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  • S. Korea reports 107,916 COVID cases

    Date: 2022-04-16 06:21:58 GMT - south korea - World - SN:1 - ID:9524160

    SEOUL, April 16 (MENA) - South Korea said the country added 107,916 more COVID-19 infections, including 30 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 16,212,751, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The latest ....

  • Pentagon: New US military aid expected to arrive in Ukraine in next 24 hours

    Date: 2022-04-15 22:08:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:93 - ID:9524041

    WASHINGTON, April 15 (MENA) – A senior defense official at the Pentagon said the first flight from the US of the dlrs 800 million in new aid for Ukraine is expected to arrive in the region in the next 24 hours. The official said the material will ....

  • Germany boosts military aid budget to €2 billion

    Date: 2022-04-15 20:51:39 GMT - Germany - World - SN:91 - ID:9524053

    BERLIN, April 15 (MENA) - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner has confirmed that the government will boost military assistance spending in 2022 to €2 billion (dlrs 2.16 billion), DW reported on Friday. "The funds will largely benefit ....

  • OHCHR records 4,633 civilian casualties in Ukraine

    Date: 2022-04-15 20:33:31 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:90 - ID:9524040

    GENEVA, April 15 (MENA) - The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 4,633 civilian casualties in Ukraine; 1,982 killed and 2,651 injured. A total of 1,982 killed (511 men, 323 women, 34 girls, and 56 boys, as well ....

  • S. Korea decides to join CPTPP trade agreement

    Date: 2022-04-15 19:06:43 GMT - south korea - World - SN:86 - ID:9523953

    SEOUL, April 15 (MENA) - South Korea decided Friday to join a mega free trade agreement involving 11 Asia-Pacific nations as the country seeks to diversify its export portfolio amid heightened economic uncertainty, Yonhap news agency reported. ....

  • 7 killed, 34 injured in Russian strikes in Ukraine's Kharkiv city: Official

    Date: 2022-04-15 18:52:32 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:83 - ID:9523912

    KYIV, April 15 (MENA) – Russian strikes on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv killed seven people and left another 34 injured, the region’s governor said Friday, as Moscow’s forces stepped up attacks. “The occupiers fired on a residential ....

  • Biden picks Michael Barr for Fed's bank regulation post

    Date: 2022-04-15 18:29:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:9523843

    WASHINGTON, April 15 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said Friday he plans to nominate Michael Barr, the dean of the University of Michigan's public policy school, to be the Federal Reserve's vice chairman of supervision, ABC News reported. The ....

  • US State Department: Washington will continue to support Ukraine

    Date: 2022-04-15 18:28:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:9523902

    WASHINGTON, April 15 (MENA) - US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said that "nothing will dissuade" US President Joe Biden's administration from continuing to support Ukraine, CNN reported. In a press release on Friday, the spokesman said ....

  • Russia warns US to stop arming Ukraine, the Washington Post reports

    Date: 2022-04-15 18:02:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:77 - ID:9523871

    WASHINGTON, April 15 (MENA) - The Washington Post reported that Russia this week sent a formal diplomatic note to the United States warning that US and NATO shipments of the "most sensitive" weapons systems to Ukraine were "adding fuel" to the ....

  • Russia expels 18 EU employees

    Date: 2022-04-15 16:20:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:71 - ID:9523810

    MOSCOW, April 15 (MENA) - Moscow has expelled 18 employees of the European Union's delegation to Russia in retaliation at Brussels' expulsion of 19 Russians earlier this month, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday as quoted by Sputnik ....

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