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Japan records rise in number of Omicron infections in several prefectures
Date: 2022-02-01 11:14:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:38 - ID:9395341
TOKYO, Feb 1 (MENA) - The omicron variant has been spreading quickly, pushing new reported infections to much higher than earlier waves of coronavirus especially among the elderly people, Kyodo News reported. The number of coronavirus patients at ....
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Russia’s UN envoy urges US to encourage Kiev to implement reconciliation deal
Date: 2022-02-01 10:20:59 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:34 - ID:9395303
NEW YORK, Feb 1 (MENA) - Moscow believes that the United States should encourage the Kiev government to implement the Minsk agreements instead of sabotaging them, TASS quoted Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya as ....
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5th batch of US weaponry arrives in Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-01 10:11:00 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:32 - ID:9395310
KIEV, Feb 1 (MENA) - A US plane carrying the fifth delivery of US weapons and ammunition on board landed in Ukraine’s capital Kiev late on Monday, TASS news agency quoted Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov as saying. "The 5th bird in ....
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WTO: Tourism grows 4% IN 2021
Date: 2022-02-01 10:10:24 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:31 - ID:9395301
CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) - Global tourism experienced a 4% upturn in 2021, compared to 2020 (415 million versus 400 million), the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) reported on its website. However, international tourist arrivals (overnight ....
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US lauds Bulgaria's role in facing Russia's escalating measures against Ukraine Prime Minister Petkov
Date: 2022-02-01 09:41:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:9395220
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (MENA) - US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman lauded Bulgaria's role as a stalwart NATO ally in the face of Russia’s escalating actions toward Ukraine and discussed shared commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial ....
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Blinken speaks with Lapid about Israel-Palestinian issues
Date: 2022-02-01 08:45:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:9395122
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday and discussed with him Israeli-Palestinian issues, The Times of Israel quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying in a statement. In his ....
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UN: No alternative to diplomacy in Ukraine crisis
Date: 2022-02-01 08:12:47 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:19 - ID:9395089
NEW YORK, Feb 1 (MENA) - Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary A. DiCarlo said "there can be no alternative to diplomacy and dialogue" in solving the Ukrainian crisis, the UN News center reported. Highlighting ....
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New infections hit record 18,343 amid omicron woes
Date: 2022-02-01 07:59:16 GMT - south korea - World - SN:16 - ID:9395064
SEOUL, Feb 1 (MENA) - South Korea's daily COVID-19 cases exceeded 18,000 for the first time Tuesday, since the first local case emerged two years ago, due to spread of the omicron variant during the Lunar New Year holiday, Yonhap reported. The ....
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JHU: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 378 million
Date: 2022-02-01 07:45:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:9395067
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (MENA) - As many as 378,363,084 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported on Tuesday. It added that about 5,674,219 have died from the virus ....
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US accuses Russia of deploying 100,000 troops along Ukraine borders
Date: 2022-02-01 07:29:08 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:13 - ID:9395045
NEW YORK, Feb 1 (MENA) - US Ambassador at the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has underscored a growing Russian military force of more than 100,000 troops along Ukraine’s borders, calling it "the largest mobilization" in Europe in decades. "We’ve seen ....
