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  • Omicron accounts for 98% of confirmed COVID cases in Russia — official

    Date: 2022-12-28 18:38:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:9943897

    MOSCOW, Dec 28 (MENA) - The majority of Russians who test positive for COVID these days have the Omicron variant, and the Russian Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare keeps monitoring the spread of viruses across the ....

  • Denmark's Queen Margrethe marks golden jubilee with stunning new picture of her with sons

    Date: 2022-12-28 18:16:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:69 - ID:9943875

    LODON, Dec 28 (MENA) - The Danish royal family have released two new photographs of Queen Margrethe II with her sons and daughters-in-law, marking the Queen's Golden Jubilee. The royal is celebrating her 50th year on the throne. One of the ....

  • Kremlin says any Ukraine peace plan must include annexed regions

    Date: 2022-12-28 16:44:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:59 - ID:9943780

    MOSCOW, Dec 28 (MENA) - The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's 10-point peace plan, saying that proposals to end the conflict in Ukraine must take into account what it calls "today's realities" of four Ukrainian ....

  • U.S. considers new Covid rules for travelers from China as virus spreads

    Date: 2022-12-28 16:41:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:9943777

    WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (MENA) - Alarmed by China’s surge in Covid cases after the sudden end of its “zero-Covid” measures, the Biden administration is considering new rules for travelers from China, such as testing on arrival and additional tracking, ....

  • Strong quake hits Greece’s Evia, felt widely in Attica

    Date: 2022-12-28 15:08:23 GMT - Greece - World - SN:49 - ID:9943460

    ATHENS, Dec 28 (MENA) – An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale shook the island of Evia and was felt widely in the region of Attica on Wednesday afternoon, according to a preliminary reading of the EuroMediterranean Institute. No ....

  • Japan, China, S. Korea fail to hold summit for 3rd straight year

    Date: 2022-12-28 12:34:28 GMT - Japan - World - SN:36 - ID:9943163

    TOKYO, Dec 28 (MENA) - Japan, China and South Korea have failed for the third straight year to hold an annual summit, Japanese government sources said Wednesday, despite an agreement that their leaders gather for talks every year. Among the ....

  • Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to 103,770

    Date: 2022-12-28 08:31:31 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:14 - ID:9942683

    KIEV, Dec 28 (MENA) - The Armed Forces of Ukraine have already eliminated about 103,770 Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24 to December 27, including 550 over the past day alone, Ukrinform reported Wednesday. The General Staff of the Armed ....

  • IEA says Europe witnessing energy crisis

    Date: 2022-12-28 07:49:00 GMT - France - World - SN:10 - ID:9942551

    PARIS, Dec 28 (MENA) - Fatih Birol, Managing Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said "Europe is at the epicenter" of the "first truly global energy crisis" because of its dependence on Russian energy, RT reported Wednesday. "Our ....

  • Two earthquakes strike Nepal

    Date: 2022-12-28 07:26:22 GMT - Nepal - World - SN:9 - ID:9942548

    KATHMANDU, Dec 28 (MENA) - Two earthquakes of magnitude 4.7 and 5.3 hit Nepal's Baglung district in the early hours of Wednesday, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring & Research Center (NEMRC). As per the readings from the center, an ....

  • Yoon ordered sending of two to three drones across border if N.Korea sends one: official

    Date: 2022-12-28 07:13:20 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:9942524

    SEOUL, Dec 28 (MENA) - President Yoon Suk Yeol had ordered an in-kind response when North Korean drones infiltrated South Korean airspace earlier this week, telling aides to send two to three drones across the border if the North sent one, Yonhap ....

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