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  • EU urges to provide int’l aid to help Afghanistan’s quake victims

    Date: 2022-06-23 07:41:45 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:15 - ID:9636916

    BRUSSELS, June 23 (MENA) – The European Union has called for offering international assistance for Afghans after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck eastern Afghanistan overnight with tremors felt as far as neighboring ....

  • China launches new batch of remote sensing satellites

    Date: 2022-06-23 07:13:15 GMT - China - World - SN:11 - ID:9636923

    BEIJING, June 23 (MENA) - China successfully launched three new remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. The satellites were ....

  • New Zealand reports 5285 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2022-06-23 07:06:32 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:10 - ID:9636914

    WELLINGTON, June 23 (MENA) - Another 12 people with Covid-19 have died and there are 5285 new community cases to report today, New Zealand's Ministry of Health said. In a statement, the ministry said there were also 300 people in hospital, with ....

  • Multiple people injured, one arrested after incident in Auckland's North Shore

    Date: 2022-06-23 06:58:37 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:8 - ID:9636905

    WELLINGTON, June 23 (MENA) - A person has been arrested in what police are calling an "incident" that has left multiple people injured in Auckland's North Shore, New Zealand Radio reported on Thursday. Emergency services were called to Murrays ....

  • India records 13,313 new Covid cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2022-06-23 06:40:12 GMT - India - World - SN:5 - ID:9636892

    NEW DELHI, June 23 (MENA) - India recorded 13,313 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 4,33,44,958, NDTV reported Thursday. According to Union health ministry data, the number of active cases increased to ....

  • Twelve ships stranded in Kherson due to mines — authorities

    Date: 2022-06-23 06:27:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:3 - ID:9636878

    MOSCOW, June 23 (MENA) - Mines planted by the Ukrainian armed forces keep 12 vessels, mainly Turkish ones, trapped in the port of Kherson, a deputy head of the region’s civil-military administration told TASS on Tuesday. "There are about 12 ships ....

  • Teachers in Britain threaten strike action as they demand 'inflation-plus' pay rise

    Date: 2022-06-22 22:38:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:110 - ID:9636810

    LONDON, June 22 (MENA) - Teachers in Britain have now threatened to go on strike over pay and workload with the UK still struggling to recover from the current industrial action from rail workers, the Express newspaper reported. The National ....

  • Biden assessing how to help Afghanistan after earthquake

    Date: 2022-06-22 20:32:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:99 - ID:9636746

    WASHINGTON, June 22 (MENA) - The White House on Wednesday said that President Joe Biden is working to respond to a devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan by assessing how U.S. humanitarian assistance can address immediate needs. At least ....

  • US raises travel warning for Ecuador to level 3

    Date: 2022-06-22 19:54:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:93 - ID:9636688

    WASHINGTON, June 22 (MENA) - The US Department of State on Wednesday raised the Travel Advisory Level for Ecuador to Level 3, replacing the previous Travel Advisory issued on April 19, 2022. In a statement posted on its website, the US Department ....

  • US condemns killing of civilians in Mali

    Date: 2022-06-22 19:02:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:90 - ID:9636546

    WASHINGTON, June 22 (MENA) - The United States was deeply saddened to learn of the violence in Mali’s Bandiagara and Gao regions the past weekend resulting in the deaths of more than 100 civilians, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said. ....

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