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  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 411 million

    Date: 2022-02-14 05:57:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9416185

    WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 411 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Monday that the current ....

  • India records 34,113 fresh COVID cases over past 24 hours

    Date: 2022-02-14 05:34:47 GMT - India - World - SN:2 - ID:9416164

    NEW DELHI, Feb 14 (MENA) - India on Monday reported 34,113 fresh coronavirus infections that took its tally to 42,665,534, according to Union health ministry data, NDTV reported. The death toll climbed to 509,011 with 346 more fatalities, the ....

  • UK defence secretary cuts short holiday as Ukraine crisis deepens

    Date: 2022-02-13 22:43:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:107 - ID:9416119

    LONDON, Feb 13 (MENA) - UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has cut short a half-term holiday overseas with his family after one day because of concerns about a possible imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to The Guardian. Wallace had ....

  • Poland preparing for potential influx of Ukrainian refugees -Interior Minister

    Date: 2022-02-13 22:13:43 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:101 - ID:9416105

    LONDON, Feb 13 (MENA) - Poland is preparing for "various scenarios" for a possible influx of refugees if Russia were to attack Ukraine, Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said on Sunday as quoted by the Guardian newspaper. Washington has said ....

  • US, Ukraine presidents agree on responding 'swiftly and decisively' to any further Russian aggression

    Date: 2022-02-13 22:09:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:100 - ID:9416097

    WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a roughly hour-long call Sunday that the US would respond "swiftly and decisively" if Russia takes further steps toward invasion, CNN quoted the White ....

  • Russia adds 197,949 daily COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2022-02-13 21:39:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:97 - ID:9416092

    MOSOW, Feb 13 (MENA) - Russia has registered 197,949 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the national tally to 14,133,509, the official monitoring and response center said Sunday as quoted by Tass news agency. The country's nationwide ....

  • Pope renews prayers for tense Ukraine situation

    Date: 2022-02-13 20:58:13 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:93 - ID:9416070

    VATICAN, Feb 13 (MENA) - As a host of Western nations urge their citizens to leave Ukraine, Pope Francis has renewed his prayers for the eastern European country. Speaking Sunday at the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square, the Pope said the news coming ....

  • France urges citizens to postpone all trips to Ukraine, prepare food & water

    Date: 2022-02-13 20:48:48 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:91 - ID:9415977

    KYIV, Feb 13 (MENA) - The French embassy in Kyiv has advised French citizens to postpone "all trips to Ukraine," and travel to border areas is strictly discouraged. France is not for the moment advising its citizens to leave Ukraine, but has ....

  • Cypriot Foreign Ministry advises nationals to leave Ukraine soon

    Date: 2022-02-13 20:40:44 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:83 - ID:9416031

    NICOSIA, Feb 13 (MENA) - Cypriot nationals should leave Ukraine as soon as possible in light of the changing security situation, the Foreign Ministry in Nicosia said in a statement on Sunday, CNA news agency reported. The statement also said ....

  • US not considering imposing 'pre-emptive' sanctions against Russia over Ukraine - Pentagon

    Date: 2022-02-13 20:35:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:9416049

    WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (MENA) - The US administration is not considering imposing preventive sanctions against Russia because of the crisis in Ukraine, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Sunday. "Right now we are not considering a pre-emptive ....

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