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  • British PM arrives in India on two-day visit

    Date: 2022-04-21 10:11:17 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:49 - ID:9532839

    NEW DELHI/LONDON, April 21 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in India Thursday on a two-day visit. Johnson will discuss strengthening security co-operation in meetings with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "The Prime ....

  • Russia’s daily COVID-19 cases surge by almost 8,900

    Date: 2022-04-21 10:07:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:48 - ID:9532838

    MOSCOW, April 21 (MENA) – Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 8,875 over the past day to 18,110,861, TASS reported. The anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Thursday that as many as 2,928 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Russia ....

  • India denies approving stop by Japan plane to collect Ukraine aid

    Date: 2022-04-21 09:53:42 GMT - Japan - World - SN:44 - ID:9532837

    TOKYO, April 21 (MENA) - India has denied authorizing the entry of a Japanese transport plane to collect aid supplies for Ukrainian refugees, a lawmaker said Thursday, derailing Tokyo's plan for the flight later this month. Under the original ....

  • Putin calls off storming of Mariupol plant

    Date: 2022-04-21 09:39:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:9532662

    MOSCOW, April 21 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his troops to cancel plans to storm the Azovstal plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, instead calling for its blockade to continue. Putin gave the order to Sergei ....

  • Japan reports 21,533 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2022-04-21 09:35:40 GMT - Japan - World - SN:38 - ID:9532692

    TOKYO, April 21 (MENA) - Japan recorded 21,533 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 7,518,016, NHK World Japan reported Thursday. Tokyo officials also reported ten deaths on ....

  • Australia reports 54,558 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2022-04-21 08:55:09 GMT - Australia - World - SN:34 - ID:9532588

    CANBERRA, April 21 (MENA) - Australia registered 54,558 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the Australian Health Ministry said. The caseload hit 5,563,871 in the country, according to the ministry. Also, 50 new fatalities resulting from ....

  • Japan defense minister eyes U.S. trip in early May

    Date: 2022-04-21 07:53:45 GMT - Japan - World - SN:23 - ID:9532585

    TOKYO, April 21 (MENA) - Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi plans to visit the United States in early May for talks with his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin on boosting cooperation amid ongoing tensions in the wake of the Russian military operation ....

  • Japan reports 47,899 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2022-04-20 21:03:52 GMT - Japan - World - SN:89 - ID:9532249

    TOKYO, April 20 (MENA) - The nationwide tally of daily coronavirus infections in Japan is 47,899. That number is down by about 10,000 from a week ago, NHK World Japan reported. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 6,776 new cases of the ....

  • UK court orders extradition of Wikileaks founder to US

    Date: 2022-04-20 20:25:30 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:9532229

    LONDON, April 20 (MENA) - A UK court has issued a formal order to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US to face trial over the publication of classified documents relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The case will now go ....

  • Luxembourg starts fourth vaccine dose for people aged 80 and older

    Date: 2022-04-20 20:16:17 GMT - Luxembourg - World - SN:82 - ID:9532219

    LUXEMBOURG, April 20 (MENA) - Luxembourg will give out a second booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine for people aged 80 and above on the advice of health bodies, bringing the total number of shots for the age group to four, Luxembourg Times ....

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