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  • Macron leads 1st round of French election, to face Le Pen in run-off

    Date: 2022-04-10 19:48:09 GMT - France - World - SN:82 - ID:9515501

    PARIS, April 10 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron will face the far right’s Marine Le Pen in a presidential run-off on April 24 after leading the first round on Sunday with 28.4% of the vote to Le Pen's 23.4%. Macron was projected to win ....

  • Pope Francis calls for "Easter truce" in Ukraine in Palm Sunday address

    Date: 2022-04-10 13:51:04 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:59 - ID:9515014

    VATICAN CITY, April 10 (MENA) - Pope Francis has used his Palm Sunday address to call for "Easter truce" in Ukraine as he lamented "the folly of war," Euronews reported. "Let an Easter truce begin, but not to reload the weapons and resume the ....

  • Afghanistan receives 32 mln USD in humanitarian cash aid

    Date: 2022-04-10 11:09:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:41 - ID:9514629

    KABUL, April 10 (MENA) - Afghanistan has received a fresh batch of 32 million US dollars in humanitarian cash aid, the country's central bank said on Sunday as quoted by Khaama Press news agency. The Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) said in a statement ....

  • Ukraine: Russian army lost so far about 19,300 personnel

    Date: 2022-04-10 11:00:36 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:36 - ID:9514540

    KIEV, April 10 (MENA) - The Russian army lost about 19,300 personnel in Ukraine since the start of the war, Ukraine's news agency (ukrinform) quoted the military as saying. “From February 24 to April 10, the Russian army lost 722 tanks, 1,911 ....

  • More than 700,000 evacuated to Russia so far

    Date: 2022-04-10 10:25:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:9514384

    MOSCOW, April 10 (MENA) - Russia has evacuated more than 700,000 people from Ukraine to its own territory since its invasion began on February 24, according to Moscow's military. Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev of the Russian Defence Ministry ....

  • John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 498 million

    Date: 2022-04-10 08:01:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9514242

    WASHINGTON, April 10 (MENA) - As many as 498,154,313 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported on Sunday. It added that about 6,176,420 have died from the virus ....

  • Yoon names 8 Cabinet members

    Date: 2022-04-10 07:43:57 GMT - south korea - World - SN:16 - ID:9514214

    SEOUL, April 10 (MENA) - President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday announced his nominations for eight ministers, including Rep. Choo Kyung-ho as deputy prime minister for the economy and former Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Vice Chairman Lee Jong-sup ....

  • Elections start in France

    Date: 2022-04-10 07:35:43 GMT - France - World - SN:15 - ID:9514200

    PARIS, April 10 (MENA) - Voting began in France on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election, with far-right candidate Marine Le Pen posing an unexpected threat to President Emmanuel Macron's re-election hopes, BFM TV reported. Polling ....

  • Thailand reports 25,139 new Covid cases, 108 more deaths

    Date: 2022-04-10 07:27:17 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:14 - ID:9514186

    BANGKOK, April 10 (MENA) - Thailand registered 25,139 more Covid-19 cases and 108 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Sunday morning as quoted by Bangkok Post. This compared with the 98 ....

  • South Korea records 164,481 new infections

    Date: 2022-04-10 06:51:27 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:9514133

    SEOUL, April 10 (MENA) - South Korea recorded 164,481 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Saturday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 15,333,670, the health authorities said Sunday. The daily caseload was down from ....

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