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  • France reports 332,398 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2022-01-29 20:41:27 GMT - France - World - SN:79 - ID:9391602

    PARIS, Jan 29 (MENA) - France has reported 332,398 new Covid-19 cases, the fifth day in a row the figures have fallen, The Guardian reported on Saturday. The number of patients in intensive care with Covid also dropped by 22. Another 178 ....

  • Cambodia to host summit of ASEAN FMs on Feb. 16

    Date: 2022-01-29 19:39:26 GMT - Cambodia - World - SN:78 - ID:9391560

    PHNOM PENH, Jan 29 (MENA) - Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet next month to discuss humanitarian aid for Myanmar, the current chair of the grouping, the Cambodian Foreign Ministry was quoted by Channel ....

  • Kazakh president says "no need for int'l probe into recent riots"

    Date: 2022-01-29 19:07:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:9391525

    MOSCOW, Jan 29 (MENA) - Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev says it is unnecessary to conduct an international investigation into the mass riots in Kazakhstan in January, TASS reported. "As for the international probe into the events in ....

  • Poland, Ukraine to discuss preventing Russian aggression on Tuesday

    Date: 2022-01-29 19:05:19 GMT - Poland - World - SN:75 - ID:9391530

    WARSAW, Jan 29 (MENA) - Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki will visit Ukraine on Tuesday, spokesman for the Polish government Piotr Müller was quoted by the Polish news agency on Saturday as saying. In a tweet, Müller noted: "Poland ....

  • Sri Lanka parl't speaker contracts Covid-19

    Date: 2022-01-29 18:28:05 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:74 - ID:9391481

    COLOMBO, Jan 29 (MENA) - Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has contracted Covid-19, local media reported Saturday. Abeywardena remained at his home till last evening and thereafter was admitted to the Infectious ....

  • US, Ecuador FMs discuss fostering ties

    Date: 2022-01-29 15:51:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:9391253

    WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met virtually on Saturday with Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguín. Blinken and Foreign Minister Holguín discussed the importance of shared values and continued ....

  • US discusses response to Russian proposals with European allies

    Date: 2022-01-29 15:12:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:9391151

    WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (MENA) – US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and diplomats from France, Germany, Italy, and the UK during a phone call discussed written responses to Russia's proposals on security guarantees and the Normandy format ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 370,324,902

    Date: 2022-01-29 13:46:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:45 - ID:9390996

    WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (MENA) - As many as 370,324,902 people are reported to have been infected with the coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Saturday. It added that 5,652,069 people have died from the virus worldwide. The ....

  • Coronavirus cases, deaths continue to rise globally

    Date: 2022-01-29 13:42:15 GMT - World Capitals - World - SN:43 - ID:9390995

    WORLD CAPITALS, Jan 29 (MENA) - Several countries have seen a daily increase in coronavirus cases and deaths recently. Germany recorded 189,166 new coronavirus cases and 182 deaths in the past 24 hours, upping the total cases of infection and ....

  • EU deplores Russian decision of banning entry to its officials

    Date: 2022-01-29 09:41:33 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:23 - ID:9390523

    BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (MENA) - The European Union has deplored a Russian decision to ban European officials from entering its territory. "The EU regrets the decision of the Russian authorities," an EU spokesperson said in a statement. "This ....

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