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  • Direct trains between Finland, Russia suspended

    Date: 2022-03-25 12:02:24 GMT - Finland - World - SN:30 - ID:9489001

    HELSINKI, March 25 (MENA) - The only direct passenger rail service between Finland and Russia will stop operating from March 28 and will remain suspended indefinitely, the International Railway Journal (IRJ) reported Friday. Finland’s national ....

  • US, EU committed to Europe's energy security, reaching independence from Russian fuels

    Date: 2022-03-25 11:54:33 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:29 - ID:9488926

    BRUSSELS, March 25 (MENA) - The EU and the US on Friday reconfirmed their commitment to Europe's energy security and accelerating the global transition to clean energy as well as to reaching independence from Russian gas, before the end of the ....

  • Japan reports 47,470 new Covid cases

    Date: 2022-03-25 11:49:03 GMT - Japan - World - SN:28 - ID:9488979

    TOKYO, March 25 (MENA) - Japan has reported some 47,470 new coronavirus cases detected nationwide over the past 24 hours. The number of coronavirus-related deaths reported nationwide was 115, Japan Today said Friday. The number of infected ....

  • Chung, Blinken condemn N.K. ICBM launch

    Date: 2022-03-25 10:19:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:9488803

    WASHINGTON, March 25 (MENA) - South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the issue over the phone and condemned the launch as violating the UN Security Council resolutions and Pyongyang's ....

  • Germany reports 286,498 new coronavirus infections, 288 deaths

    Date: 2022-03-25 10:08:13 GMT - Germany - World - SN:20 - ID:9488784

    BERLIN, March 25 (MENA) - Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said Friday that 286,498 new coronavirus cases and 288 deaths were reported in the country in the past 24 hours. This takes the country's total number of ....

  • EU welcomes UN resolution on humanitarian conditions in Ukraine

    Date: 2022-03-25 09:40:58 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:17 - ID:9488655

    BRUSSELS, March 25 (MENA) - The European Union (EU) welcomed on Friday the UN adoption of a resolution on the humanitarian consequences of the aggression against Ukraine, according to a statement released by the EU External Action Service. EU ....

  • Poland takes in 2.24 million refugees from Ukraine

    Date: 2022-03-25 09:20:39 GMT - Poland - World - SN:16 - ID:9488653

    WARSAW, March 25 (MENA) - Poland has received 2.24 million refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Radio Poland reported, quoting the Polish Border Guard agency as saying on Friday. "Since February 24, a total of 2,237,000 people have ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 477mn

    Date: 2022-03-25 08:57:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:9488652

    WASHINGTON, March 25 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 477 million and the deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Friday that the current ....

  • Japan to step up sanctions on Russia with ban on luxury car exports

    Date: 2022-03-25 08:47:44 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9488628

    TOKYO, March 25 (MENA) - Japan is planning to ban exports of luxury cars to Russia as early as next week as part of sanctions it is imposing on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, Kyodo news agency quoted a government source as saying on ....

  • Japan, S.Korea FMs condemn N.Korea's missile launch

    Date: 2022-03-25 08:47:34 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:9488612

    TOKYO, March 25 (MENA) - The foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea have strongly condemned North Korea's test-firing on Thursday of what the North says is a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile, NHK reported. Japanese Foreign ....

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