CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday, Feb. 12, held talks with visiting German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to discuss bilateral cooperation and regional issues of mutual interest.
LISBON - Portugal lowered on Saturday, Feb. 12, the country's indicator for the assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic from "critical level" to "alarm situation," which means relief of pressure on health services.
South Korea's daily number of COVID-19 cases hit a record high amid the spread of the Omicron variant, the health authorities said on Saturday (Feb. 12).
Russia registered 203,949 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day increase to date, taking the national tally to 13,731,794, the official monitoring and response center said Friday (Feb. 11).
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday (Feb. 10) called for reducing tensions between Ukraine and Russia and supported diplomatic efforts by the international community.
