World
- Service : English General
- Category : World
-
90 pct of Chinese people vaccinated against COVID-19
Date: 2022-01-15 16:57:01 GMT - China - World - SN:49 - ID:9368541
BEIJING, Jan 15 (MENA) - Over 1.26 billion Chinese people, or nearly 90 percent of the country's population, have received COVID-19 vaccine jabs as of Friday, Xinhua quoted a health official as saying Saturday. Among them, more than 1.22 billion ....
-
MOSCOW says neither Gazprom nor Russia responsible for energy crisis in Europe
Date: 2022-01-15 16:07:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:9368439
MOSCOW, Jan 15 (MENA) - Neither Gazprom nor Russia are to blame for the energy crisis in Europe, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview with Rossiya-1 TV channel. "Of course, I was somewhat surprised by the statement ....
-
6 people shot outside Oregon concert; suspect not in custody
Date: 2022-01-15 15:40:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:42 - ID:9368384
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (MENA) - Six people were shot during a concert at an event hall in Oregon on Friday night, and the suspected shooter was not yet in custody, ABC News reported. Officers responded to the WOW Hall in Eugene after reports of a ....
-
Russia spent $11.15 bln on coronavirus in 2021 - Minister
Date: 2022-01-15 15:39:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:9368408
MOSCOW, Jan 15 (MENA) - Russian budget spending on anti-coronavirus measures last year amounted to about 850 bln rubles ($11.15 bln), Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said. "Last year we spent about 850 bln rubles on anti-covid measures," Siluanov ....
-
Covid cases continue to rise globally; China zero deaths
Date: 2022-01-15 13:41:03 GMT - Germany - World - SN:28 - ID:9368135
WORLD CAPITALS, Jan 15 (MENA) - Several countries have seen a daily increase in coronavirus cases and deaths recently. In Germany, 78,022 new coronavirus cases were reported over the past 24 hours, raising the tally of infections to 7,913,473 ....
-
JHU: World coronavirus cases hit exceed 323,710,511
Date: 2022-01-15 11:30:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:9368038
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (MENA) - As many as 323,710,511 people are reported to have been infected with the coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Saturday. It added that 5,529,834 people have died from the virus worldwide. ....
-
N. Korea announces firing 2 train-borne guided missiles into East Sea
Date: 2022-01-15 09:16:46 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:9367760
SEOUL, Jan 15 (MENA) - North Korea said Saturday its railway-based missile regiment conducted a firing drill a day earlier, with two tactical guided missiles hitting a set target in the East Sea. The North's official Korean Central News Agency ....
-
Philippines reports 39,004 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2022-01-15 09:00:44 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:12 - ID:9367712
MANILA, Jan 15 (MENA) - The Philippines on Saturday reported 39,004 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day tally since the pandemic began, taking the total tally to 3,168,379 in a new record-high cases, data from the Department of Health (DOH) ....
-
US officials to visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Ethiopia
Date: 2022-01-15 08:26:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9367657
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (MENA) - US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee and US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa David Satterfield will travel to Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Ethiopia from January 17-20, the US Department of State ....
-
Japan: Three attacked at University of Tokyo amid exams
Date: 2022-01-15 08:06:31 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:9367640
TOKYO, Jan 15 (MENA) - Two high school students taking Japan's unified university entrance exams and another person were attacked with a knife on Saturday at the University of Tokyo and a 17-year-old man has been arrested, the operator of the ....