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Number of unaccompanied children crossing deadly Central Mediterranean Sea migration route to Italy increases by 60 per cent – UNICEF
Date: 2023-09-29 15:59:27 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:45 - ID:10367664
GENEVA, Sept 29 (MENA) – More than 11,600 children crossed the Central Mediterranean Sea to Italy without their parents or legal guardians between January and mid-September 2023. This is an increase of 60 per cent compared to the same period ....
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Flights delayed in Japan due to glitch in air traffic control
Date: 2023-09-29 15:33:22 GMT - Japan - World - SN:43 - ID:10367631
TOKYO, Sept 29 (MENA) - A system failure in the air traffic control network occurred Friday, delaying flights across large parts of Japan, the country's transport ministry said. The problem started at around 11:40 a.m. at the ministry's Tokyo ....
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Government shutdown expected to cause daily losses worth $100m, White House warns
Date: 2023-09-29 14:53:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:10367494
WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (MENA) - With just one day before the end of the fiscal year, extreme House Republicans are playing partisan games with peoples' lives and livelihoods and marching our country toward a government shutdown that would have ....
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G-7 to set up fund to aid developing nations strengthen supply chains
Date: 2023-09-29 14:07:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:34 - ID:10367373
TOKYO, Sept 29 (MENA) - The Group of Seven (G7) nations will create a fund to help developing countries build robust supply chains for products needed for decarbonization, Kyodo reported on Friday, quoting sources familiar with the plan. The fund ....
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Russia to prioritize defense cooperation issues during 2024 CIS chairmanship — official
Date: 2023-09-29 12:02:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:10367199
MOSCOW, Sept 29 (MENA) - Defense cooperation issues will receive priority attention during Russia’s chairmanship of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in 2024, CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev said. "Russia will assume the ....
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Russian peacekeepers deliver 12 tons of humanitarian cargo to Karabakh civilians
Date: 2023-09-29 10:51:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:10367050
MOSCOW, Sept 29 (MENA) - Russian peacekeepers have delivered a total of 12 tons of humanitarian aid to civilian residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, Tass reported, quoting the Russian Defense Ministry as having said. "Servicemen of the Russian ....
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28,800 Ukrainians cross border with Poland over past 24 hrs
Date: 2023-09-29 09:31:54 GMT - Poland - World - SN:22 - ID:10367051
WARSAW, Sept 29 (MENA) - About 28,800 Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Poland over the past 24 hours, the Polish Border Guards revealed Friday. Meanwhile, nearly 22,800 people crossed from Poland into Ukraine on Thursday. More than 15.932 ....
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Wagner fighters return to fight in Ukraine − UK intelligence
Date: 2023-09-29 08:27:11 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:20 - ID:10366978
LONDON, Sept 29 (MENA) - UK Defense Intelligence has confirmed information that Wagner Group fighters have begun to be deployed in Ukraine again. European Pravda quoted the UK Ministry of Defense intelligence as saying that the mercenaries are ....
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Three civilians killed, five injured in Russian shelling of Kherson region
Date: 2023-09-29 07:28:29 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:18 - ID:10366955
KIEV, Sept 29 (MENA) - The Russian forces shelled Kherson region 96 times on Thursday, killing three civilians and injuring another five. Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, said this in a post on ....
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Ukrainian air defenses shoot down Russian drone in Sumy region
Date: 2023-09-29 07:14:46 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:16 - ID:10366943
KIEV, Sept 29 (MENA) - Ukrainian air defense forces shot down a Russian drone in the Sumy region overnight. The regional military administration said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reported. "Air defense forces shot down an enemy UAV ....