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  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 489,636,920

    Date: 2022-04-02 10:43:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:9502569

    WASHINGTON, April 2 (MENA) - As many as 489,636,920 people are reported to have been infected with the coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Saturday. In a statement, the JHU added that 6,148,664 people have died from the ....

  • Russian forces withdrew from Hostomel airport: UK Defense Ministry

    Date: 2022-04-02 09:37:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:12 - ID:9502508

    LONDON, April 2 (MENA) - The UK Ministry of Defense said that Russian forces are reported to have withdrawn from Hostomel airport, which has been subject to fighting since the first day of the conflict. Ukrainian forces continue to advance ....

  • Pentagon commits extra $300 million in security aid to Ukraine

    Date: 2022-04-02 07:28:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9502294

    WASHINGTON, April 2 (MENA) – The US Defense Department announced it is allotting $300 million in "security assistance" for Ukraine to bolster the country's defense capabilities, adding to the $1.6 billion Washington has committed since Russia’s ....

  • WFP aims to provide food supplies to assist 3 million Ukrainians

    Date: 2022-04-01 19:55:13 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:92 - ID:9501855

    GENEVA, April 1 (MENA) - The World Food Program (WFP) said Friday it aims to reach more than 3 million people inside Ukraine with food and cash distributions, as well as 300,000 refugees and asylum seekers, who have left the country. To scale up ....

  • Chinese FM holds talks with Indonesian counterpart

    Date: 2022-04-01 17:47:53 GMT - China - World - SN:80 - ID:9502005

    BEIJING, April 1 (MENA) – Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with visiting Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in east China's Anhui Province, Xinhua reported Friday. Wang said that as major developing countries ....

  • Chinese FM, Uzbek deputy PM discuss bilateral ties

    Date: 2022-04-01 17:44:38 GMT - China - World - SN:79 - ID:9501962

    BEIJING, April 1 (MENA) – Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Thursday met with Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov on the sidelines of the third foreign ministers' meeting ....

  • US warns India against rapprochement with Russia

    Date: 2022-04-01 17:11:35 GMT - India - World - SN:76 - ID:9501901

    NEW DELHI, April 1 (MENA) - The United States warned India against rapprochement with Russia, ahead of a visit by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to New Delhi, in an attempt to persuade it not to bow to Western pressure to condemn the Russian ....

  • At least dlrs 10 billon damage to infrastructure in Ukraine's Mariupol

    Date: 2022-04-01 16:22:32 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:72 - ID:9501899

    KYIV, April 1 (MENA) – Mariupol city officials estimate that dlrs 10 billion is needed to rebuild the city's destroyed infrastructure. "According to preliminary estimates of the Mariupol City Council, at least $10 billion will be needed to ....

  • Italy has seized 900mn from Russian oligarchs - foreign minister

    Date: 2022-04-01 16:11:59 GMT - Italy - World - SN:71 - ID:9501924

    ROME, April 1 (MENA) - Italy has impounded assets worth of a total of "900 million euros" from Russian oligarchs as it applies sanctions linked to Moscow's military operation in Ukraine, ANSA News Agency quoted Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio ....

  • Germany's Scholz to meet Britain's Johnson next Friday in London

    Date: 2022-04-01 15:57:30 GMT - Germany - World - SN:69 - ID:9501892

    BERLIN, April 1 (MENA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet British Prime Minister Boris Johnson next Friday in London, said Deputy German government spokesman Wolfgang Buechner. In a statement, Buechner said that the British prime minister ....

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