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  • No survivors found yet in China plane crash as rescue continues

    Date: 2022-03-23 08:03:21 GMT - China - World - SN:18 - ID:9484496

    BEIJING, March 23 (MENA) - No survivors have been found so far after a passenger plane with 132 people aboard crashed in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Xinhua reported Wednesday quoting an aviation official. The China Eastern ....

  • Russian diplomat: Western arms deliveries to Ukraine threaten global security

    Date: 2022-03-23 08:01:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:9484540

    WASHINGTON, March 23 (MENA) - Sending weapons and mercenaries to Ukraine are extremely dangerous policies that pose a direct threat to European and global security, TASS reported Wednesday quoting Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 474mn

    Date: 2022-03-23 07:58:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9484530

    WASHINGTON, March 23 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 470 million and deaths surged to more than six million cases, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said Wednesday. In its latest update, JHU revealed on Monday that the current ....

  • Australia records more than 61,000 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2022-03-23 07:35:33 GMT - Australia - World - SN:14 - ID:9484527

    CANBERRA, March 23 (MENA) - Australia recorded 61,975 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the tally of infections in the country to 4,058,958, Sky News reported Wednesday. The Health Ministry recorded 25 deaths, bringing the ....

  • Japan, US remote island defense drill revealed to press

    Date: 2022-03-23 07:21:18 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:9484488

    TOKYO, March 23 (MENA) - Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the US Marine Corps on Wednesday disclosed to the press some detail about an ongoing joint exercise in which the defense of remote islands is being drilled, according to Kyodo News ....

  • Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes southeast Taiwan

    Date: 2022-03-23 07:17:05 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:12 - ID:9484486

    TAIPEI, March 23 (MENA) - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck southeast Taiwan early Wednesday morning (March 23) at 1:41 am, followed two minutes later by a magnitude 6.1 quake, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB), Taiwan News ....

  • Number of Ukrainian refugees in CR now at 300,000

    Date: 2022-03-23 07:15:08 GMT - Czech - World - SN:11 - ID:9484485

    PRAGUE, March 23 (MENA) - Prime Minister Petr Fiala says there are now around 300,000 Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic, RPI reported Wednesday. Fiala made the comment during a session of the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday afternoon. He ....

  • Thailand reports 25,164 new Covid cases

    Date: 2022-03-23 07:03:39 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:10 - ID:9484477

    BANGKOK, March 23 (MENA) - Thailand reported 25,164 confirmed new cases during the previous 24 hours, according to Bangkok Post. The Public Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that the total number of cases now stands at 3,423,956, while the ....

  • S. Korea's daily coronavirus cases spike to near 500,000

    Date: 2022-03-23 06:59:50 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:9484458

    SEOUL, March 23 (MENA) - South Korea's new COVID-19 cases spiked to near 500,000 on Wednesday, adding to concerns that infections continue to spike again as the accumulated caseload surpassed 10 million, Yonhap news agency reported. The country ....

  • Czech Republic reports 12,498 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2022-03-23 06:59:00 GMT - Czech - World - SN:8 - ID:9484475

    PRAGUE, March 23 (MENA) - The Czech Republic recorded 12,498 new Covid-19 cases were on Wednesday. The number of people in hospital with the coronavirus stood at 2,000, Radio Prague reported. The total number of infections rose to 3,740,000, ....

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