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4th release of Fukushima treated radioactive water begins
Date: 2024-02-28 07:52:38 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:10601542
TOKYO, Feb 28 (MENA) - The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Wednesday started a fourth release of treated radioactive water into the sea, in what will be the last discharge for the fiscal year ending March, Kyodo ....
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Japan PM Kishida to attend Diet panel on funds scandal on Feb. 29
Date: 2024-02-28 07:39:46 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:10601510
TOKYO, Feb 28 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday that he plans to attend a parliamentary hearing on the political funds scandal that has rocked his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), in an apparent attempt to break an impasse ....
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US should realize risks of sending Western troops to Ukraine — Russian ambassador
Date: 2024-02-27 23:16:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:10601329
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) – US curators should realize the consequences of sending troops from Western countries to Ukraine, TASS quoted Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov as saying. "American curators cannot help but realize what ....
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NATO involved in conflict in Ukraine through arms deliveries: Russian lawmaker
Date: 2024-02-27 20:21:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:71 - ID:10601223
MOSCOW, Feb 27 (MENA) - NATO is already actually involved in the Ukrainian conflict as a provider of lethal weapons being used to kill civilians in Russian cities, Leonid Slutsky, the head of the State Duma’s committee on international affairs and ....
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Blinken supports Afghan women education initiative
Date: 2024-02-27 19:15:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:10601160
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday his country, along with partners, is working to support the education of Afghan women who have been denied their education rights after Taliban took control. In ....
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US appoints Tom Perriello as special US envoy to Sudan
Date: 2024-02-27 10:53:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:10600110
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced the appointment of Tom Perriello as special US envoy to Sudan. In a statement published by the US State Department on its website Tuesday, the US secretary of state said ....
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Japan OKs bill to make crucial economic security info classified
Date: 2024-02-27 08:50:34 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:10599944
TOKYO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Japan's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to establish a "security clearance" system that marks important government information related to economic matters as classified to prevent critical data from being leaked to overseas ....
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Russia has two ships in Black, Azov Seas, no missile carriers
Date: 2024-02-27 08:08:28 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:11 - ID:10599858
KIEV, Feb 27 (MENA) - Russia has one warship in the Black Sea as of 7:10 am Tuesday, there are no missile launchers, the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Facebook, according to Ukriform. There is also one Russian ship in the ....
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Seoul urges N. Korea to cease provocations at UN disarmament conference
Date: 2024-02-27 07:55:33 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:10599784
SEOUL, Feb 27 (MENA) - South Korea's Second Vice Foreign Minister Kang In-sun urged North Korea to return to denuclearization talks and to cease its nuclear and missile programs, Yonhap News Agency quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying on ....
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Japan's population declines by largest margin of 831,872 in 2023
Date: 2024-02-27 07:51:28 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:10599806
TOKYO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Japan's population shrank by its largest ever margin of 831,872 in 2023 from a year earlier, Kyodo reported quoting government data Tuesday. The number of babies born in the country in 2023 fell to a record low, down by 5.1 ....