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  • UNHCR urges world countries to support Afghanistan

    Date: 2022-01-16 09:27:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:24 - ID:9369120

    NEW YORK, Jan 16 (MENA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) urged world countries to provide humanitarian relief and recovery assistance to the Afghan people. Much of the population of Marja in Afghanistan's Helmand ....

  • Russia confirms 29,230 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2022-01-16 09:22:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:23 - ID:9369165

    MOSCOW, Jan 16 (MENA) - Russia has confirmed on Sunday 29,230 new Covid-19 infections and 686 deaths. Russia now stands at 10,803,534 cases of coronavirus and 321,320 deaths, according to the national coronavirus information center as quoted by ....

  • Russian peacekeepers return from Kazakhstan aboard 19 planes

    Date: 2022-01-16 09:06:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:9369130

    MOSCOW, Jan 16 (MENA) - Eighteen Russian military-transport aircraft Il-76 and one An-124 Ruslan of the Russian Aerospace Forces with Russian peacekeepers on board flew from Almaty on Sunday, Tass reported, quoting Russia’s Defense ....

  • UN chief voices concern over warnings against Tsunami waves in Pacific Ocean

    Date: 2022-01-16 08:17:55 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:17 - ID:9368979

    NEW YORK, Jan 16 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern over the Tsunami warnings issued by a number of countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the US. " The UN offices in the Pacific are closely ....

  • Japan's Pacific coast hit by tsunami waves after Tonga eruption

    Date: 2022-01-16 08:16:17 GMT - Japan - World - SN:15 - ID:9368986

    TOKYO, Jan 16 (MENA) - Japan’s Pacific coast was hit early Sunday by a tsunami following a massive underwater volcanic eruption in the South Pacific island country of Tonga the previous day, prompting the weather agency to issue a tsunami warning ....

  • Germany's COVID-19 cases hit 52,504

    Date: 2022-01-16 07:26:40 GMT - Germany - World - SN:14 - ID:9368963

    BERLIN, Jan 16 (MENA) - Germany reported 52,504 new coronavirus infections on Sunday as the contagious Omicron variant rips through a population with lower vaccination rates than some other parts of Europe, Bloomberg news reported. Germany's ....

  • Russia has no relation to attacks on Ukrainian governmental websites - Kremlin spokesman

    Date: 2022-01-16 07:26:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:9368944

    MOSCOW, Jan 16 (MENA) - Russia has no relation to cyber attacks on Ukrainian governmental websites, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "We’ve read those reports, as well as media. We have nothing to do with it, and Russia has nothing to do ....

  • Trump criticizes Biden, Pelosi, media outlets

    Date: 2022-01-16 07:02:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:9368927

    WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (MENA) - Former US President Donald Trump has criticized again current US President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi along with the US media outlets. This came during a speech he delivered Saturday while speaking at a ....

  • Four US states declare states of emergency ahead of weekend snowstorm

    Date: 2022-01-16 07:01:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:9368928

    WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (MENA) - Four states on the East Coast have declared a state of emergency ahead of a large snowstorm expected to hit Southern and Eastern states Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and ....

  • Over 271,000 new covid cases in India

    Date: 2022-01-16 06:52:17 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:9368920

    NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (MENA) - India's Covid graph continued to show an upward curve as the country reported 271,202 new cases, upping the tally to 37,122,164, NDTV reported on Sunday. As many as 314 people have died of Covid during the past 24-hour ....

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