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  • Saudi Foreign Ministry condemns violence, in 'solidarity' with Germany after market attack

    Date: 2024-12-21 06:53:59 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:1 - ID:10999706

    RIYADH, Dec 21 (MENA) - The Saudi Foreign Ministry expressed "solidarity" with Germany on Friday following a deadly car-ramming attack in a Christmas market. In a statement on social media platform X, the ministry expressed "solidarity with the ....

  • France's Macron says he is 'shocked' by German market attack

    Date: 2024-12-20 23:07:26 GMT - France - World - SN:50 - ID:10999638

    PARIS, Dec 20 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said he was "profoundly shocked" by a car ramming attack at a German Christmas market that killed two people and injured 68 others. Posting on his "X" account, Macron added that he ....

  • Several killed, scores injured in Germany as car ploughs into crowd at Christmas market

    Date: 2024-12-20 23:03:19 GMT - Germany - World - SN:49 - ID:10999637

    BERLIN, Dec 20 (MENA) - Scores of people were injured and at least two people, including a small child, were killed on Friday after a car ploughed into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German town of Magdeburg, the Guardian ....

  • Canada's Trudeau shuffles cabinet amid resignation calls

    Date: 2024-12-20 22:39:11 GMT - Canada - World - SN:45 - ID:10999610

    OTTAWA, Dec 20 (MENA) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named eight new members to his cabinet as he continues to face pressure to step down, CBC reported Friday. Toronto-area MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith is taking over as minister of ....

  • Norway pledges £186 mln military aid for Ukraine

    Date: 2024-12-20 20:26:46 GMT - Norway - World - SN:42 - ID:10999561

    OSLO, Dec 20 (MENA) - Norway is contributing to a £186 million package to support Ukraine (approx. NOK 2.6 billion), the Norwegian government revealed Friday. The funding, which will provide much-needed military equipment through the ....

  • 6 killed in Ukrainian rocket attack on Russia's Kursk region, governor says

    Date: 2024-12-20 18:59:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:39 - ID:10999546

    MOSCOW, Dec 20 (MENA) - A Ukrainian missile strike on the town of Rylsk in the Kursk Region killed six people, including a child, Kursk Region Interim Governor Alexander Khinshtein said, TASS reported. "According to preliminary data, six people ....

  • South Korea, Japan discuss friendly cooperation in high-level economic dialogue

    Date: 2024-12-20 18:39:42 GMT - Japan - World - SN:37 - ID:10999539

    SEOUL, Dec 20 (MENA) - South Korea and Japan on Friday discussed efforts to maintain friendly ties under Seoul's acting presidency during a high-level bilateral economic dialogue, according to a statement released by the Korean Foreign ....

  • Peter Mandelson named UK ambassador to US

    Date: 2024-12-20 18:16:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:36 - ID:10999489

    LONDON, Dec 20 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed Friday that Peter Mandelson will be the UK's next ambassador to Washington. Mandelson, who served in senior posts in the governments of former prime ministers Tony Blair and ....

  • 12 countries issue joint statement on situation in Afghanistan

    Date: 2024-12-20 18:07:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:35 - ID:10999482

    LONDON, Dec 20 (MENA) - Special envoys and representatives for Afghanistan of Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, and the United States met in Geneva on ....

  • TV BRICS: India’s pharmaceutical industry achieves dlrs 50 billion milestone

    Date: 2024-12-20 09:31:22 GMT - India - World - SN:13 - ID:10998883

    NEW DELHI, Dec 20 (MENA) - India’s pharmaceutical sector, recognized as the third largest globally by volume, reached a valuation of dlrs 50 billion in the fiscal year 2023-24, according to Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, ....

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