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Singapore reports 16,883 new COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths
Date: 2022-02-16 16:25:06 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:81 - ID:9421370
SINGAPORE, Feb 16 (MENA) - Singapore reported 16,883 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Wednesday, comprising 16,689 local and 194 imported infections, Channel News Asia reported. There were also 13 fatalities, the highest number since Dec 5. This ....
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Western media tried hard to trigger war in Ukraine — Russian Foreign Ministry
Date: 2022-02-16 15:42:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:73 - ID:9421233
MOSCOW, Feb 16 (MENA) - The Western mass media went to great lengths trying to trigger real war in Ukraine, but all their content has nothing to do with the reality, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on ....
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Italian FM heads for Moscow
Date: 2022-02-16 15:10:52 GMT - Italy - World - SN:68 - ID:9421097
ROME, Feb 16 (MENA) - Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio will head for Moscow on Wednesday to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The Italian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, carried by Italian Aki news agency that Di Maio's ....
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Makei: Belarus-China relations may advance to a higher level
Date: 2022-02-16 14:22:05 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:59 - ID:9420977
MINSK, Feb 16 (MENA) – Belarus and China are considering a possibility to advance bilateral relations to a higher level, BelTA reported, quoting Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei as saying at a press conference on Wednesday. “We are now ....
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Putin, Bolsonaro launch talks in Kremlin without additional anti-COVID measures
Date: 2022-02-16 14:21:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:9420851
MOSCOW, Feb 16 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted on Wednesday his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro at the Kremlin. The conversation is taking place without additional social distance - the two leaders are sitting next to each ....
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US, Canada probe efforts to urge Russia de-escalate aggression against Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-16 10:48:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:9420342
WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (MENA) - US and Canada discussed efforts meant to urge Russia to de-escalate and choose diplomacy regarding Ukraine, said the US Department of State in a statement published on its website Wednesday. During a phone call ....
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NATO still sees no signs of de-escalation on Russia's border with Ukraine – Stoltenberg
Date: 2022-02-16 10:08:22 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:37 - ID:9420366
BRUSSELS, Feb 16 (MENA) - The North Atlantic Alliance does not yet see signs of de-escalation on the border of Russia and Ukraine, Interfax Ukraine quoted NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as saying on Wednesday. "So far, we have not seen ....
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ADB approves $95M loan to help Cambodia buy vaccines
Date: 2022-02-16 09:42:44 GMT - Cambodia - World - SN:33 - ID:9420269
PHNOM PENH, Feb 16 (MENA) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $95 million loan to the government. The funds will be used to vaccinate Cambodians against Covid-19 from 2022 to 2023, and will include annual booster shots for those ....
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Russia reports over 179,000 daily COVID-19 cases
Date: 2022-02-16 09:18:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:9420194
MOSCOW, Feb 16 (MENA) - Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 179,284 over the past day to 14,659,880, TASS reported Wednesday. Russia’s COVID-19 recoveries rose by 172,468 over the past day, reaching 11,643,393. Russia’s COVID-19 death toll ....
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G7 top diplomats to hold emergency meeting on Ukraine in Germany
Date: 2022-02-16 08:36:42 GMT - Japan - World - SN:22 - ID:9420092
TOKYO, Feb 16 (MENA) - G7 foreign ministers are planning an emergency meeting in Germany this week, Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday. Presumably, the meeting of G7 top diplomats will be held on the sidelines of the Munich Security ....
