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Spanish, French ambassadors to Moscow summoned to Foreign Ministry, source says
Date: 2022-05-18 12:32:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:39 - ID:9575414
MOSCOW, May 18 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned the Spanish and French ambassadors to Moscow, according to a source in the Spanish embassy. Spanish Ambassador to Moscow Marcos Gomez Martinez was summoned to the Russian ....
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Egypt remains steadfast in face of terrorism: Egypt's Mufti
Date: 2022-05-18 10:22:11 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:23 - ID:9575274
LONDON, May 18 (MENA) - Egypt will remain steadfast in its fierce battle against terrorism, affirmed Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam. Allam, who is also president of the Supreme Council of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide, ....
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N. Korea silent on S. Korea's offer for COVID-19 talks for 3rd day: official
Date: 2022-05-18 08:15:37 GMT - south korea - World - SN:14 - ID:9575180
SEOUL, May 18 (MENA) - North Korea has remained unresponsive to South Korea's attempt to propose working-level consultations on its push to extend help to the neighbor in its fight against the COVID-19 outbreak for the third day, The Korea Herald ....
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S. Korea reports 31,352 new COVID cases
Date: 2022-05-18 07:21:17 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:9575035
SEOUL, May 18 (MENA) - South Korea's new COVID-19 cases stayed above 30,000 for the second straight day Wednesday on a continued omicron slowdown as officials weigh a further easing of virus curbs toward returning to pre-pandemic normalcy, Yonhap ....
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NATO chief hails 'historic moment' as Finland, Sweden apply
Date: 2022-05-18 07:18:32 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:11 - ID:9575064
BRUSSELS, May 18 (MENA) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the military alliance stands ready to seize a historic moment and move quickly on allowing Finland and Sweden to join its ranks, after the two countries submitted ....
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New Zealand reports over 9,000 new Covid cases over past 24 hours
Date: 2022-05-18 06:51:55 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:9 - ID:9574999
WELLINGTON, May 18 (MENA) - New Zealand recorded 9,663 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1,070,373, according to TVNZ. The total number of publicly reported deaths with ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 524mn
Date: 2022-05-18 06:34:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9574981
WASHINGTON, May 18 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 524 million and the deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Wednesday that the ....
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Germany reports 72,051 new Covid cases
Date: 2022-05-18 06:31:44 GMT - Germany - World - SN:7 - ID:9574992
BERLIN, May 18 (MENA) - Germany recorded 72,051 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday. The total number of the coronavirus cases in Germany reached ....
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World a ‘virtual tinderbox’ for catastrophic levels of severe malnutrition in children – UNICEF warns
Date: 2022-05-17 20:12:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:9574569
NEW YORK, May 17 (MENA) – The number of children with severe wasting was rising even before Russia’s operation in Ukraine threatened to plunge the world deeper into a spiraling global food crisis - and it’s getting worse, UNICEF warned in a new ....
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Finnish parliament votes overwhelmingly in favor of NATO membership
Date: 2022-05-17 15:28:19 GMT - Finland - World - SN:48 - ID:9574219
HELSINKI, May 17 (MENA) - Lawmakers in Finland voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in favor of joining NATO as a deterrent against Russian aggression, paving the way for a joint application with Sweden to be submitted in the coming days, Al Arabiya ....