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German leader Scholz urges Putin to call cease-fire in Ukraine
Date: 2022-03-18 10:50:17 GMT - Germany - World - SN:36 - ID:9476124
BERLIN, March 18 (MENA) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to order a halt to Moscow's attack on Ukraine so as to allow for a diplomatic solution to be reached while also avoiding a humanitarian catastrophe, ....
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Japan registers 49,210 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2022-03-18 10:45:44 GMT - Japan - World - SN:34 - ID:9476139
TOKYO, March 18 (MENA) - Japan registered 49,210 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 6,025,301, Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday. As many as 156 new coronavirus-linked deaths were ....
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20 killed, injured in Russia's attack on Kyiv on Friday morning
Date: 2022-03-18 10:33:28 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:31 - ID:9476040
KIEV, March 18 (MENA) - Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko said one person has died and 19 others have been injured and taken to hospital, including four children, following Russia's attack on the Ukrainian capital on Friday morning, Sky News ....
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Five killed, injured in Russia’s missile strike on Kyiv this morning
Date: 2022-03-18 09:55:43 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:27 - ID:9476039
KIEV, March 18 (MENA) - One person has been killed in Russia’s missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Kyiv this morning, Ukrinform news agency reported on Friday. Ukrainian Emergency Service 101 received a call about a fire in a five-storey ....
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Biden will make clear to Xi that China will bear responsibility for any support to Russia: Blinken
Date: 2022-03-18 09:54:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:26 - ID:9475895
WASHINGTON, March 18 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said US President Joe Biden will be speaking to Chinese President Xi and will make clear that China will bear responsibility for any actions it takes to support Russia’s aggression, ....
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S. Korea to open temporary settlement lines for trade financing with Russia
Date: 2022-03-18 09:39:54 GMT - south korea - World - SN:23 - ID:9475989
SEOUL, March 18 (MENA) - South Korea said Friday it plans to open temporary settlement lines between local banks and their units in Russia in a bid to help local firms facing difficulties in trade financing due to global sanctions against Russia, ....
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S. Korean president-elect stresses overcoming COVID-19 crisis as transition team sets sail
Date: 2022-03-18 08:46:18 GMT - south korea - World - SN:20 - ID:9475876
SEOUL, March 18 (MENA) – South Korea’s President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol asked his transition committee to put top priority on overcoming the COVID-19 crisis, including compensation for small businesses hit by the pandemic, as he presided over the first ....
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S. Korea, US to discuss cooperation in space security, N. Korean threats
Date: 2022-03-18 08:38:17 GMT - south korea - World - SN:19 - ID:9475877
SEOUL, March 18 (MENA) - South Korea's Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Park In-ho will meet the chief of the US Space Command here later this week to discuss North Korea's long-range rocket development and other security issues, his office said ....
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Ukraine's military: Russia fired 6 missiles toward Lviv, 2 were intercepted
Date: 2022-03-18 08:36:31 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:18 - ID:9475867
KIEV, March 18 (MENA) - Russia launched six missiles toward the western city of Lviv on Friday morning, CNN reported, quoting the Ukrainian Armed Forces as saying on Friday. The projectiles were most likely cruise missiles fired from warplanes ....
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Czech Republic reports 8,163 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2022-03-18 08:31:55 GMT - Czech - World - SN:17 - ID:9475865
PRAGUE, March 18 (MENA) - The Czech Republic recorded 8,163 new Covid-19 cases were on Thursday, the lowest number on a weekday in a fortnight. There were also nearly 1,500 suspected reinfections, Radio Prague reported Friday. The number of ....
