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Canadian PM makes surprise visit to Ukraine
Date: 2022-05-08 15:47:51 GMT - Canada - World - SN:67 - ID:9557525
OTTAWA, May 8 (MENA) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid a surprise visit to Kyiv on Sunday, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and briefly toured a blackened, bombed-out suburban community, CBC reported. At the ....
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Russian Aerospace Forces down 2 Ukrainian planes, 3 copters, 2 drones off Snake Island
Date: 2022-05-08 10:23:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:9556666
MOSCOW, May 8 (MENA) - Russian aircraft have shot down a Su-24 bomber, a Su-27 fighter jet, three Mi-8 helicopters with paratroopers and two Bayraktar-TB2 drones belonging to Ukraine’s Armed Forces near Snake Island, Tass reoported Sunday quoting ....
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Australia reports 35,289 new coronavirus infections in past 24 hrs
Date: 2022-05-08 07:55:01 GMT - Australia - World - SN:18 - ID:9556456
CANBERRA, May 8 (MENA) - Australia registered 35,289 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the Australian Health Ministry said Sunday. The caseload hit 6,249,101 in the country, according to the ministry. Also, 18 new fatalities ....
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Rare monkeypox case detected in England
Date: 2022-05-07 13:40:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:39 - ID:9555535
LONDON, May 7 (MENA) - A person in England has been diagnosed with the rare viral infection monkeypox, The Independent reported, quoting the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). The patient had recently travelled from Nigeria, which is where they ....
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Covid cases exceed 516 million worldwide- JHU
Date: 2022-05-07 11:16:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:9555153
WASHINGTON, May 7 (MENA) - As many as 516,792,965 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported on Saturday. It added that about 6,249,813 have died from the virus ....
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Western banks prepare for $10bn hit in retreat from Russia
Date: 2022-05-07 11:14:01 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:27 - ID:9555195
LONDON, May 7 (MENA) - Western banks are steeling themselves for a $10bn hit on their forays into Russia, as they prepare to pull out of the country because of its attack on Ukraine, Financial Times reported on Saturday. International sanctions ....
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Russia’s missile and artillery forces hit 240 Ukrainian military targets last night
Date: 2022-05-07 10:25:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:9555087
MOSCOW, May 7 (MENA) - Russian air defenses downed 17 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, three Tochka-U missiles and nine Smerch missiles last night, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday. According ....
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Security Council ‘speaks with one voice for peace in Ukraine’ 2 last New York
Date: 2022-05-07 09:04:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:9554920
He was referring to the presidential statement on Ukraine released minutes earlier by the Security Council. “The Security Council expresses deep concern regarding the maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine,” said the Council President for ....
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Security Council ‘speaks with one voice for peace in Ukraine’
Date: 2022-05-07 09:03:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9554915
NEW YORK, May 7 (MENA) - The UN chief welcomed on Friday afternoon, the unity of the Security Council in support of peace in Ukraine, while also assuring that he would continue to “spare no effort” in saving lives, reducing suffering and finding the ....
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US envoy to Yemen calls for seizing truce to send humanitarian assistance
Date: 2022-05-07 08:41:55 GMT - Yemen - World - SN:17 - ID:9554812
ADEN, May 7 (MENA) –US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking stressed the need to seize the opportunity of the truce to overcome the problems of continuous aid access and increase humanitarian funding, according to media reports. The US State Department ....