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  • Earthquake kills 8, injures 9 in Afghanistan's Kunar province

    Date: 2022-09-05 08:23:45 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:9755531

    KABUL, Sept 5 (MENA) - At least eight people were killed and nine others injured as an earthquake struck eastern Kunar province early on Monday, Khaama Press reported quoting provincial head of Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs ....

  • Poland welcomes 6.05 million refugees from Ukraine: officials

    Date: 2022-09-05 08:16:40 GMT - Poland - World - SN:16 - ID:9755506

    WARSAW, Sept 5 (MENA) - Poland has taken in 6.05 million refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Radio Poland reported on Monday, quoting the Polish Border Guard agency. "Since February 24, a total of 6,053,000 people have crossed into ....

  • 6.8-magnitude quake hits SW China's Sichuan: CENC

    Date: 2022-09-05 06:45:27 GMT - China - World - SN:13 - ID:9755383

    BEIJING, Sept 5 (MENA) - The China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said that a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 12:52 p.m. Monday Beijing Time, Xinhua reported. The epicenter was monitored ....

  • Philippines reports 656 new cases of omicron subvariants

    Date: 2022-09-05 06:29:23 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:11 - ID:9755368

    MANILA, Sept 5 (MENA) - The Philippines has detected 656 additional cases of highly contagious offshoots of omicron COVID-19 variant, ABS-CBN News quoted the Department of Health as saying Monday. The country found 624 new cases of the omicron ....

  • Possible relocation of UN headquarters from New York being looked at — Russian diplomat

    Date: 2022-09-05 06:25:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:9755365

    MOSCOW, Sept 4 (MENA) - The issue of relocating the UN headquarters from New York to another place is being looked at, since the United States is not implementing its liabilities as a host country, Alexey Drobinin, director of the Russian foreign ....

  • India reports more than 5,903 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2022-09-05 05:51:22 GMT - India - World - SN:4 - ID:9755327

    NEW DELHI, Sept 5 (MENA) - India on Monday logged 5,903 fresh coronavirus infections that pushed its tally to 44,462,445, NDTV reported, quoting the Union Health Ministry data. The death count due to COVID-19 climbed to 528,932 with seven more ....

  • Las Vegas investigative journalist killed outside his home

    Date: 2022-09-05 05:32:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9755313

    WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (MENA) - A Las Vegas investigative reporter was found dead with stab wounds outside his home, and police are looking for the person who killed him, The Washington Post quoted officials as saying. Officers found Las Vegas ....

  • Canada stabbings: police say 10 killed, 15 hurt in Saskatchewan

    Date: 2022-09-05 05:29:23 GMT - Canada - World - SN:1 - ID:9755311

    OTTAWA, Sept 5 (MENA) - A manhunt was underway in western Canada on Sunday night as police searched frantically for two men suspected in a series of stabbings that have killed 10 people and wounded at least 15 others, the Guardian reported on ....

  • US ambassador to Russia leaves Moscow after concluding his tenure

    Date: 2022-09-04 23:03:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:80 - ID:9755290

    MOSCOW, Sept 4 (MENA) - US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan has finished his work in Moscow and departed on Sunday, the US embassy said in a press statement on its website. "US Ambassador to the Russian Federation John J. Sullivan has concluded ....

  • Ukraine, EU discuss restrictions on Russian oil, gas revenues, visa ban

    Date: 2022-09-04 17:46:33 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:54 - ID:9754789

    KYIV, Sept 4 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have discussed steps to limit Russian oil and gas revenues, Ukrinform reported. "Had a phone conversation with President of the ....

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