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  • 1 in 10 babies worldwide are born preterm, with complications, UN agencies warn 2 last Geneva

    Date: 2023-10-06 14:37:23 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:50 - ID:10378500

    As with other major trends relating to maternal health, no region of the world has significantly reduced rates of preterm births over the last decade. The annual global rate of reduction in preterm births between 2010 and 2020 was just 0.14 per ....

  • 1 in 10 babies worldwide are born preterm, with complications, UN agencies warn

    Date: 2023-10-06 14:34:12 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:49 - ID:10378496

    GENEVA, Oct 6 (MENA) - An estimated 13.4 million babies were born early in 2020, with nearly one million dying from preterm complications, UN agencies and partners said in a new report on Thursday. The data is equivalent to around 1 in 10 babies ....

  • Russians shell Kherson’s central part

    Date: 2023-10-06 07:30:23 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:15 - ID:10377644

    KIEV, Oct 6 (MENA) - The Russian invasion force shelled the center of Kherson, hitting a number of residential buildings. That’s according to the head of the Kherson City Military Administration, Roman Mrochko, Ukrinform reported. "At about ....

  • Ukrainian grain silo damaged by drone attack near Danube

    Date: 2023-10-06 06:53:25 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:12 - ID:10377603

    KIEV, Oct 6 (MENA) - Russian drones attacked port infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region, damaging a grain silo in the Izmail district in the early hours of Friday, Al Arabiya channel quoted regional governor Oleh Kiper as saying. Nine trucks ....

  • Russia to move toward revoking ratification of nuclear test ban treaty – Speaker

    Date: 2023-10-06 06:48:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:10377582

    MOSCOW, Oct 6 (MENA) – Russia's top lawmaker said on Friday that parliamentary bosses will swiftly consider revoking ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty after President Vladimir Putin held out the possibility of resuming ....

  • Japan, Ukraine to hold regular talks on agricultural support

    Date: 2023-10-06 06:37:54 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:10377589

    TOKYO, Oct 6 (MENA) - Japan and Ukraine have agreed to set up regular dialogue on how to revitalize Ukraine's war-damaged farming sector, NHK reported. The governments plan to hold their first discussion online as early as at the end of this ....

  • Ukrainian air defenses destroy 25 out of 33 Russian drones overnight

    Date: 2023-10-06 06:35:07 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:10377554

    KIEV, Oct 6 (MENA) – The Ukrainian air defenses destroyed 25 out of 33 Russian drones of the Shahed-131/136 type over the past night, Ukrinform reported. The Air Force of Ukraine said in a post on Telegram that on the night of October 6, Russian ....

  • Russia’s military death toll in Ukraine rises to about 281,090

    Date: 2023-10-06 06:09:31 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:10377533

    KIEV, Oct 6 (MENA) – The Armed Forces of Ukraine killed about 281,090 Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to October 6, 2023, including 620 ones in the past day alone, Ukrinform reported. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of ....

  • 7 killed, 40 injured in fire at 7-storey building in Mumbai's Goregaon

    Date: 2023-10-06 05:36:24 GMT - India - World - SN:5 - ID:10377522

    NEW DELHI, Oct 6 (MENA) - Seven people were killed and over 40 were injured after a massive fire broke out at a 7-storey building in Mumbai's Goregaon, NDTV reported Friday. The fire started around 3 am at Jay Bhavani building in Goregaon West's ....

  • European parl't demands review of EU relations with Azerbaijan

    Date: 2023-10-05 18:28:58 GMT - France - World - SN:47 - ID:10377126

    STRASBOURG, Oct 5 (MENA) - The European Parliament has strongly condemned Azerbaijan's violent seizure of Nagorno-Karabakh, demanding the EU to review its relations with Baku. In a resolution adopted on Thursday, Members of the European ....

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