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  • WMO warns of climate change as El Nino fades, global temperatures continue to rise

    Date: 2025-03-06 20:00:51 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:44 - ID:11093591

    NEW YORK, March 6 (MENA) - The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced Thursday that the weak but significant El Niño phenomenon that began last December is likely to be short-lived. The official website of the United Nations said El ....

  • European Central Bank cuts interest rate by 0.25%

    Date: 2025-03-06 15:29:28 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:31 - ID:11093442

    BRUSSELS, March 6 (MENA) - The European Central Bank on Thursday cut interest rates by 25 basis points and updated the language in its decision to say monetary policy was becoming “meaningfully less restrictive.” The cut brings the ECB’s deposit ....

  • Kyiv gearing up for new round of talks with US: Zelensky

    Date: 2025-03-05 21:35:52 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:57 - ID:11092479

    KYIV, March 5 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv plans to hold a new round of talks with the US after CIA Director John Ratcliffe declared that Washington had paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine. "Currently, active ....

  • US introduces visa restrictions for foreign officials that facilitate illegal immigration

    Date: 2025-03-05 18:00:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:41 - ID:11092318

    WASHINGTON, March 5 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced a visa-restriction policy targeting foreign government officials and others who are believed to be responsible for facilitating illegal immigration into the ....

  • Almost 80,000 flee DR Congo amid fighting: UNHCR

    Date: 2025-03-05 06:41:21 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:5 - ID:11091321

    GENEVA, March 5 (MENA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) revealed that 80,000 people have fled Congo due to ongoing clashes there between government forces and M23 rebels to neighboring countries considering that the matter ....

  • Canada to impose 25% tariffs against $155 billion of American goods

    Date: 2025-03-04 06:59:20 GMT - Canada - World - SN:5 - ID:11089842

    OTTAWA, March 4 (MENA) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada will respond to unjustified U.S. tariffs with 25 per cent tariffs against $155 billion of American goods. He issued the following statement: “Today, after a 30-day ....

  • Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine, White House official says

    Date: 2025-03-04 06:25:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:11089808

    WASHINGTON, March 4 (MENA) - President Donald Trump is ordering a pause on shipments of US military aid to Ukraine after his heated Oval Office argument with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week, a White House official told CNN. The ....

  • China says it will “take countermeasures” after Trump announces tariffs will double

    Date: 2025-03-04 05:53:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:11089781

    WASHINGTON/BEIJING, March 4 (MENA) - China on Tuesday said it “firmly opposed” President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs and vowed to retaliate, marking a major escalation in a brewing trade war between the world’s two largest economies, The ....

  • Indonesian religious affairs min. lauds MCE's efforts for promoting peaceful coexistence

    Date: 2025-03-03 19:20:21 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:60 - ID:11089535

    CAIRO, March 3 (MENA) - Minister of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Nasaruddin Umar thanked the Council of Muslim Elders (MCE), led by Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayyeb, for its diligent efforts to promote the values of dialogue, ....

  • Trump greets Muslims on Ramadan

    Date: 2025-03-03 17:15:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:11089457

    WASHINGTON, March 3 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump extended his greetings to Muslims Monday on the holy month of Ramadan, reaffirming his administration's commitment to protecting religious freedom and promoting the values of peace and human ....

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