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Taliban delegation to join Moscow talks next week - report
Date: 2021-10-14 21:17:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:90 - ID:9218605
MOSCOW, Oct 14 (MENA) - A Taliban delegation will arrive in Moscow next week for Russia-led talks on the future of Afghanistan, the Russian foreign ministry has announced. The talks are due to take place on October 20, news agency Tass reported, ....
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Tuberculosis deaths rise for first time in over a decade due to impact of Covid pandemic, says WHO
Date: 2021-10-14 14:22:40 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:62 - ID:9217705
GENEVA, Oct 14 (MENA) - Global deaths from tuberculosis have risen for the first time in more than a decade due to the disruptive impact of Covid-19 on testing and treatment services, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Years of ....
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WFP warns of unprecedented famine to follow in wake of climate crisis
Date: 2021-10-14 13:44:09 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:58 - ID:9217625
GENEVA, Oct 14 (MENA) - The world faces an exponential increase in hunger fueled by the climate crisis if urgent global action to help communities adapt to climatic shocks and stresses is ignored, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) warns ....
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UN coordinator urges practicing self-restraint in Beirut
Date: 2021-10-14 11:28:56 GMT - Lebanon - World - SN:48 - ID:9217544
BEIRUT, Oct 14 (MENA) - UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Joanna Wronecka called for practicing the highest degree of self-restraint in a comment on the violent actions that took place in Tayoune and Ain Al Romana in Beirut where a number ....
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Taliban to visit Russia next week to take part in talks on Afghanistan, says diplomat
Date: 2021-10-14 10:33:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:38 - ID:9217407
MOSCOW, Oct 14 (MENA) - A Taliban (banned in Russia) delegation will arrive in Moscow next week to participate in the Moscow format consultations on Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday on the sidelines ....
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US to ship 2.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan
Date: 2021-10-14 09:59:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:31 - ID:9217100
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (MENA) - The US government will ship 2.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan on Thursday, bringing the total number of doses sent to the South Asian country to about 18.3 million, more than any other country, the ....
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EU moves to tamp down high energy prices
Date: 2021-10-14 07:53:46 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:14 - ID:9217087
BRUSSELS, Oct 14 (MENA) - The EU on Wednesday presented a "toolbox" of measures to mitigate an energy crunch that threatens to send Europeans' power bills soaring, the International Business Times reported. The European Commission has been under ....
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Former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo dies at 71
Date: 2021-10-14 07:25:29 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:9217046
SEOUL, Oct 14 (MENA) - Former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo died Thursday after battling blood cancer, officials here said. He was 71, Yonhap reported. Lee served as prime minister shortly between February and April in 2015 under then ....
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Japan's new PM Kishida dissolves lower house for general election
Date: 2021-10-14 06:55:22 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:9216994
TOKYO, Oct 14 (MENA) - Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dissolved the House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon for a general election at the end of this month as he seeks a public mandate for his government launched just last week, ....
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Blinken, UAE FM discuss efforts to support peace in ME
Date: 2021-10-14 06:15:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:9216981
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan conferred on Wednesday night on bilateral ties during the visit by the UAE top diplomat to Washington. They discussed ....