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Finland proposes spending additional €2bn on defense in supplementary budget
Date: 2022-05-21 19:34:34 GMT - Finland - World - SN:68 - ID:9581695
HELSINKI, May 21 (MENA) - Finland's government has proposed increasing net spending by about 2.3 billion euros in its second draft supplementary budget of this year, Yle news reported. The two main areas of spending are national defense, in ....
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Portugal to provide Ukraine with all possible assistance - PM
Date: 2022-05-21 19:34:07 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:67 - ID:9581691
KYIV, May 21 (MENA) – Portugal will provide the Ukrainian people with all possible assistance on the way to the EU, Interfax-Ukraine quoted Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Costa as saying. “There is a clear choice of Ukraine in favor of ....
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Russian senior lawmaker doubts NATO will deploy troops to western Ukraine
Date: 2022-05-21 18:40:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:64 - ID:9581654
DONESTK, May 21 (MENA) - Chairman of Russia’s State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky has doubts that NATO will move troops into western Ukraine, he said at a news conference in Donetsk on Saturday, according to TASS. "I ....
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WHO supporting countries affected by rare monkeypox outbreak
Date: 2022-05-21 08:24:59 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:13 - ID:9580468
NEW YORK, May 21 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is working closely with countries where cases of the rare viral disease monkeypox have been reported, the UN agency said on Friday. WHO said in a statement that there were around 80 ....
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N.Korea reports about 220,000 suspected COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Date: 2022-05-21 08:00:09 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:10 - ID:9580375
PYONGYANG, May 21 (MENA) - North Korea said Saturday about 220,000 new cases of fever and another death were confirmed, nine days after publicly admitting a COVID-19 outbreak, according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). More ....
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S.Korea records more than 23,000 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2022-05-21 07:57:49 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:9580373
SEOUL, May 21 (MENA) - South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell for a fourth consecutive day to stay below 30,000 on Saturday as the government kept tight vigilance with the postponement of a plan to relax more antivirus curbs, Yonhap News Agency ....
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Monkeypox: Urgent call for volunteer virologists as UK cases rise to 20
Date: 2022-05-21 07:55:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:8 - ID:9580450
LONDON, May 21 (MENA) - Health officials have issued an “urgent” call to virologists to help the “rapidly scaling-up” response to the monkeypox outbreak, the Independent has learned, as 11 new cases are confirmed in Britain. It comes as World ....
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Taiwan reports 84,587 new Covid cases
Date: 2022-05-21 07:27:54 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:6 - ID:9580397
TAIPEI, May 21 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan confirmed 84,587 Covid-19 cases and 59 deaths over the past 24 hours. The new cases brings the tally of infections to 1,240,897, while the fatalities upped to 1,363 since the ....
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Australia reports 47,239 new Covid cases
Date: 2022-05-21 07:17:18 GMT - Australia - World - SN:5 - ID:9580381
CANBERRA, May 21(MENA) - Australia registered 47,239 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the Australian Health Ministry said Saturday. The caseload hit 6,910,455 in the country, according to the ministry. The death toll stood at 8,076, ....
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US likely to keep 100,000 troops in Europe, US officials say
Date: 2022-05-20 20:44:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:9580139
WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) - The US is expected to keep 100,000 troops stationed in Europe for the foreseeable future unless Russia escalates and threatens Sweden and Finland or NATO members, according to US officials. The numbers could ....
