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JHU: Coronavirus cases surpass 543 mn
Date: 2022-06-26 09:55:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:9641478
WASHINGTON, June 26 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload reached 543,329,496 and deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Sunday. In its latest update, JHU revealed that the current global ....
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Less than 3% of Japan firms exiting Russia, lowest among G-7: survey
Date: 2022-06-26 08:46:07 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:9641319
TOKYO, June 26 (MENA) - Less than 3 percent of Japanese companies operating in Russia have decided to withdraw following its invasion of Ukraine, the lowest proportion among the Group of Seven nations, a recent survey showed according to Kyodo News ....
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Australia pledges $1 million in aid for quake-hit Afghanistan
Date: 2022-06-26 08:43:34 GMT - Australia - World - SN:13 - ID:9641357
CANBERRA, June 26 (MENA) - The federal government has announced $1 million in additional emergency relief for Afghanistan, after the country was hit by an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people and left thousands homeless, ABC News ....
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Poland receives 4.34 mn refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-06-26 08:01:21 GMT - Poland - World - SN:10 - ID:9641235
WARSAW, June 26 MENA) - Some 4.343 million refugees from Ukraine crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said Sunday quoting Poland's Border Guard. As many as 25,500 refugees crossed the ....
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Ecuador's government lifts state of emergency amid protests
Date: 2022-06-26 07:36:45 GMT - Ecuador - World - SN:9 - ID:9641216
QUITO, June 26 (MENA) - Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso on Saturday lifted a state of emergency he had imposed in six provinces amid an Indigenous-led strike, a surprise move that came as lawmakers in the National Assembly heard an opposition ....
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UK ready to provide $525M in financial aid for Ukraine
Date: 2022-06-26 07:35:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:8 - ID:9641237
LONDON, June 26 (MENA) - London is ready to provide another $525 million in guarantees for World Bank lending later this year. The UK government said this in a press release, Ukrinform reported. This lending is covering costs like Ukrainian ....
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UN marks International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Date: 2022-06-26 06:39:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:9641199
NEW YORK, June 26 (MENA) - The United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture marks on June 26 the moment in 1987 when the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, one of the key ....
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Monkeypox not presently a global public health emergency: WHO
Date: 2022-06-26 06:12:20 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:5 - ID:9641193
GENEVA, June 26 (MENA) - The monkeypox outbreak does not currently constitute a global public health concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, though “intense response efforts” are needed to control further spread. The announcement comes ....
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Ukrainian army uses kindergartens to deploy firing positions - Russian top brass
Date: 2022-06-25 21:59:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:9641113
MOSCOW, June 25 (MENA) – Ukraine’s armed forces have set up sniper positions near a kindergarten in Konstantinovka in Donetsk, setting up arms depots at a kindergarten in Nikolaev, head of Russia’s National Defense Control Center Mikhail Mizintsev ....
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Russia, Belarus ready to satisfy global demand in fertilizers - Putin
Date: 2022-06-25 18:38:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:9640985
MOSCOW, June 25 (MENA) – Moscow and Minsk are ready to do everything necessary in order to satisfy demand of global markets over interruptions in the supplies of food products and fertilizers, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during talks with ....