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6.9 magnitude earthquake hits China's Qinghai province
Date: 2022-01-08 07:32:47 GMT - China - World - SN:9 - ID:9356043
BEIJING, Jan 8 (MENA) - A work team has been dispatched to quake-hit areas in northwest China's Qinghai Province, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management Saturday. The ministry initiated an emergency disaster relief response soon after ....
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Blinken discusses potential US, Allied responses to Russia’s military buildup along Ukraine’s borders
Date: 2022-01-08 07:26:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9355993
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed the US unwavering support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. This came in Blinken’s call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, the ....
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US, Sweden discuss concerns on Russia’s military build-up on Ukraine’s borders
Date: 2022-01-08 07:00:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9355992
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde and discussed shared concerns on Russia’s military build-up on Ukraine’s borders, the US Department of State said in a statement. "The ....
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Railway service fully resumed in Kazakhstan
Date: 2022-01-08 06:41:53 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:4 - ID:9355974
NUR-SULTAN, Jan 8 (MENA) - The railway service has been fully resumed in Kazakhstan as of Friday, Kazinform news agency reported. All the railway stations that were closed amid the unrest witnessed in the country are open now, the national ....
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India reports 141,986 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2022-01-08 06:30:20 GMT - India - World - SN:3 - ID:9355973
NEW DELHI, Jan 8 (MENA) - India's daily coronavirus cases hit a record high on Saturday for the second consecutive day after the country reported 141,986 new infections over the past 24 hours, taking the total to 35,368,372, according to data ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 302,999,389
Date: 2022-01-08 06:21:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9355972
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - As many as 302,999,389 people are reported to have been infected with the coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Saturday. It added that 5,479,388 people have died from the virus worldwide. The ....
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Curfew extended in Kazakhstan’s Taraz amid mass riots
Date: 2022-01-07 21:28:50 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:73 - ID:9355901
NUR-SULTAN, Jan 7 (MENA) - Curfew has been extended in Kazakhstan’s city of Taraz from seven in the evening to seven in the morning and the alarm level has been raised to Red due to mass riots, the Khabar-24 television channel reported on Friday, ....
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S.Korea condemns Houthis’ seizure of UAE-flagged vessel
Date: 2022-01-07 20:19:00 GMT - south korea - World - SN:71 - ID:9355866
SEOUL, Jan 7 (MENA) – The Korean government condemned on Friday the Houthis’ seizure on January 2 of a United Arab Emirates-flagged vessel off the coast of Hudaydah, Yemen. In a press release, the South Korean Foreign Ministry also urged the ....
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Putin spoke by phone with CSTO counterparts on Kazakhstan - Kremlin
Date: 2022-01-07 20:04:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:9355822
MOSCOW, Jan 7 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with his counterparts in CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) over the past two days to discuss the situation in Kazakhstan, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told ....
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Trump’s ‘non-woke’ Twitter alternative plans to launch February 21
Date: 2022-01-07 17:17:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:9355659
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Trump Media and Technology Group, former President Donald Trump’s new company, indicated Thursday it’s planning to launch a social media platform February 21, more than a year after Trump was banned from Facebook and ....