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UN Chief: Horrors of Hiroshima, a reminder nuclear weapons remain global threat
Date: 2022-01-17 10:11:55 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:34 - ID:9370789
NEW YORK, Jan 17 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Gueterres said that the nuclear weapons pose an existential threat and the only guarantee against their use is their total elimination. The UN chief remarks were made commenting on an ....
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Canada urges nationals to avoid non-essential travel to Ukraine
Date: 2022-01-17 09:40:36 GMT - Canada - World - SN:29 - ID:9370672
OTTAWA, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Canadian government is urging its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Ukraine, in a new advisory due to tension on Ukrainian-Russian borders, reported the Global Times Monday. Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie ....
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Japan condemns N.Korea firing of 2 suspected short-range ballistic missiles
Date: 2022-01-17 09:20:30 GMT - Japan - World - SN:27 - ID:9370508
TOKYO, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Japanese government condemned North Korea firing of two projectiles presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles on Monday, Kyodo reported quoting the South Korean military. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno ....
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S.Korea: N.Korea fires 2 apparent ballistic missiles eastward
Date: 2022-01-17 09:01:28 GMT - south korea - World - SN:26 - ID:9370498
SEOUL, Jan 17 (MENA) - North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles eastward from an airfield in Pyongyang on Monday, in the recalcitrant regime's fourth show of force this year, Yonhap reported quoting South Korea's ....
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Japan FM vows to beef up Japan-U.S. alliance for Indo-Pacific peace
Date: 2022-01-17 08:35:22 GMT - Japan - World - SN:24 - ID:9370540
TOKYO, Jan 17 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi pledged Monday to beef up Japan's alliance with the United States while strengthening the country's defense capabilities to ensure peace in the Indo-Pacific region, amid China's growing ....
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Germany reports 34,145 confirmed coronavirus cases
Date: 2022-01-17 08:32:43 GMT - Germany - World - SN:23 - ID:9370510
BERLIN, Jan 17 (MENA) - Germany is reporting a daily rise of 34,145 confirmed coronavirus cases and 30 deaths, according to recently released figures from the Robert Koch Institute. The numbers bring the cumulative total of infections to ....
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Japan to allow in some foreign students, making exception to ban
Date: 2022-01-17 07:47:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:9370489
TOKYO, Jan 17 (MENA) - Japan plans to allow 87 government-sponsored foreign students into the country, making an exception to the country's entry ban on nonresident foreigners that is currently in place amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Kyodo reported ....
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India records 258,089 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, Omicron tally at 8,209
Date: 2022-01-17 07:34:01 GMT - India - World - SN:17 - ID:9370411
NEW DELHI, Jan 17 (MENA) - India saw a single-day rise of 258,089 new coronavirus infections taking the tally of cases to 37,380,253, which included 8,209 cases of the Omicron variant detected so far, according to data updated by the Union Health ....
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Japan gov't eyes COVID quasi-emergency for Tokyo, vicinity
Date: 2022-01-17 06:35:43 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:9370420
TOKYO, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Japanese government is considering declaring a quasi-state of emergency for Tokyo and three nearby prefectures amid a rapid increase in the number of novel coronavirus cases in the region, Kyodo reported Monday quoting a ....
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JHU: World coronavirus cases hit 323,710,511
Date: 2022-01-17 06:19:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9370408
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) - As many as 327,792,338 people are reported to have been infected with the coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Monday. It added that 5,539,106 people have died from the virus worldwide. ....
