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  • New Zealand reports 10,336 new Covid cases

    Date: 2022-07-21 06:49:30 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:9 - ID:9680201

    WELLINGTON, July 21 (MENA) - New Zealand recorded 10,336 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1,540,509, according to TVNZ. The death tally reached 1,868 in the country, the ....

  • Sri Lanka's newly elected president sworn into office

    Date: 2022-07-21 06:46:30 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:7 - ID:9680220

    COLOMBO, July 21 (MENA) - Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's new president Thursday, ABC news reported. Sri Lankans have taken to the streets for months to demand their top leaders step down to take responsibility ....

  • India reports 21,566 new COVID-19 cases and 45 deaths in last 24 hours

    Date: 2022-07-21 06:02:59 GMT - India - World - SN:1 - ID:9680179

    NEW DELHI, July 21 (MENA) - India reported 21,566 new coronavirus infections in one day, upping India's total tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 4,38,25,185, the Times of India reported on Thursday, quoting the Union health ministry. The death toll ....

  • US Austin, Milley warn Iran against helping Russia in Ukraine

    Date: 2022-07-20 20:36:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:111 - ID:9680052

    WASHINGTON, July 20 (MENA) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley warned Iran against helping Russia amid concerns that Tehran would send drones to help Moscow in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, The Hill ....

  • Biden encourages Americans to get booster shots amid BA.5 spread

    Date: 2022-07-20 12:14:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:9679115

    WASHINGTON, July 20 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has encouraged all Americans to receive their booster shots against COVID-19 amid BA.5 increasing infections, read out a statement by the White House Wednesday. In the statement, Biden said ....

  • Japan registers 152,536 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2022-07-20 10:38:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:42 - ID:9678851

    TOKYO, July 20 (MENA) - Japan registered 152,536 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total infections to 10,630,647, Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported Wednesday. Also 53 new coronavirus-linked deaths were ....

  • FMs of Czech Republic, Austria arrive in Kiev

    Date: 2022-07-20 10:05:15 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:34 - ID:9678683

    KIEV, July 20 (MENA) - Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský arrived in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev for talks with top Ukrainian officials. He is accompanied by the Austrian minister of foreign affairs, Alexander Schallenberg, Radio Prague ....

  • Russia plans to annex Ukrainian territory, White House says

    Date: 2022-07-20 09:55:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:9678543

    WASHINGTON, July 20 (MENA) - The White House said Tuesday that it has intelligence to indicate Russia is taking steps to annex parts of Ukraine, CNBC said. “We’re seeing ample evidence and intelligence and in the public domain that Russia intends ....

  • Putin says West must remove restrictions on Russian grain exports

    Date: 2022-07-20 09:38:25 GMT - Iran - World - SN:29 - ID:9678539

    TEHRAN, July 20 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said the West must remove restrictions on exports of Russian grain. RT reported Wednesday. "We will facilitate the export of Ukrainian grain, but we are proceeding from the fact that all ....

  • Syria cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine

    Date: 2022-07-20 08:36:00 GMT - Syria - World - SN:20 - ID:9678421

    DAMASCUS, July 20 (MENA) - Syria is cutting its diplomatic ties with Ukraine, SANA news agency said Wednesday quoting a Foreign Ministry statement. The move comes as a reciprocal measure in response to a similar Ukrainian step. "The Ukrainian ....

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