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LONDON, April 2 (MENA) - The UK Ministry of Defense said that Russian forces are reported to have withdrawn from Hostomel airport, which has been subject to fighting since the first day of the conflict.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