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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

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