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  • NATO steps up readiness in Eastern Europe

    Date: 2022-01-24 13:28:05 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:48 - ID:9382673

    BRUSSELS, Jan 24 (MENA) - NATO said on Monday that member countries were putting their forces on standby and sending additional ships and fighter jets to Eastern Europe to reassure allies in the region, as Britain joined the United States in ....

  • Germany not to pull Kiev embassy staff - FM

    Date: 2022-01-24 13:26:44 GMT - Germany - World - SN:47 - ID:9382715

    BERLIN, Jan 24 (MENA) - The German Foreign Ministry announed it will not withdraw employees from the German Embassy to Ukraine. The German workers and their families will stay in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, the ministry said in a press release on ....

  • Japan eyes evacuating nationals in Ukraine amid military tensions

    Date: 2022-01-24 11:51:58 GMT - Japan - World - SN:42 - ID:9382610

    TOKYO, Jan 24 (MENA) - Japan is considering evacuating its nationals in Ukraine amid fears of an imminent Russian invasion, Japanese government sources said Monday, following such an order by the US to family members of its embassy staff. About ....

  • Russia reports 65,109 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2022-01-24 10:55:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:9382499

    MOSCOW, Jan 24 (MENA) - Russia has confirmed 65,109 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 11,173,300, since the pandemic hit the country, according to Sputnik news agency. The Federal Response Center said ....

  • Russian, Syrian pilots conduct joint air patrol mission along Golan Heights

    Date: 2022-01-24 09:45:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:9382128

    MOSCOW, Jan 24 (MENA) - Russian and Syrian military pilots have conducted a joint air patrol mission along the Golan Heights and the Euphrates River, TASS quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying in a statement. "The mission’s route ran ....

  • Second batch of US weapons arrives in Ukraine

    Date: 2022-01-24 09:44:26 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:26 - ID:9382300

    KIEV, Jan 24 (MENA) - A plane with 80 tons of weapons landed in Kiev – the second batch of US defense aid as part of a $200 million package, Ukrinform reported. “The second bird in Kiev! More than 80 tons of weapons to strengthen Ukraine's ....

  • COVID-19: Scale of education loss ‘nearly insurmountable’, warns UNICEF

    Date: 2022-01-24 08:55:52 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:22 - ID:9382021

    NEW YORK, Jan 24 (MENA) - More than 635 million students remain affected by full or partial school closures. On the International Day of Education and as the COVID-19 pandemic nears its two-year mark, UNICEF shares the latest available data on the ....

  • Australia reports more than 40,000 new Covid cases

    Date: 2022-01-24 08:10:34 GMT - Australia - World - SN:19 - ID:9382026

    CANBERRA, Jan 24 (MENA) - Australia registered 40,662 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 2,239,310. Also, 58 new fatalities resulting from the virus were reported in the past 24 ....

  • Japan to expand COVID quasi-emergency to over 30 of 47 prefs.

    Date: 2022-01-24 07:57:18 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:9382020

    TOKYO, Jan 24 (MENA) - Japan will expand a quasi-state of emergency to over 30 of the country's 47 prefectures to curb the rapid spread of coronavirus infections after 16 more prefectures asked to be included under the measure, Kyodo quoted senior ....

  • US advises citizens against travel to Russia

    Date: 2022-01-24 07:56:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:9382065

    WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (MENA) - The US State Department on Sunday issued a travel advisory warning Americans not to travel to Russia due to the mounting tensions on the border with Ukraine, MSN News reported. Meanwhile, it also ordered the families ....

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