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Russia expels diplomats from Germany, Poland, Sweden
Date: 2021-02-05 16:05:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:8785423
MOSCOW, Feb 5 (MENA) - Russia said it has expelled diplomats from Germany, Poland and Sweden amid claims they took part in pro-Alexei Navalny protests, Euronews reported Friday. It comes on the day the EU's foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell is ....
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S. Korea, US tackle ways of N.K. denuclearization
Date: 2021-02-05 15:54:33 GMT - south korea - World - SN:64 - ID:8785350
SEOUL, Feb 5 (MENA) - A former US nuclear negotiator on Friday called on Washington and Seoul to review various approaches to denuclearization and stressed their need to maintain close bilateral ties, Yonhap news agency quoted the unification ....
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Germany hails Biden’s move to halt Trump-ordered troop cuts
Date: 2021-02-05 15:27:09 GMT - Germany - World - SN:61 - ID:8785294
BERLIN, Feb 5 (MENA) - The German government on Friday welcomed President Joe Biden’s decision to formally halt the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany, arguing that the troops’ stationing there is "in our mutual interest", The Washington ....
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5 killed, injured in explosion in western Pakistan
Date: 2021-02-05 15:26:46 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:60 - ID:8785251
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (MENA) - At least two people were killed and three others injured in an explosion outside deputy commissioner’s office on Anscomb Road in Quetta, the policemen and rescue workers at the scene said Friday. One injured was said to ....
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Macron under pressure as Covid vaccination rollout falters
Date: 2021-02-05 14:56:23 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:58 - ID:8785286
LONDON, Feb 5 (MENA) - It was an uncharacteristically fretful and tired-looking French President Emmanuel Macron who last week cast doubt on the effectiveness for the elderly of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and remarked that the UK’s ....
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Slovenian FM in Cyprus on Saturday for official visit
Date: 2021-02-05 14:40:09 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:56 - ID:8785200
NICOSIA, Feb 5 (MENA) - Slovenian Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Anze Logar will be in Cyprus on Saturday for an official visit, News in Cyprus reported. An official press release also said Logar and his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides ....
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Czech to receive 20,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine Saturday
Date: 2021-02-05 14:31:24 GMT - Czech - World - SN:54 - ID:8785198
PRAGUE, Feb 5 (MENA) - The Czech Republic is due on Saturday to receive the first 20,000 of 3 million doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, approved for use in the EU a week ago by the European Commission, Czech Radio reported on ....
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New Zealand to resume taking refugees a year after Covid border closure
Date: 2021-02-05 14:30:09 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:53 - ID:8785064
WELLINGTON, Feb 5 (MENA) - New Zealand will start receiving refugees again this month, nearly a year after it shut its borders to stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Guardian reported. A group of 35 refugees will arrive in February, ....
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Kazakhstan reports 1,186 new daily cases of coronavirus
Date: 2021-02-05 14:21:58 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:52 - ID:8785196
NURSULTAN, Feb 5 (MENA) - The Kazakh Health Ministry said Friday that 1,186 more people tested positive for coronavirus in Kazakhstan, Kazinform reported. It added a total of 192,825 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the country so ....
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Japan reports 2,368 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2021-02-05 14:16:43 GMT - Japan - World - SN:51 - ID:8785012
TOKYO, Feb 5 (MENA) - The Japanese government has confirmed 2,368 new coronavirus cases on Friday, raising the nation's total number of infections to 402,369, NHK broadcast reported. The country's death toll increased by 84 to 6,273, it added. ....
