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Kerry due in France to attend One Ocean Summit
Date: 2022-02-10 06:37:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9409922
WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (MENA) - US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Brest, France, to participate in the One Planet Summit for the Ocean (“One Ocean Summit”) on February 10-11, according to the US State Department. The ....
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Tokyo, 12 prefs. to remain under COVID quasi-emergency until March 6
Date: 2022-02-10 06:25:23 GMT - Japan - World - SN:4 - ID:9409906
TOKYO, Feb 10 (MENA) - Japan will decide Thursday to extend by three weeks until March 6 a COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency for Tokyo and 12 prefectures as the nation scrambles to rein in infections caused by the highly contagious Omicron variant, ....
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Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump adviser Peter Navarro
Date: 2022-02-09 22:25:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:121 - ID:9409814
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (MENA) - The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol on Wednesday subpoenaed Trump White House official Peter Navarro for records and testimony, the ABC New reported. Navarro, who served as ....
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US vice president to attend Munich Security Conference later this month
Date: 2022-02-09 21:23:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:118 - ID:9409751
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (MENA) - US Vice President Kamala Harris will attend the Munich Security Conference this month, a White House official confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. Harris' latest high-profile foreign trip comes as the US has partnered with ....
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Africa is on the right track to pharmaceutical independence -- EU chief
Date: 2022-02-09 20:13:40 GMT - Senegal - World - SN:112 - ID:9409702
DAKAR, Feb 9 (MENA) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that Africa is on the right track to develop its pharmaceutical independence. In a statement released by the commission on Wednesday, Leyen added that the researchers ....
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Sweden referred to Court of Justice for failing to transpose EU rules on acquisition, possession of firearms
Date: 2022-02-09 19:58:24 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:109 - ID:9409726
BRUSSELS, Feb 9 (MENA) - The European Commission has decided on Wednesday to refer Sweden to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to notify some of the national measures necessary to transpose EU rules on the acquisition and ....
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New York state lifts indoor mask mandate as surge in omicron cases subsides
Date: 2022-02-09 19:18:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:107 - ID:9409679
NEW YORK, Feb 9 (MENA) - New York is dropping its strict indoor mask mandate as Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to fall across the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday as quoted by euronews. Hochul doesn’t plan to renew the health ....
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ICJ orders Uganda to pay for DR Congo occupation
Date: 2022-02-09 18:53:56 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:104 - ID:9409582
AMSTERDAM, Feb 9 (MENA) - Uganda has been ordered to pay $325m to the Democratic Republic of Congo for its role in the conflict there, BBC reported. The International Court for Justice ruled Uganda had violated international norms as an occupying ....
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WHO: COVID-19 cases down 17 percent globally
Date: 2022-02-09 18:38:41 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:100 - ID:9409621
GENEVA, Feb 9 (MENA) - Coronavirus cases dropped 17 percent worldwide in the week between Jan. 31 and Feb. 6 when compared with the prior week, though the global death rate increased by seven percent, according to the World Health Organization’s ....
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Denmark's queen tests positive for virus
Date: 2022-02-09 16:25:02 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:86 - ID:9409438
COPENHAGEN, Feb 9 (MENA) - The queen of Denmark tested positive for the coronavirus despite being vaccinated, ABC news reported. Denmark’s Queen Margrethe, 82, has mild COVID-19 symptoms and has isolated herself in the Copenhagen palace where she ....
