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  • India reports 20,551 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hrs

    Date: 2022-08-05 10:00:20 GMT - India - World - SN:20 - ID:9705535

    NEW DELHI, Aug 5 (MENA) - India reported on Friday a total of 20,551 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total number of infections to 44,107,588, the NDTV said. According to the Union Health Ministry, the active cases reached 135,364. With 70 new ....

  • Blinken says China is seeking to change the status quo with Taiwan

    Date: 2022-08-05 09:45:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:9705503

    WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused China of seeking to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait with missile tests and military drills following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island, Time magazine ....

  • Lebanese Presidency Press Office denies news on selling passports to non-Lebanese

    Date: 2022-08-05 09:40:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:9705523

    BEIRUT, Aug 5 (MENA) - Lebanese Presidency Press Office on Friday denied news reported by a French newspaper about selling Lebanese passports to a number of non-Lebanese people in exchange for a financial compensation. The Press Office asserts ....

  • 5 killed, 44 injured in hospital fire south Seoul

    Date: 2022-08-05 09:25:34 GMT - south korea - World - SN:17 - ID:9705498

    SEOUL, Aug 5 (MENA) - Five people were killed and 44 others were injured Friday in a fire at a four-story building that contains a hospital in Icheon, some 50 kilometers southeast of Seoul, Yonhap reported quoting fire officials. The fire broke ....

  • China sanctions Pelosi in response to her visit to Taiwan

    Date: 2022-08-05 09:18:13 GMT - China - World - SN:16 - ID:9705487

    BEIJING, Aug 5 (MENA) - Beijing has decided to sanction Nancy Pelosi and her immediate family over her trip to Taiwan this week, RT said quoting a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Friday. The US House speaker’s trip to Taiwan was an ....

  • Jordanian transport min. lauds Egypt’s experiment in transport sector

    Date: 2022-08-05 09:06:25 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:9705385

    AMMAN, Aug 5 (MENA) – Jordanian Transport Minister Wajeeh Azaizeh has praised Egypt’s pioneering experiment in the transport sector and its great achievements in this sector. He told MENA on Friday that Egypt has recently made great progress and ....

  • North Sinai governor: Another power plant to be built east of El Arish

    Date: 2022-08-05 08:55:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:9705428

    EL ARISH, Egypt, Aug 5 (MENA) - North Sinai Governor Mohamed Abdel-Fadil Shousha announced the Electricity and Renewable Energy Minister's approval of building a power station east of Al-Arish. In statements on Friday, the governor said that the ....

  • Poland receives more than 5.27 mn refugees from Ukraine

    Date: 2022-08-05 08:29:06 GMT - Poland - World - SN:13 - ID:9705389

    WARSAW, Aug 5 (MENA) - Some 5.274 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said on Friday citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. About 25,000 ....

  • Russia ready to discuss prisoner swap with US: Lavrov

    Date: 2022-08-05 08:25:38 GMT - Cambodia - World - SN:12 - ID:9705334

    PHNOM PENH, Aug 5 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Moscow is ready to discuss prisoner exchanges with Washington through an existing diplomatic channel, Al Arabiya reported. "We are ready to discuss this topic, ....

  • One killed, 12 injured as vehicle overturns on coastal road in Kafr El Sheikh

    Date: 2022-08-05 07:54:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:9705337

    KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Aug 5 (MENA) - One person was killed and 12 others were injured when a pickup truck overturned on the international coastal road Baltim-Kafr El Sheikh. Eight ambulances rushed to the site of the accident. The injured ....

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