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  • John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 624 mln

    Date: 2022-10-15 13:02:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:29 - ID:9823698

    WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (MENA) - As many as 624,390,516 people have been reported to be infected by coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Saturday. It added that about 6,566,749 have died from the virus worldwide. The US ....

  • UN Nuclear Watchdog warns situation in Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant 'Precarious'

    Date: 2022-10-15 10:45:25 GMT - Austria - World - SN:19 - ID:9823424

    VIENNA, Oct 15 (MENA) - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi warned the situation in the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine is "precarious" concerning the station's nuclear safety and security functions. He added ....

  • US Defense Secretary meets his Finnish, Swedish counterparts

    Date: 2022-10-15 08:44:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:9823183

    WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with his Finnish and Swedish counterparts Antti Kaikkonen and Peter Hultqvist respectively, said Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder in a press release ....

  • Turkey's explosion kill 28 miners

    Date: 2022-10-15 07:04:39 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:4 - ID:9823106

    ANKARA, Oct 15 (MENA) - Turkish official said Saturday that 28 miners have been killed in an explosion of a mine in Amasra town on the Black Sea. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said eight others were receiving intensive care treatment in hospital ....

  • Ukrainian aircraft launch 13 strikes on Russian positions in southern Ukraine

    Date: 2022-10-15 06:45:15 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:2 - ID:9823083

    KIEV, Oct 15 (MENA) - Ukraine's Armed Forces aircraft launched 13 strikes on Russian's strongholds, areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and equipment in southern Ukraine on October 14. Ukraine's Operational Command South said this in a ....

  • Canada, NATO allies mull strengthening Latvian battle group

    Date: 2022-10-14 21:02:04 GMT - Canada - World - SN:73 - ID:9822947

    OTTAWA, Oct 14 (MENA) - Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand met with NATO allies to discuss reinforcing a Canadian-led battle group in Latvia with thousands more soldiers, even as uncertainty swirled around what this country can – and will – ....

  • US senators push for regulator crackdown on carbon offsets

    Date: 2022-10-14 17:54:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:9822783

    LONDON, Oct 14 (MENA) - US lawmakers are pushing the federal regulator to crack down on the market for carbon offsets and draw up new rules for its oversight, the Financial Times reported Friday. A group of Democratic party senators, including ....

  • At least 14 children die after ferry sinks in Cambodia's Mekong river

    Date: 2022-10-14 17:25:07 GMT - Cambodia - World - SN:62 - ID:9822775

    PHNOM PENH, Oct 14 (MENA) - At least 14 children were killed when an overloaded ferry that was carrying them home from school sank in Cambodia's Mekong river, Channel News Asia quoted authorities as saying on Friday. Rescue teams were searching ....

  • UK condemns North Korea ballistic missile launch

    Date: 2022-10-14 17:15:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:61 - ID:9822701

    LONDON, Oct 14 (MENA) - A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said that "North Korea continues to violate UN Security Council Resolutions by conducting a further ballistic missile test on Friday. "Alongside our allies and ....

  • Russia announces Kherson evacuation, raising fears city will become frontline

    Date: 2022-10-14 17:12:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:60 - ID:9822694

    LONDON, Oct 14 (MENA) - Moscow has announced it will evacuate Kherson after an appeal from the Russian-installed head of the region, raising fears the occupied city at the heart of the south Ukrainian oblast will become a new frontline, The Guardian ....

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