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  • Japan doubles daily cap on entrants to 20,000

    Date: 2022-06-01 07:16:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:9599087

    TOKYO, June 1 (MENA) - Japan doubled the limit for daily arrivals in Japan from abroad on Wednesday to 20,000, another step in relaxing COVID-19 border controls, NHK reported Wednesday. The move came ahead of the planned reopening of the country ....

  • Brazil storm death toll rises to at least 100

    Date: 2022-06-01 07:13:47 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:12 - ID:9599065

    BRASILIA, June 1 (MENA) - Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rain killed at least 100 people in northeastern Brazil, officials said as emergency workers searched for bodies and survivors, France24 reported Wednesday. The force of ....

  • Japan PM Kishida to visit Singapore for Shangri-La security dialogue

    Date: 2022-06-01 07:09:31 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9599086

    TOKYO, June 1 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Singapore to attend the Shangri-La security dialogue from June 10, becoming the first Japanese leader to do so since 2014, Kyodo News Agency quoted the government as saying ....

  • Hurricane Agatha kills 10, leaves 20 missing in Southern Mexico

    Date: 2022-06-01 07:09:12 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:9 - ID:9599068

    MEXICO CITY, June 1 (MENA) - Hurricane Agatha caused flooding and mudslides that killed at least 10 people and left 20 missing, the governor of the southern state of Oaxaca said. France 24 quoted Governor Alejando Murat as having said ....

  • UNICEF: One hundred days of war in Ukraine have left 5.2 million children in need of humanitarian assistance

    Date: 2022-06-01 07:09:01 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:8 - ID:9599080

    WASHINGTON, June 1 (MENA) - Nearly 100 days of war in Ukraine have wrought devastating consequences for children at a scale and speed not seen since World War II, UNICEF said Wednesday. Three million children inside Ukraine and over 2.2 million ....

  • India reports 2,745 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2022-06-01 07:08:12 GMT - India - World - SN:7 - ID:9599059

    NEW DELHI, June 1 (MENA) - India reported 2,745 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 43,160,832, NDTV reported Wednesday. The Union Health Ministry said six new fatalities were reported in ....

  • New Zealand reports 8,316 new Covid cases over past 24 hours

    Date: 2022-06-01 07:07:30 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:4 - ID:9599062

    WELLINGTON, June 1 (MENA) - New Zealand recorded 8,316 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1,170,815, according to TVNZ. The total number of publicly reported deaths with ....

  • Response to monkeypox will not require same extensive measures as COVID-19 - WHO

    Date: 2022-05-31 22:47:05 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:98 - ID:9598913

    GENEVA, May 31 (MENA) – Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, said the effective response to monkeypox will not need to adopt the same extensive measures as COVID-19. “As of now, an effective response to monkeypox will not require the ....

  • Gazprom confirms suspension of gas supplies to GasTerra over failure to pay in rubles

    Date: 2022-05-31 11:26:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:9597801

    MOSCOW, May 31 (MENA) - Gazprom has confirmed complete suspension of gas supplies to Netherlands’ GasTerra B.V. due to failure to pay in rubles, the Russian gas holding said in a statement on Tuesday. "As of the end of the working day on May 30, ....

  • Ukraine Army destroys about 30,500 Russian troops, 208 aircraft since Russian military operation

    Date: 2022-05-31 09:39:45 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:28 - ID:9597504

    KYIV, May 31 (MENA) - Ukraine's defenders killed about 30,500 Russian troops from February 24 to May 31, including 150 in the past day. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this on Facebook, Ukrinform reported. The Ukrainian ....

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