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  • China calls for de-escalating situation in Ukraine

    Date: 2022-03-03 08:01:41 GMT - China - World - SN:25 - ID:9448032

    BEIJING, March 3 (MENA) - China calls on all parties concerned to exercise restraint, de-escalate the situation in Ukraine, and avoid civilian casualties, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday. The safety of life and property of all ....

  • S.Korean Prime minister tests positive for COVID-19

    Date: 2022-03-03 07:55:59 GMT - south korea - World - SN:24 - ID:9448148

    (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout) SEOUL, March 3 (MENA) - Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum tested positive for COVID-19, his office said Thursday, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on ....

  • UN records 752 civilian casualties in Ukraine conflict

    Date: 2022-03-03 07:19:37 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:14 - ID:9448100

    NEW YORK, March 3 (MENA) - The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said that it has recorded 752 civilian casualties in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian attack, CNN reported. It said that until midnight on March 1, ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 440 million

    Date: 2022-03-03 07:17:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:9448096

    WASHINGTON, March 3 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 440 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Thursday that the ....

  • Greece lifts mask-wearing outdoors as Covid infections recede

    Date: 2022-03-03 07:13:18 GMT - Greece - World - SN:12 - ID:9448084

    ATHENS, March 3 (MENA) - Greece will lift its requirement of mask-wearing outdoors from Saturday, its health minister said on Wednesday, as Covid-19 infections are trending lower. Health Minister Thanos Plevris said the advisory committee of ....

  • Ukraine crisis causes delay in S. Korea,-U.S.-Japan talks to arrange defense ministerial meeting: official

    Date: 2022-03-03 07:10:02 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:9448074

    SEOUL, March 3 (MENA) - The armed conflict in Ukraine has led to a delay in talks among South Korea, the United States and Japan to arrange their in-person defense ministerial meeting, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Thursday, quoting a ....

  • Blinken: Infrastructure destroyed in Ukraine not military targets

    Date: 2022-03-03 07:02:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9448065

    WASHINGTON, March 3 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the infrastructure which Russia destroyed in Ukraine is not military targets. "They’re destroying critical infrastructure which supplies millions of people across Ukraine with ....

  • Japan to freeze assets of 4 more Russian banks to align with EU

    Date: 2022-03-03 06:38:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:5 - ID:9448009

    TOKYO, March 3 (MENA) - The Japanese government will freeze assets held by four more Russian banks following the European Union's latest financial sanctions against Moscow imposed in response to Russia's attack against Ukraine, Finance Minister ....

  • India reports 6,561 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2022-03-03 06:08:43 GMT - India - World - SN:1 - ID:9447960

    NEW DELHI, March 3 (MENA) - India's COVID-19 case tally rose to 4,29,45,160 with 6,561 people testing positive for the infection in a day while active cases declined to 77,152, NDTV reported on Thursday, quoting the Union Health Ministry ....

  • Russian armed forces destroyed more than 1,500 military targets in Ukraine — ministry

    Date: 2022-03-02 22:39:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:136 - ID:9447882

    MOSCOW, March 2 (MENA) - The Russian armed forces have destroyed more than 1,500 military targets in Ukraine since the start of the military operation, including shooting down 13 planes and 47 drones, TASS news agency quoted Defense Ministry ....

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