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Biden marks Persian new year celebration
Date: 2022-03-20 23:03:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:106 - ID:9480309
WASHINGTON, March 20 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden shared a statement celebrating the Persian festival of Nowruz on Sunday. "Jill and I extend our best wishes to all who are celebrating Nowruz in the United States and ....
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Russia’s air force has hit 89 military infrastructure facilities in Ukraine in 24 hrs
Date: 2022-03-20 22:03:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:101 - ID:9480241
MOSCOW, March 20 (MENA) - Russia’s forces are completing the defeat of the Donbass nationalist battalion and have advanced 12 more kilometers in the course of the special military operation in Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor ....
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UK braces for freak 10-day heatwave
Date: 2022-03-20 21:37:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:97 - ID:9480267
LONDON, March 20 (MENA) - Britain is warming up for the hottest spell of the year so far as a freak heatwave in the North Pole sweeps a ‘wind tunnel' of hot air towards the UK, the Daily Express reported Sunday. Warm winds will brush western ....
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Biden has 'no plans' to visit Ukraine during his upcoming trip to Europe
Date: 2022-03-20 20:41:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:9480251
WASHINGTON, March 20 (MENA) - President Joe Biden does not plan to visit Ukraine during his upcoming trip to Europe, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Sunday. "The trip will be focused on continuing to rally the world in support of ....
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Ukrainian president extends martial law
Date: 2022-03-20 20:33:40 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:89 - ID:9480245
KIEV, March 20 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has extended martial law in Ukraine from March 26 for 30 days, Ukrinform reported. On March 20, the head of state signed a number of wartime laws, including Law No. 2119 approving a ....
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Russian, Ukrainian delegations to resume online talks on March 21
Date: 2022-03-20 19:19:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:79 - ID:9480172
MOSCOW, March 20 (MENA) - Russian and Ukrainian delegations are expected to resume online talks on March 21, TASS reported Sunday. "An online meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations is planned for March 21," it said, citing ....
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N. Korea fires 4 shots from multiple rocket launchers into Yellow Sea
Date: 2022-03-20 12:28:26 GMT - south korea - World - SN:49 - ID:9479306
SEOUL, March 20 (MENA) - North Korea on Sunday fired four suspected shots from its multiple rocket launchers into the Yellow Sea, Yonhap News Agency quoted South Korean military officials as saying. South Korea's National Security Council held an ....
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EU seeks to boost stockpile of iodine pills and nuclear protective gear
Date: 2022-03-20 11:16:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:42 - ID:9479130
LONDON, March 20 (MENA) - Brussels has accelerated plans designed to improve the EU’s health response in case of a nuclear incident following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, EU officials said as quoted by The Financial Times newspaper. The European ....
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Russian losses in Ukraine: 14,700 troops killed
Date: 2022-03-20 11:01:00 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:40 - ID:9479082
KIEV, March 20 (MENA) - The Armed Forces of Ukraine have killed around 14,700 Russian military personnel and destroyed 74 multiple rocket launchers and 96 fighter jets, according to the Ukrainian news agency. On its Facebook account, the General ....
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Support rate for Japan Cabinet rises to 60.1%: Kyodo poll
Date: 2022-03-20 09:16:22 GMT - Japan - World - SN:27 - ID:9478790
TOKYO, March 20 (MENA) - The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet rose to 60.1 percent from 56.6 percent in February, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday. In the two-day telephone survey through Sunday, 75.2 percent ....
