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  • Global Covid-19 caseload surpasses 528 million: Johns Hopkins University

    Date: 2022-05-28 19:08:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:9593356

    WASHINGTON, May 28 (MENA) - The global coronavirus caseload has topped 528.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.28 million and vaccinations to over 11.38 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update ....

  • Russia-linked superyachts ‘going dark’ to avoid sanctions threat

    Date: 2022-05-28 19:08:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:9593359

    LONDON, May 27 (MENA) – Since the invasion of Ukraine, the superyacht, which is linked to the Russian billionaire Andrey Guryev, has vanished off the global tracking maps used to locate marine traffic, the Guardian reported. An investigation ....

  • US values Azerbaijan's contributions to fight against terrorism

    Date: 2022-05-28 19:05:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:9593355

    WASHINGTON, May 28 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken valued on Saturday Azerbaijan's contributions to the global fight against terrorism and illicit trade networks, as well as support for Ukraine, particularly the humanitarian ....

  • Russia outpaces US in developing hypersonic weapons - Russian Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2022-05-28 18:57:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:9593266

    MOSCOW, May 27 (MENA) – Russia has significantly outpaced the United States in the development of hypersonic weapons, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Vladimir Yermakov told TASS on ....

  • Russian mission in Ukraine could take 5-10 years - official

    Date: 2022-05-28 18:56:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:55 - ID:9593267

    MOSCOW, May 28 (MENA) - Ex-commander of the Russian Airborne Forces Vladimir Shamanov said Saturday the "demilitarization" of Ukraine in parallel with the "denazification" could take five to ten years. No need to make any acceleration in the ....

  • EU pursues centralized purchase of monkeypox vaccine, antiviral drug

    Date: 2022-05-28 09:10:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:13 - ID:9592422

    LONDON, May 28 (MENA) - The European Commission is going ahead with the centralized purchase of an antiviral drug and a vaccine to be deployed against monkeypox, according to people familiar with the matter, as cases of the disease continue to climb ....

  • UN chief condemns killing by armed groups in Burkina Faso

    Date: 2022-05-28 07:42:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:9592271

    NEW YORK, May 28 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned the killing of some 50 people, reportedly by extremist armed groups in Madjoari in the east of Burkina Faso, ANI News reported on Saturday. UN chief expressed ....

  • Russian ambassador says food crisis worsened due to Western sanctions on Russia

    Date: 2022-05-28 07:21:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:5 - ID:9592241

    MOSCOW, May 28 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov on Friday said the food crisis, which had been unfolding for the past couple years, worsened due sanctions on Russia by the US and its satellites, Tass news agency reported ....

  • US extends tariff exemptions on Chinese medical products

    Date: 2022-05-27 22:47:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:9592106

    WASHINGTON, May 27 (MENA) - The United States has extended exemptions from punitive tariffs for dozens of Chinese medical products for another six months due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the US Trade Representative said Friday. The ....

  • Ukraine war shifts thinking on Taiwan - Commentary

    Date: 2022-05-27 19:47:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:9591977

    WASHINGTON, May 27 (MENA) – The Christian Science Monitor said "while the world watches Ukraine, the Taiwan Strait may be heating up. More than 70 Chinese military aircraft have encroached on Taiwan’s air defense zone this month, including fighter ....

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