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  • Von der Leyen, Borrell en route to Kyiv to show EU's 'unwavering support'

    Date: 2022-04-08 11:09:43 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:37 - ID:9511817

    BRUSSELS, April 8 (MENA) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU's foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell are travelling to Kyiv on Friday to meet Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Euronews reported. "Looking forward to ....

  • Japan reports 32,805 new Covid cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2022-04-08 11:04:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:34 - ID:9511742

    TOKYO, April 8 (MENA) - Japan reported 32,805 new coronavirus infection cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total cases to 6,929,873, Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported Friday. The total number of publicly reported deaths ....

  • Russia reports 14,311 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2022-04-08 10:44:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:9511785

    MOSCOW, April 8 (MENA) - Russia has reported 14,311 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, according to the national coronavirus information center. Total infections hit 17,969,431 in the country, according to official data, Tass news ....

  • Japanese PM announces additional sanctions on Russia

    Date: 2022-04-08 10:26:54 GMT - Japan - World - SN:29 - ID:9511774

    TOKYO, April 8 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio announced new sanctions on Russia on Friday, Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported. It comes amid growing calls for Moscow to be held responsible for the mass killing of civilians ....

  • Dozens killed in Russia's missile attack on train station in Donetsk

    Date: 2022-04-08 10:22:07 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:27 - ID:9511778

    KIEV, April 8 (MENA) - A missile attack on a railway station in Ukraine has reportedly killed 30 civilians as they waited to be evacuated, the Daily Express reported. The strike on the railway station in Kramatorsk is thought to have killed and ....

  • Russia announces destroying 2,000 tanks, 400 drones in Ukraine

    Date: 2022-04-08 09:30:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:25 - ID:9511678

    MOSCOW, April 8 (MENA) - The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Friday destroying more than 400 drones and about 2,000 tanks and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, since the start of the military operation, Sputnik news agency ....

  • Japan to expel some Russian diplomats

    Date: 2022-04-08 09:24:40 GMT - Japan - World - SN:24 - ID:9511662

    TOKYO, April 8 (MENA) - Japan will expel eight Russians including diplomats, the Foreign Ministry said Friday, as Tokyo continues to work with the United States and European countries to step up pressure on Russia to stop the country's ongoing ....

  • Poland received 2.57 mln refugees from Ukraine since February 24

    Date: 2022-04-08 08:56:39 GMT - Poland - World - SN:21 - ID:9511615

    WARSAW, April 8 (MENA) - Over 2.57 million refugees from Ukraine had crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, announced Poland's Border Guard on Friday. As many as 23,500 refugees have crossed the ....

  • EU welcomes agreement announced in South Sudan

    Date: 2022-04-08 08:23:37 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:18 - ID:9511554

    BRUSSELS, April 8 (MENA) - The EU welcomed the agreement announced on April 3, 2022, between South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit, and First Vice President Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon, according to a press release published on the EU External ....

  • UN undersecretary-general: 'I'm not optimistic' about Ukraine ceasefire

    Date: 2022-04-08 08:00:29 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:16 - ID:9511543

    NEW YORK, April 8 (MENA) - UN Undersecretary-General Martin Griffiths said Thursday he’s not optimistic about securing a ceasefire to halt the fighting in Ukraine, following high-level talks in Moscow and Kyiv that underscored how far apart the two ....

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