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  • Greece to reopen gyms, sports facilities Monday

    Date: 2021-05-28 21:15:13 GMT - Greece - World - SN:75 - ID:8980852

    ATHENS, May 28 (MENA) - The Greek government announced on Friday the reopening of gyms and other open sports facilities as of May 31, easing further social activities as the tourist season begins, the local Kathimerini reported. Deputy Civil ....

  • Croatia to buy 12 used Rafale fighter jets from France for €1 billion

    Date: 2021-05-28 20:49:01 GMT - Croatia - World - SN:74 - ID:8980805

    ZAGREB, May 28 (MENA) - Croatia has agreed to buy a batch of used fighter jets from France, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday, in a deal worth one billion euros ($1.2 billion), France 24 reported Friday. The 12 Rafale planes will ....

  • Lukashenko arrives in Russia to meet Biden

    Date: 2021-05-28 19:07:21 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:73 - ID:8980714

    MINSK, May 28 (MENA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko arrived in Russia on a working visit, the official BelTA reported. Lukashenko is scheduled to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi. Speaking in the ....

  • Malaysia to enter ‘total lockdown’ from June 1

    Date: 2021-05-28 18:40:24 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:71 - ID:8980675

    KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (MENA) – The Malaysian National Security Council has decided to put Malaysia into a “total lockdown” from June 1 until 14, during which all social and economic activities are prohibited, the Prime Minister’s Office ....

  • Leaders of France, Germany, UK to join online summit on climate hosted by Seoul

    Date: 2021-05-28 17:16:54 GMT - south korea - World - SN:63 - ID:8980613

    SEOUL, May 28 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, along with French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, will be among the participants of the upcoming virtual environmental summit hosted by South Korea, Yonhap news ....

  • German president to run for second term

    Date: 2021-05-28 17:09:02 GMT - Germany - World - SN:62 - ID:8980547

    BERLIN, May 28 (MENA) - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Friday he will stand for a second five-year term, The Local reported. First appointed president in 2017, Social Democrat (SPD) politician Steinmeier, 65, announced his ....

  • Brazil's economy plummets in Covid's shadow

    Date: 2021-05-28 16:59:18 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:59 - ID:8980550

    BRASILIA, May 28 (MENA) - Brazilians are facing one of the worst economic recessions in the country's history. Millions remain unemployed, inflation is climbing, countless businesses are going under, and people are going hungry, CNN reported. The ....

  • India to vaccinate all citizens against Covid-19 by December 2021

    Date: 2021-05-28 16:37:16 GMT - India - World - SN:57 - ID:8980558

    NEW DELHI, May 28 (MENA) - Indian Union minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday all Indians will be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) by the end of this year as he criticized Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for saying that only 3 ....

  • UK approves Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid vaccine for use

    Date: 2021-05-28 16:08:29 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:55 - ID:8980521

    LONDON, May 28 (MENA) - The Johnson & Johnson single-dose coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use in the UK, Sky News quoted the medicines regulator as saying on Friday. The vaccine, developed by the company's pharmaceutical arm Janssen, ....

  • Man who attacked French policewoman was radicalised in jail - Source

    Date: 2021-05-28 15:14:19 GMT - France - World - SN:49 - ID:8980409

    PARIS, May 28 (MENA) - A man who stabbed and badly wounded a policewoman on Friday in the town of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre in western France was reported by prison staff to have been radicalised in jail, Euronews quoted a source close to the ....

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