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India's fertility rate drops below replacement level as population reaches 1.46 billion: UN report
Date: 2025-06-16 15:07:49 GMT - India - World - SN:39 - ID:11220296
NEW DELHI, June 16 (MENA) - India's population is estimated to reach 1.46 billion in 2025, continuing to be the highest in the world, according to a new UN demographic report, which also revealed the country's total fertility rate has fallen below ....
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UN cuts back aid plan amid 'brutal funding cuts'
Date: 2025-06-16 13:38:07 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:27 - ID:11220282
NEW YORK, June 16 (MENA) - The UN disaster relief agency said it was having to dial back aid plans as the humanitarian sector faced "the deepest funding cuts ever." The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ....
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UK appoints first woman to head its MI6 Secret Intelligence Service
Date: 2025-06-16 13:09:46 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:23 - ID:11220301
LONDON, June 16 (MENA) -The UK has named Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer, as the first female head of the Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign spy service known as MI6. Metreweli, 47, who is currently MI6's head of technology, ....
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Russia stays in touch with Iranian, Israeli officials — Kremlin spokesman
Date: 2025-06-16 12:35:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:11220235
MOSCOW, June 16 (MENA) - Russia remains in contact with Iranian and Israeli officials, highlighting the need to avoid actions that could pose a threat to the lives and health of Russian nationals, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told ....
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OPEN// TV BRICS: Thailand boosts agricultural exports to China, with rice, cassava in top spot
Date: 2025-06-16 07:28:14 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:5 - ID:11219733
BANGKOK, June 16 (MENA) - Thailand is stepping up efforts to expand agricultural exports to China, with rice and cassava identified as top priorities, according to Thai Minister of Commerce Pichai Naripthaphan. Driven by strong bilateral trade ....
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OPEN// Bulgaria participates in informal meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Warsaw
Date: 2025-06-15 19:58:08 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:63 - ID:11219455
SOFIA, June 15 (MENA) - Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture and Food Georgi Tahov participates in an informal meeting of the ministers of agriculture and fisheries of the European Union, which takes place from June 15 to 17 in Warsaw, the agriculture ....
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OPEN// TV BRICS: Vehicle sales and production rise in Brazil
Date: 2025-06-15 14:28:03 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:38 - ID:11219029
BRASILIA, June 15 (MENA) - Vehicle licensing in Brazil saw a notable increase in May, rising 16.2 per cent year-on-year to 225,710 units, according to the National Association of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea), TV BRICS reported on Sunday. ....
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OPEN// TV BRICS: Russian scientists use AI to fill in gaps in data on DNA genes
Date: 2025-06-15 14:15:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:11219032
MOSCOW, June 15 (MENA) - Researchers at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) have learned to use artificial intelligence (AI) to fill in gaps in data on the distances between genes in DNA, TV BRICS reported. This is an ....
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Powerful blasts rock Iran's Arak amid intensive Israeli raids
Date: 2025-06-15 14:08:16 GMT - Iran - World - SN:35 - ID:11219159
TEHRAN, June 15 (MENA) - Massive explosions rocked the city of Arak in central Iran, while Israel launched intense airstrikes near the parliament building in the heart of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Iranian media reported that the streets and ....
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Seoul calls for 'restraint' from both sides in Israel-Iran conflict
Date: 2025-06-15 06:58:44 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:11218366
SEOUL, June 15 (MENA) - South Korea's presidential office called on all parties involved in the Israel-Iran conflict to show restraint on Sunday, saying the country does not support any further escalation of military tension in the region. "We ....