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  • S.Korea's new cases below 170,000 for 3rd day

    Date: 2022-02-27 06:46:55 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:9439985

    SEOUL, Feb 27 (MENA) - South Korea's daily COVID-19 cases stayed below 170,000 for the third straight day Sunday, but critical cases from the virus continued to rise at a fast pace amid the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant, the Korean ....

  • Germany records 107,913 new coronavirus cases over past 24 hours

    Date: 2022-02-27 06:45:08 GMT - Germany - World - SN:10 - ID:9439980

    BERLIN, Feb 27 (MENA) - Germany reported an additional 107,913 COVID-19 cases and 57 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute on Sunday. This takes the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 14,682,758 ....

  • Russia closes its airspace for Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia and Estonia

    Date: 2022-02-27 06:18:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:8 - ID:9439960

    MOSCOW, Feb 27 (MENA) - Russia has closed its airspace for Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovenian and Estonian planes, including for transit flights, the Russian news agency Tass reported on Sunday, quoting Russia’s Federal Agency for Air Transport ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 434 million

    Date: 2022-02-27 06:04:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9439952

    WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 434 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Saturday that the ....

  • Turkey denies closure of Dardanelles, Bosphorus straits to Russian warships

    Date: 2022-02-26 20:58:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:9439809

    MOSCOW, Feb 26 (MENA) - The Turkish Coast Guard Command denied on Saturday the closure of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus straits to the Russian warships, according to Sputnik. Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky thanked Turkey’s ....

  • Russia resumes Ukraine operation from all directions

    Date: 2022-02-26 16:09:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:54 - ID:9439423

    MOSCOW, Feb 26 (MENA) - All Russian units in Ukraine were on Saturday given the order to resume their offensive from all directions after a pause on Friday, the RIA news agency quoted Russia's defence ministry as saying. The ministry said ....

  • UN chief appoints crisis coordinator for Ukraine

    Date: 2022-02-26 16:02:50 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:53 - ID:9439269

    CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antoónio Guterres has appointed Amin Awad of Sudan as Assistant Secretary-General to serve as United Nations Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine, the UN Office in Cairo reported Saturday. "Awad, ....

  • Belgium to deploy 300 troops in Romania

    Date: 2022-02-26 15:41:00 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:51 - ID:9439279

    BRUSSELS, Feb 26 (MENA) - Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Saturday his country would deploy 300 troops in Romania as part of NATO efforts to strengthen its eastern flank". "Belgium assumes its responsibility within NATO Rapid ....

  • FSB: Shooting from Ukrainian side recorded in Rostov region, 3 shells land there, no one injured

    Date: 2022-02-26 15:10:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:47 - ID:9439280

    MOSCOW, Feb 26 (MENA) - The border department of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has recorded shooting and three shells coming from the Ukrainian side in the territory of Russia; no one has been injured, Interfax reported. "The FSB ....

  • Kremlin says Ukraine refused talks; Military ops resumed

    Date: 2022-02-26 14:05:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:39 - ID:9439195

    MOSCOW, Feb 26 (MENA) - Russia has resumed military operations in Ukraine after Kyiv refused to conduct negotiations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Saturday. "Because the Ukrainian side in effect refused negotiations, the main Russian ....

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