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  • Soaring fertilizer prices threaten to spark Africa food crisis: FT

    Date: 2022-08-22 11:28:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:37 - ID:9732863

    LONDON, Aug 22 (MENA) - Increased costs are forcing farmers to reduce output and the world's poorest continent is expected to be hardest hit, Financial Times said in a report issued on Monday. The worth of nitrogen based mostly fertilizers, ....

  • Russian military death toll in Ukraine war rises to 45,400

    Date: 2022-08-22 10:42:59 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:34 - ID:9732684

    KIEV, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 45,400 Russian soldiers between February 24 and August 22, including 200 in the past day alone. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a Facebook post, ....

  • Poland receives 5.702 mn refugees from Ukraine

    Date: 2022-08-22 09:17:27 GMT - Poland - World - SN:24 - ID:9732434

    WARSAW, Aug 22 (MENA) - Some 5.702 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said on Monday, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. About 28,100 ....

  • Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga appointed acting PM in Mali

    Date: 2022-08-22 07:34:11 GMT - Mali - World - SN:14 - ID:9732381

    BAMAKO, Aug 22 (MENA) - The head of the junta, Colonel Assimi Goïta, has appointed another colonel, Minister Abdoulaye Maïga, interim Prime Minister to replace the civilian Choguel Kokalla Maïga, hospitalized a few days ago, France 24 reported ....

  • Yoon calls for watertight security posture for Korean Peninsula peace

    Date: 2022-08-22 07:28:20 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:9732371

    SEOUL, Aug 22 (MENA) - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called Monday for maintaining a "watertight" security posture as the government kicked off a four-day civil defense exercise, Yonhap news agency reported. Yoon issued the call during a ....

  • South Korea reports more than 59,000 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2022-08-22 07:23:55 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:9732357

    SEOUL, Aug 22 (MENA) - South Korea reported 59,046 new COVID-19 infections and 65 deaths in the past 24 hours, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. Yonhap news agency quoted KDCA as saying that the infection toll rose to ....

  • Russia extends restrictions on flights to southern, central cities until August 29

    Date: 2022-08-22 07:20:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:9732350

    MOSCOW, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport has extended temporary restrictions on flights to 11 airports in the southern and central part of the country until August 29, the press service of the agency said in a statement ....

  • S. Korea, US kick off combined Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise

    Date: 2022-08-22 07:12:00 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:9732286

    SEOUL, Aug 22 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States began a regular combined military exercise Monday, reviving large-scale field training suspended four years ago as the allies push to bolster defense against evolving North Korean nuclear and ....

  • India reports 9,531 Covid cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2022-08-22 07:11:48 GMT - India - World - SN:6 - ID:9732287

    NEW DELHI, Aug 22 (MENA) - India on Monday logged 9,531 fresh coronavirus infections that pushed its tally to 44,348,960, while the number of active cases came down to 97,648, NDTV reported, quoting the Union Health Ministry data. The death count ....

  • German chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives in Canada for 3-day visit

    Date: 2022-08-22 05:19:58 GMT - Canada - World - SN:1 - ID:9732223

    MONTEREAL, Aug 22 (MENA) - German chancellor Olaf Scholz has officially begun a three-day visit to Canada, Global News reported Monday. Scholz, who took over from Angela Merkel in December last year, touched down in Montreal this evening for a ....

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