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  • China, Switzerland agree to launch FTA modernization negotiations

    Date: 2024-01-15 18:44:15 GMT - China - World - SN:66 - ID:10535174

    BEIJING - BERN, Jan 15 (MENA) - China and Switzerland have completed a joint feasibility study on modernizing the free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries. This came in a meeting between Chinese Premier Li Qiang and President of Swiss ....

  • US Secretary of Defense released from hospital: Pentagon

    Date: 2024-01-15 17:54:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:10535160

    WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital on Monday, two weeks after being hospitalized due to complications from prostate cancer treatment, the Pentagon said. Austin, 70, was admitted to Walter ....

  • Scores of civilians killed, injured in Israeli ongoing onslaught on Gaza

    Date: 2024-01-15 17:18:28 GMT - palestine - World - SN:61 - ID:10535132

    GAZA CITY, Jan 15 (MENA) - Dozens of civilians, mostly children and women, were killed, while others were injured and several were reported missing in the continuous air, sea and ground Israeli attacks against various parts of the besieged Gaza ....

  • US attempting to reduce damage from exposure of its military bioactivity

    Date: 2024-01-15 17:07:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:10535103

    MOSCOW, Jan 15 (MENA) - The US is exerting pressure on its allies to reduce political damage from exposure of its military biological activity in Ukraine, Chief of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the ....

  • France decries North Korea’s ballistic missile launch

    Date: 2024-01-15 16:57:43 GMT - France - World - SN:59 - ID:10535081

    PARIS, Jan 15 (MENA) – France condemns in the strongest terms North Korea’s ballistic missile launch on Sunday, which is a further violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions, Media outlets reported. France assures the Republic of ....

  • WEF's director general highlights need for global cooperation to attain economic growth

    Date: 2024-01-15 16:50:42 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:57 - ID:10535052

    BRUSSELS, Jan 15 (MENA) - The World Economic Forum (WEF)'s managing director Saadia Zahidi highlighted the urgent need for global cooperation to build momentum for sustainable, inclusive economic growth, according to Euronews. "Amid accelerating ....

  • Boat missing off Italy's Lampedusa with 40 migrants on board

    Date: 2024-01-15 16:21:59 GMT - Italy - World - SN:54 - ID:10535017

    ROME, Jan 15 (MENA) - A boat went missing off the coast of Italy's Lampedusa island with 40 migrants on board on Sunday. Authorities continued efforts to search for the missing. According to the Italian Rai News, search and rescue efforts ....

  • Putin, Modi discuss cooperation in energy and transport: Kremlin

    Date: 2024-01-15 16:05:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:10535013

    MOSCOW, Jan 15 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi discussed cooperation in the trade and economic sphere in a telephone conversation, TASS news agency reported. "A telephone conversation took ....

  • Russia: Lavrov to hold talks with visiting N. Korean FM Tuesday

    Date: 2024-01-15 11:56:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:25 - ID:10534434

    MOSCOW, Jan 15 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui are scheduled to hold talks in Moscow on Tuesday, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was quoted by TASS news agency as ....

  • Pope Francis has no plans to resign

    Date: 2024-01-15 11:07:49 GMT - Italy - World - SN:21 - ID:10534358

    ROME, Jan 15 (MENA) - Vatican Pope Francis said he has no plans to resign, according to Vatican News. In an interview on an Italian TV program, Pope Francis responded to a question about his possible resignation from the papacy. "It is ....

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