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was quoted by Kyodo News as saying ....
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Poland receives 5.934 mn refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-08-31 06:49:35 GMT - Poland - World - SN:6 - ID:9747509
WARSAW, Aug 31 (MENA) - Some 5.934 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said on Wednesday, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. About 24,300 ....
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Last Soviet Union’s president Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91
Date: 2022-08-30 22:16:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:78 - ID:9747369
MOSCOW, Aug 30 (MENA) - Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, has died at the age of 91, CNN reported Gorbachev died after a long illness, Russian state news agencies reported. Gorbachev, who took ....
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Macron convenes a Defense Council meeting on Friday
Date: 2022-08-30 17:08:47 GMT - France - World - SN:61 - ID:9746076
PARIS, Aug 30 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron will convene a Defense Council meeting on Friday dedicated to the supply of gas and electricity to France, the Elysee Palace said Tuesday. “The supply of gas and electricity being a vital ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 601 mn
Date: 2022-08-30 08:23:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9745699
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (MENA) - Some 601,546,898 people are reported to have been infected with the coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said. In a latest update Tuesday, the JHU said 6,488,509 people have died from the virus ....
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Biden to give prime-time speech about 'soul of the nation'
Date: 2022-08-30 07:40:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:9745597
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden plans to deliver a prime-time speech this week about how America’s "rights and freedoms are still under attack," returning to the core message of his 2020 campaign as Americans are getting ready to ....
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Philippines’ dengue count now 143% higher year-on-year with 118K cases
Date: 2022-08-30 07:02:25 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:10 - ID:9745581
MANILA, Aug 30 (MENA) - A total of 118,785 dengue cases have been recorded from January 1 to August 13, 2022, which is 143% higher than those recorded during the same period last year, GMA News quoted the Department of Health (DOH) as saying on ....
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Poland receives 5.909 mn refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-08-30 06:47:30 GMT - Poland - World - SN:8 - ID:9745564
WARSAW, Aug 30 (MENA) - Some 5.909 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said on Tuesday, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. About 23,900 ....
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5.1-magnitude earthquake hits Russia's Irkutsk region
Date: 2022-08-30 06:45:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:7 - ID:9745558
MOSCOW, Aug 30 (MENA) - An earthquake with an intensity of 5.1 points occurred in the Russian region of Irkutsk, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday. The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region said that the epicenter of ....
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Japan to host G-7 foreign ministers' meeting in Karuizawa next year
Date: 2022-08-30 06:31:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:9745541
TOKYO, Aug 30 (MENA) - Japan said Tuesday it will host a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized countries next year in the resort town of Karuizawa in the central prefecture of Nagano, Kyodo news agency reported. The ....
