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  • Global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030

    Date: 2022-08-02 08:12:14 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:17 - ID:9700192

    GENEVA, Aug 2 (MENA) - Globally, only half (52%) of children living with HIV are on life-saving treatment, far behind adults where three quarters (76%) are receiving antiretrovirals, according to the data that has just been released in the UNAIDS ....

  • Poland receives more than 5.2 mn refugees from Ukraine

    Date: 2022-08-02 08:01:02 GMT - Poland - World - SN:16 - ID:9700187

    WARSAW, Aug 2 (MENA) - Some 5.201 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said on Tuesday citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. About 23,600 ....

  • Japan FM meets new South Korean envoy as relations thaw

    Date: 2022-08-02 07:57:50 GMT - Japan - World - SN:15 - ID:9700177

    TOKYO, Aug 2 (MENA) - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi met Tuesday with new South Korean Ambassador to Japan Yun Duk Min for the first time, signaling Tokyo's willingness to improve ties with Seoul that have frayed over wartime and ....

  • Magnitude 5.6 quake hits Sultan Kudarat

    Date: 2022-08-02 07:45:56 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:14 - ID:9700173

    MANILA, Aug 2 (MENA) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolted Sultan Kudarat province Tuesday afternoon, CNN quoted state seismologists as saying. The quake hit 36 kilometers northwest of the province's Lebak municipality at 1:24 p.m. based on the ....

  • Obama hails killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

    Date: 2022-08-02 07:25:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:9700083

    WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (MENA) - Former US President Barack Obama welcomed Tuesday the killing of al- Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Zawahiri was killed in a drone strike carried out by the US in Afghanistan's capital Kabul. "More than 20 years ....

  • Japan swelters as temperatures approach record highs

    Date: 2022-08-02 07:22:29 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:9700120

    TOKYO, Aug 2 (MENA) - Temperatures rose across Japan on Tuesday, climbing to near record highs around 40 C in a number of areas, with the weather agency warning of heat-related illnesses, Kyodo news agency reported. The government issued an alert ....

  • Kirby on reported Pelosi trip to Taiwan: We shouldn’t be intimidated by China’s rhetoric

    Date: 2022-08-02 06:56:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9700056

    WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (MENA) - White House national security spokesman John Kirby said a potential visit by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to Taiwan is "not uncommon" and there was no reason for recent threats by the Chinese government, The Hill ....

  • New Zealand reports 7,388 new Covid cases

    Date: 2022-08-02 06:49:04 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:9 - ID:9700069

    WELLINGTON, Aug 2 (MENA) - New Zealand recorded 7,388 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1,629,298, according to TVNZ. The death tally reached 1,563 in the country, the ....

  • India reports 13,734 new Covid cases

    Date: 2022-08-02 06:35:12 GMT - India - World - SN:8 - ID:9700047

    NEW DELHI, Aug 2 (MENA) - India on Tuesday reported 13,734 new Covid-19 cases and 34 deaths, NDTV reported. Total infections reached 44,050,009 in the country, the health ministry announced. With the new rise, the total death toll due to ....

  • US House speaker arrives in Malaysia

    Date: 2022-08-02 06:32:37 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:7 - ID:9700032

    KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (MENA) - US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Malaysia on Tuesday as part of the second-leg of her Asian tour. Pelosi landed at a Malaysian air force base ahead of meetings with the prime minister and ....

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