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  • New Zealand reports 3,832 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2022-08-23 06:46:56 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:6 - ID:9734093

    WELLINGTON, Aug 23 (MENA) - New Zealand recorded 3,832 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1,721,836, according to TVNZ. The death tally reached 1,841 in the country, the ....

  • India reports 8,586 Covid cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2022-08-23 06:46:45 GMT - India - World - SN:5 - ID:9734094

    NEW DELHI, Aug 23 (MENA) - India on Tuesday logged 8,586 fresh coronavirus infections that pushed its tally to 44,357,546, NDTV reported, quoting the Union Health Ministry data. The death count due to COVID-19 climbed to 527,416 with 48 more ....

  • British Airways axes 10,000 more flights to and from Heathrow

    Date: 2022-08-22 23:00:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:95 - ID:9734060

    LONDON, Aug 22 (MENA) - British Airways has announced another round of cancellations, axing 10,000 flights to and from Heathrow until the end of March next year as it adapts to the persistent staff shortages that have hit aviation, the Guardian ....

  • Nearly all marine species face extinction if greenhouse emissions don’t drop: study

    Date: 2022-08-22 22:42:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:9734023

    WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (MENA) – Maintaining the status quo for greenhouse gas emissions could risk the extinction of up to 90 percent of marine species, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change. Researchers, led by ....

  • Swedish police find bomb at Stockholm festival

    Date: 2022-08-22 19:31:04 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:89 - ID:9733913

    STOCKHOLM, Aug 22 (MENA) – Police in Sweden on Monday said they had recovered a bag that contained explosives in central Stockholm, DW reported. The explosive device was found in a park that was one of the venues of the annual Stockholm Culture ....

  • Russian diplomat blasts EU’s plans to train Ukrainian soldiers

    Date: 2022-08-22 19:26:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:88 - ID:9733940

    MOSCOW, Aug 22 (MENA) - The European Union (EU) will train terrorists and Neo-Nazi militants for the Kiev regime under the guise of a mission to instruct Ukrainian soldiers, TASS news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria ....

  • Russia's National Clearing Center stops accepting dollars as security for transactions

    Date: 2022-08-22 16:08:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:75 - ID:9733610

    MOSCOW, Aug 22 (MENA) - The National Clearing Center will stop accepting US dollars as a security for transactions with partial security, the Moscow Exchange said on its website on Monday. Restrictions will be effective on currency, precious ....

  • OHCHR: 13,477 civilian casualties reported in Ukraine since Feb. 24

    Date: 2022-08-22 14:26:40 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:63 - ID:9733376

    GENEVA, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 13,477 civilian casualties in Ukraine from February 24, including 5,587 killed and 7,890 injured. In its report, published on Monday, OHCHR reported ....

  • John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 596 mln

    Date: 2022-08-22 12:39:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:49 - ID:9733112

    WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (MENA) - As many as 596,228,157 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported on Monday. It added that about 6,453,881 have died from the virus ....

  • Putin discusses with his Uzbek counterpart preparations for upcoming SCO summit

    Date: 2022-08-22 11:29:00 GMT - Russia - World - SN:39 - ID:9732856

    MOSCOW, Aug 22 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed with his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev the preparations for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit to be held in Samarkand in September, the Kremlin press ....

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