World

  • Service : English General
  • Category : World
  • France attack: Female police worker stabbed to death inside station near Paris

    Date: 2021-04-23 20:50:59 GMT - France - World - SN:76 - ID:8925157

    PARIS, April 23 (MENA) - An administrative worker has been stabbed to death inside a police station in France, before her attacker was shot and killed nearby, Sky News reported. A police source said the woman was stabbed in the throat during the ....

  • Taliban terrorists killed in Helmand clashes with Afghani forces

    Date: 2021-04-23 20:41:31 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:75 - ID:8925156

    KABUL, April 23 (MENA) - Twenty-five Taliban militants were killed in fighting with security forces in Helmand, and eight others were wounded, Bakhtar news agency reported. The clashes took place last night in Nad Ali, Sangin and Nawa ....

  • Putin signs decree on measures to influence unfriendly actions of foreign states

    Date: 2021-04-23 20:17:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:8925135

    MOSCOW, April 23 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the application of measures of influence on unfriendly actions of foreign states, Sputnik news agency quoted the Kremlin as saying on Friday. "Vladimir Putin signed a ....

  • France reports 32,340 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-04-23 20:01:42 GMT - France - World - SN:71 - ID:8925125

    PARIS, April 23 (MENA) – French health authorities reported that 5,962 people were in intensive care units with COVID-19 on Friday, 19 fewer than a day earlier, but the figure remains at a very high level as the country prepares to exit its third ....

  • Malaysia registers 2,847 more Covid-19 infections

    Date: 2021-04-23 19:54:55 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:70 - ID:8925064

    KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 (MENA) - Malaysia on Friday reported 2,847 more Covid-19 infections as case numbers remain above the 2,000 mark for the ninth day straight, Malay Mail reported. A tweet by Health Ministry director-general Noor Hisham ....

  • IMF expexts global trade to accelerate to 8.4 percent this year

    Date: 2021-04-23 19:51:55 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:68 - ID:8925057

    CAIRO, April 22 (MENA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said global trade is projected to accelerate to 8.4 percent this year, mainly because of the rebound in merchandise volumes. In its report "World Economic Outlook," the IMF said that ....

  • Malls, shopping centers in Greece to reopen as of Saturday

    Date: 2021-04-23 19:19:51 GMT - Greece - World - SN:66 - ID:8925062

    ATHENS, April 23 (MENA) - Malls, shopping centers and outlets will reopen in Greece on Saturday (April 24) with consumers allowed to enter a store, see and even try on products of their choice (a system dubbed “click inside”), the general ....

  • Italy registers 14,761 new coronavirus cases, 342 more deaths

    Date: 2021-04-23 19:18:01 GMT - Italy - World - SN:65 - ID:8925060

    ROME, April 23 (MENA) – Italy has registered 14,761 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours and 342 coronavirus sufferers died in that time, the health ministry said on Friday. The nation's COVID-19 death toll now stands at 118,699, ANSA ....

  • WHO chief denounces Covid vaccine inequity as COVAX sharing scheme marks first year

    Date: 2021-04-23 19:12:49 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:8924991

    GENEVA, April 23 (MENA) - WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom has repeatedly denounced inequities in vaccine distribution and urged wealthier countries to share excess doses to help inoculate health workers in low-income countries. More than 3 ....

  • Japan to host first joint military drill with US, France

    Date: 2021-04-23 13:40:42 GMT - Japan - World - SN:46 - ID:8924627

    TOKYO, April 23 (MENA) - Japan will hold a joint military drill with US and French troops in the country's southwest next month, the defence minister said Friday, as China's actions in regional waters raise concern. The exercise, running from May ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD