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  • Malaysia warns Myanmar to cooperate with ASEAN envoy or no summit

    Date: 2021-10-04 18:15:54 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:89 - ID:9201431

    KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 (MENA) - Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah warned Monday that Myanmar may be excluded from a summit of South-East Asian leaders this month if it refuses to cooperate with the bloc's special envoy in resolving ....

  • No conditions yet for meeting between Putin, Zelensky, Kremlin says

    Date: 2021-10-04 18:14:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:86 - ID:9201427

    MOSCOW, Oct 4 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has never rejected the possibility of a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky, yet so far there are no conditions or subjects for the possible contact of the two leaders, ....

  • EU watchdog backs Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine booster for 18-year-olds & above

    Date: 2021-10-04 18:13:16 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:85 - ID:9201426

    BRUSSELS, Oct 4 (MENA) - The EU's drug watchdog on Monday approved booster doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine for all people aged 18 and over, amid concerns that protection dips after initial jabs, Times Now TV channel reported. Extra ....

  • Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp all go down in major outage

    Date: 2021-10-04 16:30:39 GMT - World Capitals - World - SN:76 - ID:9201358

    WORLD CAPITALS, Oct 4 (MNA) - WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook have all gone down in a major outage, The Independent reported Monday. The three apps, which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure, all completely stopped ....

  • Russia’s production of COVID-19 vaccines will exceed 300 mln doses by 2022 — minister

    Date: 2021-10-04 16:29:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:75 - ID:9201181

    MOSCOW, Oct 4 (MENA) - Russia has produced about 170 mln doses of the vaccines against the coronavirus and by the end of the year the production will exceed 300 mln doses, TASS quoted Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov as saying on ....

  • JHU: World coronavirus cases hit 234,930,445

    Date: 2021-10-04 09:01:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:23 - ID:9200180

    WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (MENA) - The US Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said Monday that the total number of coronavirus cases across the world hit now 234,930,445. The university added that the total number of deaths at the global level reached now ....

  • Japan, US coast guards conduct joint drill

    Date: 2021-10-04 08:26:19 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:9200134

    TOKYO, Oct 4 (MENA) - The Japanese and US coast guards have conducted a joint drill to enhance their preparedness to deal with suspicious ships. The exercise was the fifth time the two countries' coast guards have practiced together this year, The ....

  • United States 'very concerned' about Chinese fighter jets entering Taiwanese airspace

    Date: 2021-10-04 07:46:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9200044

    WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (MENA) - The United States urged China to stop its "provocative" military activities near Taiwan, after the island scrambled jets to warn away close to 100 Chinese military aircraft entering its air defense zone over a three-day ....

  • Defense minister: US reaffirmed its enduring commitment to a free, open IndoPacific

    Date: 2021-10-04 06:41:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9200008

    WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (MENA) - US Defence Secretary Lloyd J Austin said that it was an honour to meet India's Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat during his recent US visit, during which they reaffirmed India-US enduring commitment to a free and ....

  • Japan's Diet chooses Kishida as new prime minister

    Date: 2021-10-04 06:32:18 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:9199986

    TOKYO, Oct 3 (MENA) - Kishida Fumio has been elected prime minister in the Diet. Lawmakers in both chambers voted for the newly elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, the main ruling party, NHK reported. He was elected to lead the ....

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