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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 ....
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131 dead as search continues for China earthquake survivors
Date: 2023-12-20 07:20:49 GMT - China - World - SN:5 - ID:10498896
BEIJING, Dec 20 (MENA) - Chinese state-run media say 131 people died in the massive earthquake that struck the country's inland province of Gansu on Monday. The victims include those killed in neighboring Qinghai Province. Search operations ....
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China, Russia, Iran and Cuba all tried to meddle in 2022 US congressional elections : report
Date: 2023-12-19 21:56:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:85 - ID:10498703
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (MENA) - Foreign government efforts to target the 2022 US midterm elections appeared to grow compared with the 2018 elections, according to a declassified intelligence assessment, with a “diverse and growing group of foreign ....
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UN: JCPOA represents the best option to ensure its peacefulness
Date: 2023-12-19 11:18:31 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:27 - ID:10497524
NEWYORK, Dec 19 (MENA) - UN Political Affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo said the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) represents the best available option to ensure that the Iranian nuclear program remains exclusively peaceful. She said it ....
