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US denying visa to Russian cosmonaut "dangerous precedent": Russian space chief
Date: 2022-01-22 18:24:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:63 - ID:9380064
MOSCOW, Jan 22 (MENA) - The US denial of an entry visa to Russian cosmonaut Nikolay Chub creates a dangerous precedent for cooperation on the International Space Station (ISS), General Director of the Roscosmos space agency Dmitry Rogozin ....
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Families of US Embassy personnel in Ukraine ordered to begin evacuating
Date: 2022-01-22 17:37:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:9380062
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (MENA) - The State Department has ordered families of US Embassy personnel in Ukraine to begin evacuating the country as soon as Monday, US officials told Fox News. Next week, the State Department is also expected to encourage ....
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Senior Kremlin official to attend Normandy Format talks
Date: 2022-01-22 17:35:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:9380061
MOSCOW, Jan 22 (MENA) - Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Dmitry Kozak will take part in a Normandy Format meeting of political advisers, TASS quoted a source in the Russian presidential administration as saying on ....
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Omicron poses very high risk, WHO warns
Date: 2022-01-22 17:30:57 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:56 - ID:9380057
GENEVA, Jan 22 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Omicron coronavirus variant poses a high risk of infection surges around the globe. Despite the lower risk of severe disease and death rate compared to previous ....
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Coronavirus cases, deaths continue to rise globally
Date: 2022-01-22 15:22:48 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:45 - ID:9379558
WORLD CAPITALS, Jan 22 (MENA) - Several countries have seen a daily increase in coronavirus cases and deaths recently. Ukraine recorded 22,473 new coronavirus cases and 136 deaths in the past 24 hours, upping the total cases and deaths to ....
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Six killed, 15 injured in major fire at Tardeo high-rise
Date: 2022-01-22 13:40:48 GMT - India - World - SN:33 - ID:9379695
NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (MENA) - Six people were killed and 15 injured in a major fire on the 18th floor of the 20-storey Kamla Building in Nana Chowk near Gowalia tank in South Mumbai on Saturday, the chief fire officer of the Mumbai fire brigade said, ....
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US denies visa to Russian cosmonaut planning to train in US
Date: 2022-01-22 13:27:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:9379665
MOSCOW, Jan 22 (MENA) - The United States denied an entry visa to Russian cosmonaut Nikolay Chub, who was to undergo training at NASA's Johnson Space Center, a source familiar with the situation told TASS on Saturday. "Without explaining its ....
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Japan's SDF plane delivers water to Tonga
Date: 2022-01-22 13:18:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:30 - ID:9379650
TOKYO, Jan 22 (MENA) - A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force aircraft has delivered a load of drinking water to volcano-stricken Tonga, NHK reported. Japan's Defense Ministry says a C-130 transport plane arrived at Tonga's main airport on Saturday ....
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UN urges Taliban to provide info on whereabouts of two missing women activists
Date: 2022-01-22 10:50:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:21 - ID:9379360
KABUL, Jan 22 (MENA) - The United Nations on Saturday expressed concern over the disappearance of two Afghan women activists who were allegedly abducted from their houses in Kabul and urged the Taliban to provide information on their whereabouts, ....
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Russia reports new record of daily coronavirus cases
Date: 2022-01-22 09:46:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:9379170
MOSCOW, Jan 22 (MENA) - Russia has confirmed 57,212 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 11,044,986, the highest daily count since the pandemic hit the country, according to Sputnik news agency. The Federal ....
