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  • Japan to work with G7 to ban Russian oil imports

    Date: 2022-03-08 06:03:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:9456584

    TOKYO, March 8 (MENA) - Japan said it is ready to work with other Group of Seven countries toward banning imports of Russian oil. "As the international community strengthens sanctions against Moscow, it's in Japan's best interests to cooperate ....

  • India reports 3,993 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2022-03-08 05:15:14 GMT - India - World - SN:3 - ID:9456563

    NEW DELHI, March 8 (MENA) - India has reported 3,993 new cases of Covid-19, the lowest in 662 days, and 108 deaths in the last 24 hours, The Times of India reported Tuesday. India's Covid case tally has risen to 42,971,308, while the death toll ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 447mn

    Date: 2022-03-08 05:08:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9456561

    WASHINGTON, March 8 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 447 million and the deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Tuesday that the current ....

  • Over 1.7 million refugees left Ukraine; 406 civilian deaths: UN

    Date: 2022-03-07 20:27:00 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:111 - ID:9456312

    NEW YORK, March 7 (MENA) - More than 1.7 million refugees have left Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion late last month, according to the UN refugee agency. As of Sunday, roughly 1,735,000 refugees had fled Ukraine to seek shelter in a ....

  • Nigeria not to allow nationals to join war in Ukraine

    Date: 2022-03-07 20:26:41 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:110 - ID:9456315

    LAGOS, March 7 (MENA) - The Nigerian Federal Government has vowed to halt attempts by some Nigerians to join forces with Ukraine in the ongoing war with Russia. A statement issued on Monday by the spokesperson for the Federal Ministry of Foreign ....

  • 4,649 Ukrainian refugees now in Greece

    Date: 2022-03-07 19:27:26 GMT - Greece - World - SN:105 - ID:9456316

    ATHENS, March 7 (MENA) - A total of 4,649 Ukrainian refugees, of whom 30% are minors, have arrived in Greece since the start of the Russian invasion, Kathimerini quoted the Citizen Protection Ministry as saying on Monday. Police data showed that ....

  • Samsung says cyberattack caused no personal data breach

    Date: 2022-03-07 18:45:38 GMT - south korea - World - SN:99 - ID:9456193

    SEOUL, March 7 (MENA) - Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday that a recent cyberattack by a hacking group on its system did not cause major harm to its business and customers, Yonhap reported. In a statement posted on the company's internal forum, ....

  • UK PM Johnson says sanctions on Russian energy very much ‘on the table’

    Date: 2022-03-07 17:30:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:96 - ID:9456192

    LONDON, March 7 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday said that London and other Western governments are seriously considering ....

  • Ukraine: We work with int'l partners to enable Armed Forces to efficiently defend nation

    Date: 2022-03-07 15:07:25 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:70 - ID:9455742

    KIEV, March 7 (MENA) - Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov confirmed the government and international partners are working to enable the Armed Forces to defend the country more efficiently. Alluding to the reported big progress in the ....

  • Blinken says US has 'sacrosanct' commitment to NATO's Article 5

    Date: 2022-03-07 12:04:18 GMT - Lithuania - World - SN:48 - ID:9455369

    VILNIUS, March 7 (MENA) - The United States has a "sacrosanct" commitment to NATO's Article 5 guarantee of mutual defense between member-states, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was quoted by ABC News as saying during a visit to Lithuania on ....

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