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Pakistan PM strongly condemns terrorist attack on polio workers’ security team
Date: 2024-01-08 20:20:21 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:80 - ID:10525110
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8 (MENA) - Pakistan's Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Monday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the police personnel assigned to provide security to the polio workers in Bajaur, Associated Press of Pakistan ....
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UN Geneva HQ will remain closed till mid-January due to lack of funds
Date: 2024-01-08 19:26:32 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:75 - ID:10525018
GENEVA, Jan 8 (MENA) - The United Nations’ European headquarters in Geneva, known as The Palace of Nations, will remain closed until January 15 due to a liquidity crisis within the organization, UN spokesperson Alessandra Vellucci said. The ....
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French PM Borne resigns
Date: 2024-01-08 19:23:32 GMT - France - World - SN:74 - ID:10525051
PARIS, Jan 8 (MENA) - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne resigned on Monday, highlighting that reform is needed, with President Emmanuel Macron unable yet to name her successor. Macron - in a tweet posted on his account on the X platform, ....
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Ukrainian Armed Forces shells Russia's Belgorod region over 100 times per day
Date: 2024-01-08 17:32:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:10524986
MOSCOW, Jan 8 (MENA) - Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have fired more than 100 ammunition into populated areas of the Belgorod region, and several attacks have also been carried out using UAVs. As a result of the actions of the ....
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Pope Francis reiterates call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Date: 2024-01-08 14:29:12 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:58 - ID:10524487
THE VATICAN, Jan 8 (MENA) - Pope Francis has reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, free all Israeli hostages and allow the entry of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, the Vatican News reported. The pontiff ....
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Greek PM: A fair migration policy does not mean non-existent borders
Date: 2024-01-08 14:00:43 GMT - Greece - World - SN:54 - ID:10524643
ATHENS, Jan 8 (MENA) - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed that “a fair migration policy does not mean open or non-existent borders but rules” when speaking on Monday at an event on “European Solutions to the Common Challenge of ....
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Japan to contribute about $37 mln to NATO trust fund for UAV detection systems in Ukraine
Date: 2024-01-08 13:35:46 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:49 - ID:10524647
TOKYO, Jan 8 (MENA) - Japan recently decided to contribute about $37 million to a NATO trust fund to provide drone detection systems in Ukraine, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said, Interfax Ukraine reported. At a joint press conference ....
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Kuwaiti Emir receives congratulations from Ukrainian president on assuming his top post
Date: 2024-01-08 12:40:55 GMT - Kuwait - World - SN:43 - ID:10524403
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 8 (MENA) - Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received a phone call on Monday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky greeting him on assuming the top post. Zelensky wished the Kuwaiti Emir more progress ....
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China expresses serious concern over US-Japan-ROK joint statement
Date: 2024-01-08 12:36:30 GMT - China - World - SN:42 - ID:10524515
BIEJING, Jan 8 (MENA) - China on Monday expressed serious concern over a joint statement issued by the US, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) about the Taiwan question and South China Sea, CGTN reported. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson ....
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Over 300 unaccounted for after Japan quake, snow hampers rescue work
Date: 2024-01-08 12:26:07 GMT - Japan - World - SN:41 - ID:10524401
TOKYO, Jan 8 (MENA) - The death toll from a New Year's Day earthquake in central Japan rose to 168 on Monday, with more than 300 unaccounted for, authorities said, as snow and rain hamper rescue operations and efforts to relocate survivors to hotels ....
