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Japan’s Kishida visits quake-hit region
Date: 2024-01-14 06:58:22 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:10532444
TOKYO, Jan 14 (MENA) - Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Sunday the country’s north-central region of Noto for the first time since the deadly Jan. 1 earthquakes to check on relief work, according to Kyodo news agency. The magnitude ....
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Russia condemns attempts by some countries to use Taiwanese vote for pressuring China
Date: 2024-01-13 23:02:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:10532362
MOSCOW, Jan 13 (MENA) – Attempts by some countries to use the recent elections in Taiwan to put pressure on Beijing and destabilize the situation in the region are counterproductive and reprehensible, Tass quoted Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman ....
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John Kerry to step down as Biden admin climate czar: report
Date: 2024-01-13 23:01:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:10532361
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) – US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry is reportedly planning to leave the White House in the coming months and join President Biden's presidential campaign, Axios reported on Saturday. Kerry, who ran ....
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1,200 JN.1 cases recorded in India
Date: 2024-01-13 19:55:43 GMT - India - World - SN:64 - ID:10532303
NEW DELHI, Jan 13 (MENA) – India has recorded a total of 1,200 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 so far across 17 states and Union territories with Nagaland becoming the latest state to report a JN.1 infection, the INSACOG said on Saturday. As ....
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DPP wins Taiwan’s presidency but loses majority in Legislature
Date: 2024-01-13 19:44:15 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:63 - ID:10532292
TAIPEI CITY, Jan 13 (MENA) – Taiwan’s vice president, Lai Ching-te has won Taiwan’s presidential election, giving the Democratic Progressive Party an unprecedented third term running the country, Taiwan Focus reported. In a three-way race, Lai ....
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No Russian missile carriers spotted in Sea of Azov, Black Sea
Date: 2024-01-13 09:30:26 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:23 - ID:10531390
KIEV, Jan 13 (MENA) – One Russian warship was remaining on combat duty in the Black Sea and another one in the Sea of Azov as of Saturday. No missile carriers were among them, Ukrinform reported. In addition, two Russian warships were spotted in ....
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8 dead, 15 missing in central China coal mine accident
Date: 2024-01-13 09:28:50 GMT - China - World - SN:22 - ID:10531462
BEIJING, Jan 13 (MENA) - Eight people were dead and 15 missing after an accident occurred Friday afternoon in a coal mine in the city of Pingdingshan, central China's Henan Province, local authorities were quoted by Xinhua as saying. According ....
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Death toll in PNG riots jumps to 22 after gruesome discovery of bodies in burnt out shops
Date: 2024-01-13 09:23:22 GMT - Papua New Guinea - World - SN:21 - ID:10531452
PORT MORESBY, Jan 13 (MENA) - The national death toll from violent riots in Papua New Guinea has climbed to 22, with the remains of six people found in Port Moresby Saturday, ABC News said. It's understood the remains of the six people were ....
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European Council establishes dedicated framework of restrictive measures in support of democracy in Guatemala
Date: 2024-01-13 09:14:07 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:20 - ID:10531424
BRUSSELS, Jan 13 (MENA) - The European Council established a dedicated framework for restrictive measures in support of democracy and a peaceful and orderly transfer of power in Guatemala, it said in a press statement by the European External ....
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Two killed in 71 Russian attacks on Kherson region
Date: 2024-01-13 08:59:36 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:19 - ID:10531338
KIEV, Jan 13 (MENA) – Russian forces launched 71 shelling attacks on the Kherson region on January 12, killing two people, Ukrinform quoted Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the regional military administration, as saying. "In the past 24 hours, the ....
