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Japan reports over 37,000 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2022-05-20 11:12:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:35 - ID:9579316
TOKYO, May 20 (MENA) - Japan recorded 37,438 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 8,561,791, NHK reported on Friday. Health authorities said that 44 deaths have also been ....
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9 killed in fire after tanker-truck collision in India
Date: 2022-05-20 10:48:15 GMT - India - World - SN:30 - ID:9579283
NEW DELHI, May 20 (MENA) – Nine persons were charred to death in a fire that broke out after a collision between a diesel-laden tanker and a truck carrying wood on the outskirts of the Indian city of Chandrapur in Maharashtra, NDTV reported. The ....
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Australia: Monkeypox confirmed in Melbourne and Sydney
Date: 2022-05-20 10:29:56 GMT - Australia - World - SN:26 - ID:9579211
CANBERRA, May 20 (MENA) - Two cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in Australia: one in Melbourne and another in Sydney, ABC news reported Friday. The case in Melbourne is a man in his 30s who developed mild symptoms before returning home from ....
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1 killed, 9 injured in S. Korea’s oil refinery explosion
Date: 2022-05-20 09:31:22 GMT - south korea - World - SN:23 - ID:9579046
SEOUL, May 20 (MENA) – One person has been killed and nine others injured in an explosion at a refinery run by South Korean oil refiner S-Oil Corp. in the country's southwest, Yonhap news agency reported. Firefighters said Friday that the ....
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Biden arrives in S. Korea for first summit with Yoon
Date: 2022-05-20 09:30:48 GMT - south korea - World - SN:22 - ID:9579120
SEOUL, May 20 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden arrived in South Korea on Friday for his first summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on a range of issues, including North Korea's nuclear program and supply chain risks, Yonhap news agency ....
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UK accuses Russia of making food a weapon in Ukraine
Date: 2022-05-20 09:22:01 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:20 - ID:9579105
LONDON, May 20 (MENA) - Russia is "making food a weapon" in the war in Ukraine, the UK's foreign office has said, following calls for Vladimir Putin to reopen ports in the country, Sky news channel reported on Friday. "Countries around the world ....
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IAEA chief says planning to visit Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine
Date: 2022-05-20 09:06:19 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:9579127
TOKYO, May 20 (MENA) - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said Friday he is planning to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine in the near future, Kyodo news agency reported. The planned ....
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Taiwan reports 85,720 Covdi-19 cases, 17 deaths
Date: 2022-05-20 08:13:02 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:15 - ID:9579045
TAIPEI, May 12 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan confirmed 85,720 Covid-19 cases and 49 deaths over the past 24 hours. The new cases brings the tally of infections to 1,156,291, while the fatalities upped to 1,284 since the ....
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North Korea could test ICBM in coming days: Japanese defense min.
Date: 2022-05-20 08:07:42 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:9579037
TOKYO, May 20 (MENA) - North Korea could test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile in the coming days, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said Friday, ahead of US President Joe Biden's visit to Seoul and Tokyo this weekend. Kishi told ....
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Myanmar ruling military threatens to downgrade Australia ties over snub
Date: 2022-05-20 08:04:49 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:13 - ID:9579035
YANGOON, May 20 (MENA) - Myanmar's ruling military on Thursday threatened to downgrade diplomatic ties with Australia after it said Canberra would not replace its recently-departed ambassador to the military-run country, Eleven Myanmar newspaper ....
