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Russia’s death toll in Ukraine climbs to over 350,000
Date: 2023-12-21 08:32:45 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:10500785
KIEV, Dec 21 (MENA) - Since the outset of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has seen 350,270 soldiers and officers killed in action. That’s including 1,080 KIAs reported in the past day alone, says the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed ....
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Running short on Ukraine air defenses, US looks to Japan
Date: 2023-12-20 19:34:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:77 - ID:10500246
WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (MENA) - Faced with a dangerous shortfall in Ukraine’s air defenses and no easy resolution to the funding impasse in Congress, Washington has increasingly leaned on allies to provide urgent weapons support, the Washington Post ....
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Congo holds presidential election
Date: 2023-12-20 10:35:00 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - World - SN:23 - ID:10499049
KINSHASA, Dec 20 (MENA) - Congo headed to the polls Wednesday to vote for president as authorities scrambled to finalize preparations in an election facing steep logistical and security challenges. But an hour and a half after voting was meant to ....
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Court orders Okinawa governor to approve base relocation work
Date: 2023-12-20 09:35:47 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:10499162
TOKYO, Dec 20 (MENA) - A high court on Wednesday ordered the governor of Okinawa Prefecture to approve a modified plan for landfill work to relocate a key US base within the prefecture, endorsing the central government's attempt to push forward the ....
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UN chief calls for peaceful elections in DRC
Date: 2023-12-20 08:53:19 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:15 - ID:10499020
NEW YORK, Dec 20 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls for peaceful, transparent, and inclusive elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said his spokesman. The Congolese people will go to the polls on Wednesday ....
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French parliament adopts immigration law
Date: 2023-12-20 08:50:58 GMT - France - World - SN:14 - ID:10498951
PARIS, Dec 20 (MENA) - The French parliament passed an immigration bill backed by the government of President Emmanuel Macron after he faced a major rebellion within his own party over the far right's support of the toughened-up legislation, ....
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EU condemns North Korea's intercontinental missile test launch
Date: 2023-12-20 08:15:36 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:11 - ID:10498952
BRUSSELS, Dec 20 (MENA) - The EU strongly condemns the Democratic People's Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) launch of another intercontinental ballistic missile on 18th December, for the fifth time this year, following the launch of a short-range ....
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Gaza tragedy worsens after 2 million Palestinians displaced from their homes: The Guardian
Date: 2023-12-20 08:02:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:10 - ID:10498866
LONDON, Dec 20 (MENA) - The death toll from airstrikes and grim conditions for nearly 2 million people displaced from their homes with little access to food, clean water or sanitation is fueling growing international anger, according to The ....
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Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to about 349,190
Date: 2023-12-20 07:59:04 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:8 - ID:10498973
KIEV, Dec 20 (MENA) - The Russian military death toll in Ukraine rose to about 349,190, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Facebook. Ukrinform reported that between February 24, 2022 and December 20, 2023, the enemy’s total ....
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Death toll rises after explosion and fire at Guinea fuel depot
Date: 2023-12-20 07:25:33 GMT - Guinea - World - SN:6 - ID:10498905
CONKARY, Dec 20 (MENA) - Foreign rescue and aid workers, along with the UN and volunteers, rallied Tuesday to help victims of the explosion and fire at Guinea's main oil depot on Monday that killed 18 people, injured 212 others and prompted concerns ....
