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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 ....
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Greece took in more than 7,700 Ukrainian refugees in April
Date: 2022-05-17 14:11:37 GMT - Greece - World - SN:37 - ID:9573962
ATHENS, May 17 (MENA) - A total of 7,759 refugees fled the war in Ukraine for Greece last month and 20% of them were below the age of 18, the Greek Migration and Asylum Ministry said on Tuesday. The majority of the arrivals, just under 54%, were ....
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Swedish FM signs Nato application
Date: 2022-05-17 08:16:31 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:17 - ID:9573282
STOCKHOLM, May 17 (MENA) - Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde signed the country's application to join the Nato security alliance on Tuesday, The Local Sweden reported. “It feels momentous, fateful, and that we have ended up doing what I ....
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North Korea reports another fever surge amid COVID-19 crisis
Date: 2022-05-17 08:03:06 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:16 - ID:9573249
PYONGYANG, May 17 (MENA) - North Korea on Tuesday reported another large jump in illnesses believed to be COVID-19 and encouraged good health habits as a mass outbreak spreads through its unvaccinated population and military officers were deployed ....
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Polish PM welcomes Sweden's decision to initiate NATO accession
Date: 2022-05-17 07:50:46 GMT - Poland - World - SN:15 - ID:9573165
WARSAW, May 17 (MENA) - Poland's prime minister on Tuesday welcomed a decision by Sweden to apply to become a member of NATO, Radio Poland reported. Mateusz Morawiecki said in a tweet that the Swedish government made a great decision to initiate ....
