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  • Lavrov highlights need to launch intra-Afghan talks at meeting with Afghan president

    Date: 2021-07-16 19:13:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:80 - ID:9065823

    TASHKENT, July 16 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on the sidelines of an international conference dubbed ‘Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and ....

  • China, Bangladesh mull boosting anti-poverty cooperation

    Date: 2021-07-16 17:58:28 GMT - China - World - SN:76 - ID:9065737

    BEIJING, July 16 (MENA) - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Kalam Abdul Momen in Tashkent Friday, Xinhua News Agency reported. China will continue to provide Bangladesh with vaccines ....

  • Ukraine: Additional restrictions on entry from Russia possible

    Date: 2021-07-16 17:30:23 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:74 - ID:9065708

    KIEV, July 16 (MENA) – Ukraine’s government may consider introducing additional restrictive measures on entry of citizens from Russia and a number of other countries due to the situation with the coronavirus infection, Secretary of the National ....

  • 850 soldiers deployed to face floods in western Germany

    Date: 2021-07-16 16:30:57 GMT - Germany - World - SN:67 - ID:9065615

    BERLIN, July 16 (MENA) – German Defense Ministry spokesman Arne Collatz said the German military had deployed some 850 troops in affected areas, but the number is "rising significantly because the need is growing,'' DW reported. He added that the ....

  • Pakistan expects mass influx of refugees from Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-07-16 16:30:07 GMT - Uzbekistan - World - SN:66 - ID:9065610

    TASHKENT, July 16 (MENA) - Pakistani authorities expect an increase in the number of refugees fleeing from Afghanistan, with no capacity to accept the new flow of asylum seekers, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday. "As of now ....

  • An-28 passenger plane with 17 people on board goes missing over Siberia

    Date: 2021-07-16 14:36:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:9065376

    MOSCOW, July 16 (MENA) - Rescue crews have located the An-28 plane that went missing in the Tomsk region of Russia, RIA Novosti reported. The aircraft made a hard landing, the local emergency services clarified, adding that it was found by a ....

  • Australia will continue to push for answers over COVID-19 origins, says PM

    Date: 2021-07-16 14:04:36 GMT - Australia - World - SN:52 - ID:9065347

    CANBERRA, July 16 (MENA) - Australia will continue to push for answers the world "deserves" over the origins of Covid-19 despite pushback from China, the Australian prime minister said. Scott Morrison held firm on Australia’s probing approach to ....

  • Russia did not give Kerry promises about emissions, Moscow already does a lot — Kremlin

    Date: 2021-07-16 13:43:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:9065297

    MOSCOW, July 16 (MENA) - Moscow did not give US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry any promises in terms of reducing emissions, Russia is already doing a lot in this area, TASS news agency quoted Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry ....

  • Fire rages on Samos for second day

    Date: 2021-07-16 13:23:01 GMT - Greece - World - SN:46 - ID:9065291

    ATHENS, July 16 (MENA) - Firefighters on the eastern Aegean island of Samos were battling with a wildfire for a second day Friday as reinforcements began to arrive, ekathimerini reported. More than 100 firefighters, seven ground teams, and ....

  • JHU: World coronavirus cases hit 189,024,605

    Date: 2021-07-16 13:21:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:45 - ID:9065296

    WASHINGTON, July 16 (MENA) - The US Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Friday that the total number of coronavirus infections at the global level hit now 189,024,605. The university added that the total number of death cases reached now ....

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