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  • WHO: Nearly 200 cases of monkeypox virus recorded across more than 20 countries

    Date: 2022-05-27 17:00:59 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:66 - ID:9591870

    GENAVA, May 27 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) says nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been tallied globally, Fox News reported Friday. The cases have been found in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the ....

  • Toronto confirms 1st case of monkeypox

    Date: 2022-05-27 16:30:52 GMT - Canada - World - SN:61 - ID:9591785

    TORONTO, May 27 (MENA) - The Toronto Public Health (TPH) has received notification confirming Toronto’s first reported case of monkeypox virus, according to a press release by the City of Toronto on Friday. TPH also received laboratory ....

  • UK concerned about further loss of life in Tajikistan

    Date: 2022-05-27 13:36:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:40 - ID:9591551

    LONDON, May 27 (MENA) - Deputy Head of the UK Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation Deirdre Brown expressed the UK's concern about further loss of life in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in Tajikistan this week. The ....

  • Unexplained child hepatitis cases rise again in UK

    Date: 2022-05-27 13:26:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:37 - ID:9591455

    LONDON, May 27 (MENA) - Another 20 children have been diagnosed with unexplained hepatitis in the UK, bringing the total number affected to 222, health officials say. Of those cases, 158 live in England, 31 in Scotland, 17 in Wales and 16 in ....

  • UN secretary general condemns recent terror attacks in Afghanistan

    Date: 2022-05-27 13:26:15 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:36 - ID:9591554

    NEW YORK, May 27 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned the recent attacks in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of numerous civilians, among them members of the Hazara Shia community and several children. "The Secretary General ....

  • China, Russia veto new UN sanctions on North Korea for first time since 2006

    Date: 2022-05-27 10:23:30 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:29 - ID:9591191

    NEW YORK, May 27 (MENA) – Russia and China vetoed a US-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution to strengthen sanctions on North Korea in a vote the US ambassador to the UN called dangerous, disappointing and likely to fuel Pyongyang's ....

  • 4 armed men killed in separate encounters in Kashmir

    Date: 2022-05-27 08:38:16 GMT - India - World - SN:21 - ID:9591113

    NEW DELHI, May 27 (MENA) - Four armed men were killed in two separate encounters in Pulwama and Srinagar districts of Jammu and Kashmir, NDTV quoted the police as saying on Friday. An encounter broke out at Aganhanzipora locality in Awantipora ....

  • Japanese Health min.: No monkeypox confirmed in country so far

    Date: 2022-05-27 08:31:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:9591099

    TOKYO, May 27 (MENA) - Japan's health minister says the country has so far not confirmed any cases of monkeypox, NHK reported. Goto Shigeyuki told reporters on Friday that monkeypox infections have been confirmed mainly in Western countries, but ....

  • Japan gov't warns of risks to stable food supply amid Ukraine crisis

    Date: 2022-05-27 08:21:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:9591082

    TOKYO, May 27 (MENA) - The Japanese government warned Friday the country faces risks in securing food supply due to the spread of the coronavirus and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, calling for the diversification of import partners and the lifting of ....

  • Russian troops renew assault on Sloviansk

    Date: 2022-05-27 08:13:10 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:17 - ID:9591071

    KIEV, May 27 (MENA) - The Russian army has renewed its assault on the town of Sloviansk in Ukraine's Donetsk region, Ukrinform reported on Friday. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in its latest war update published on ....

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