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UN condemns latest Taliban edict against Afghan women
Date: 2024-09-08 07:37:51 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:9 - ID:10861141
NEW YORK, Sept 8 (MENA) - The United Nations has strongly condemned the Afghan Taliban’s recent “morality law” which further erodes the rights of women and girls in that country and called for its reversal, said the Voice of America. “On top of ....
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Thailand's new PM pledges to work for stimulating her country's economy
Date: 2024-09-07 18:20:24 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:48 - ID:10860865
BANGKOK, Sept 7 (MENA) - Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra outlined a number of priorities for her cabinet ministers during a special meeting on Saturday. The meeting marked her first official statement following the cabinet's oath-taking ....
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White House: Biden hosts British PM on Sept. 13
Date: 2024-09-07 10:39:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:25 - ID:10860223
WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (MENA) - US President Joseph R. Biden will host Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom for a bilateral meeting at the White House on September 13, according to a statement issued by the White House Press Secretary ....
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US’ first human case of bird flu not linked to animals reported in Missouri
Date: 2024-09-07 09:22:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:10860103
WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (MENA) – A person in Missouri is the United States’ first case of H5 avian influenza without a known exposure to a sick animal, CNN reported. “This is the 14th human case of H5 reported in the United States during 2024 and the ....
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Russia's Rosatom CEO describes consultations with IAEA as successful
Date: 2024-09-06 21:26:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:10859821
MOSCOW, Sept 6 (MENA) - CEO of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom Alexey Likhachev has described his consultations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Kaliningrad as successful. "I came here on this very day to take part ....
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Japanese PM begins two-day visit to S. Korea
Date: 2024-09-06 07:53:13 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:10858925
SEOUL, Sept 6 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began his two-day visit to South Korea on Friday, KBS World Radio reported. The premier and his wife Yuko Kishida arrived at Seoul Airport in the afternoon and headed to the ....
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Philippine's Enteng typhoon death toll rises to 16, with 17 still missing
Date: 2024-09-06 06:23:11 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:5 - ID:10858825
MANILA, Sept 6 (MENA) – The death toll from "Enteng," which has intensified into a super typhoon after leaving the Philippine area of responsibility, along with habagat, has reached 16, ABS-CBN News reported. The National Disaster Risk Reduction ....
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At least 30 students killed, injured in school fire in Kenya
Date: 2024-09-06 06:22:11 GMT - Kenya - World - SN:4 - ID:10858824
NAIROBI, Sept 6 (MENA) – At least 17 students have been killed after a fire in a school dormitory in Kenya, Sky News reported. The number of dead may rise, police said, adding that at least 13 students have been seriously burned. The cause of ....
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Police kill armed man near Israeli consulate in Munich
Date: 2024-09-05 15:07:05 GMT - Germany - World - SN:55 - ID:10858288
BERLIN, Sept 5 (MENA) - German police shot dead an armed man after an exchange of fire near the Israeli consulate in central Munich on Thursday, officers said as quoted by Deutsche Welle. The suspect – an 18-year-old Austrian citizen – was armed ....
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Southern China braces for super typhoon Yagi
Date: 2024-09-05 07:37:27 GMT - China - World - SN:14 - ID:10857514
BEIJING, Sept 5 (MENA) - China's southern provinces and cities braced for the arrival of super typhoon Yagi, shutting schools and postponing flights ahead of its expected landfall along Hainan's tropical coast, in what could be the most powerful ....