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  • Japan, US ministers meet over steel, aluminum tariffs

    Date: 2021-11-15 08:15:53 GMT - Japan - World - SN:22 - ID:9269899

    TOKYO, Nov 15 (MENA) - The Japanese and US industry ministers on Monday met to discuss Washington's imposition of higher tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Japan, Kyodo reported. Japan's trade and industry minister Koichi Hagiuda met ....

  • Japan to allow COVID-19 booster shots 6 months after 2nd dose

    Date: 2021-11-15 07:55:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:21 - ID:9269825

    TOKYO, Nov 15 (MENA) - The Japanese government plans to allow booster shots of COVID-19 vaccine to be administered as soon as six months after an individual has received a second dose, sources familiar with the matter said Monday. The health ....

  • US stresses support for Poland in migrant crisis with Belarus

    Date: 2021-11-15 07:27:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:9269832

    WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stressed that his country stands with Poland against the Lukashenka regime’s political exploitation of vulnerable migrants, in support of the democratic desires of the Belarusian ....

  • UNICEF warns against increased risk of children contracting COVID-19 in overcrowded places

    Date: 2021-11-15 07:26:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:9269848

    NEW YORK, Nov 15 (MENA) - The United Nations Children’s Fund has revealed that over 45,000 children were released from detention during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was made known on Sunday in its report titled, ‘More than 45,000 children released ....

  • Belarus FM, EC vice-president discuss situation on Belarus-Poland border over phone

    Date: 2021-11-15 07:19:29 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:18 - ID:9269839

    MINSK, Nov 15 (MENA) - Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei and Vice President of the European Commission, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell held a telephone conversation, BelTA ....

  • US presidential envoy for climate visits France

    Date: 2021-11-15 07:07:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9269800

    WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (MENA) - US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry heads for France to participate in “The Power of Green: Our Future is Now” on Monday after the conclusion of United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in ....

  • US, France FMs assert commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity

    Date: 2021-11-15 06:32:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:9269799

    WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken to France's foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, about what the US has described as "concerning" Russian military activity taking place "in and near Ukraine. The State ....

  • JHU: Global Covid-19 cases surpass 253mn

    Date: 2021-11-15 05:22:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9269730

    WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 253 million and the deaths surged to more than five million, according to CNN. In its latest update, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) revealed Monday that the current global ....

  • 3 terror arrests after Liverpool explosion

    Date: 2021-11-14 21:24:30 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:80 - ID:9269612

    LONDON, Nov 14 (MENA) – Three people have been arrested by counter-terror police following a fatal car explosion outside a Liverpool hospital, Sky News reported. The men are aged 29, 26, and 21 according to police and were detained in the ....

  • Bundestag speaker urges swift help for Belarus border migrants

    Date: 2021-11-14 15:58:51 GMT - Germany - World - SN:58 - ID:9269166

    BERLIN, Nov 14 (MENA) - The president of Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, called for EU countries to provide swift help to migrants on the Polish-Belarusian border. "People are being brought to the EU border under a false ....

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