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Czech Republic reports 8,163 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2022-03-18 08:31:55 GMT - Czech - World - SN:17 - ID:9475865
PRAGUE, March 18 (MENA) - The Czech Republic recorded 8,163 new Covid-19 cases were on Thursday, the lowest number on a weekday in a fortnight. There were also nearly 1,500 suspected reinfections, Radio Prague reported Friday. The number of ....
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Earthquake in Punjab with Magnitude 4.4 Strikes Near Bathinda
Date: 2022-03-18 08:23:12 GMT - India - World - SN:16 - ID:9475844
NEW DELHI, March 18 (MENA) - India's National Center for Seismology said that an earthquake of magnitude 4.4 was reported near Bathinda in Punjab on Friday morning. NDTV reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was 231 km west of Bathinda, ....
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Australia imposes sanctions on 11 Russian banks, gov't bodies
Date: 2022-03-18 07:43:06 GMT - Australia - World - SN:13 - ID:9475808
CANBERRA, March 18 (MENA) - Australia has imposed sanctions on 11 Russian banks and many governmental entities, including those responsible for managing the Russian sovereign debt, Business Standard quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying on ....
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US imposes sanctions over illicit exports of gold from DRC
Date: 2022-03-18 07:39:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:9475760
WASHINGTON, March 18 (MENA) – The United States imposed sanctions on Belgian businessman Alan Goetz and a network of companies tied to him that it accused of being involved in the illicit movement of gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo, US ....
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EU condemns Russia's targeting of Mariupol city
Date: 2022-03-18 07:36:36 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:11 - ID:9475799
BRUSSELS, March 18 (MENA) - The European Union condemns in the strongest possible terms the Russian Armed Forces and their proxies' continued targeting of Ukraine's civilian population and civilian infrastructure, as well as their siege of the city ....
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Biden to speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday
Date: 2022-03-18 07:18:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9475719
WASHINGTON, March 18 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday for their first known discussion in months, the White House said. In a press release, White House press secretary Jen Psak said "This is part ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 4651mn
Date: 2022-03-18 06:18:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9475716
WASHINGTON, March 18 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 465 million and the deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Friday that the current ....
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S. Korea reports 407,017 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2022-03-18 06:18:25 GMT - south korea - World - SN:2 - ID:9475711
SEOUL, March 18 (MENA) - South Korea reported 407,017 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 8,657,609, Yonhap quoted the health authorities as saying Friday. The daily ....
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Scenario of depriving Russia of UN membership is impossible: Zakharova
Date: 2022-03-17 22:57:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:110 - ID:9475653
MOSCOW, March 17 (MENA) - The scenario of depriving Russia of UN membership is impossible, Tass News Agency reported quoting the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova as saying on Thursday. “Article 6 of the ....
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French finance ministry briefly evacuated after false bomb threat
Date: 2022-03-17 19:43:07 GMT - France - World - SN:98 - ID:9475553
PARIS, March 17 (MENA) - The French finance and economy ministry in Paris was partially evacuated briefly on Thursday following a false bomb alert, but staff are now returning to work, a police official said. The alert and evacuation took place ....
