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Major 7.0 earthquake hits China-Kyrgyzstan border
Date: 2024-01-23 08:13:22 GMT - China - World - SN:14 - ID:10546264
BEIJING, Jan 23 (MENA) - A major 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck along the mountainous China-Kyrgyzstan border on Tuesday, triggering warnings of potentially widespread damage though no casualties were immediately reported. The major quake was ....
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Yoon names ex-chief of Seoul High Prosecutors Office as new justice minister
Date: 2024-01-23 08:03:09 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:10546345
SEOUL, Jan 23 (MENA) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday named a former chief of the Seoul High Prosecutors Office as the new justice minister, Yonhap quoted his office as saying. Park Sung-jae, a lawyer who retired from the ....
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17,900 Ukrainians cross border into Poland over past 24 hrs
Date: 2024-01-23 08:00:54 GMT - Poland - World - SN:12 - ID:10546344
WARSAW, Jan 23 (MENA) - About 17,900 Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Poland over the past 24 hours, the Polish Border Guards revealed Tuesday. Meanwhile, nearly 18,000 people crossed from Poland into Ukraine on Monday. More than 18.6 ....
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Pak-Afghan border at Torkham set to reopen
Date: 2024-01-23 07:58:37 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:11 - ID:10546334
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23 (MENA) - The Pak-Afghan border at Torkham is set to reopen with relaxed travel document requirements starting Tuesday until March 31, 2024, the Express Tribune reported. This decision comes after a delegation of Afghan ....
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Singapore ratifies UK’s accession to trans-Pacific free trade pact
Date: 2024-01-23 07:55:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:10 - ID:10546329
LONDON, Jan 23 (MENA) - Singapore has formally ratified the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on Tuesday. This means that more than 99 percent of UK goods exports – including ....
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US, Greece stress importance pf protecting navigational rights, freedoms in the Red Sea
Date: 2024-01-23 07:50:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:10546310
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed on Tuesday the importance of protecting navigational rights and freedoms in the Red Sea and Greece’s participation in Operation ....
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Magnitude-7.1 earthquake jolted Wushi County in Aksu Prefecture
Date: 2024-01-23 07:50:28 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:10546239
BEIJING, Jan 23 (MENA) - A magnitude-7.1 earthquake jolted Wushi County in Aksu Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 2:09 a.m. on Tuesday at a depth of 22 km, CGTN reported. Six people have been reported injured and ....
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Biden, Sunak discuss urgent int'l issues over phone
Date: 2024-01-23 07:14:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:10546191
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (MENA) - US President Joseph Biden spoke with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom to discuss ongoing Iranian-backed Houthi attacks against merchant and naval vessels transiting the Red Sea, according to a readout by ....
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Death toll rises to 11 in southwest China landslide
Date: 2024-01-23 07:11:02 GMT - China - World - SN:5 - ID:10546234
BEIJING, Jan 23 (MENA) - The death toll from a landslide that struck a mountainous village in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Monday has climbed to 11, CGTN quoted local authorities as saying on Tuesday morning. The landslide occurred in ....
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Kuwait-Azerbaijan parliamentary talks on bilateral relations
Date: 2024-01-22 21:16:35 GMT - Kuwait - World - SN:90 - ID:10546050
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 22 (MENA) - The delegation of the Kuwaiti-Azerbaijani Parliamentary Friendship Group in the Kuwaiti National Assembly headed by MP Muhammed Al-Mutairi discussed on Monday with Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan Sahiba ....
