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UNICEF appeals for US$9.9 bln in funding to support children affected by conflict and crisis in increasingly volatile world
Date: 2024-12-05 09:29:39 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:10 - ID:10979225
NEW YORK, Dec 5 (MENA) – UNICEF launched a US$ 9.9 billion funding appeal Thursday to reach 109 million children across 146 countries with lifesaving aid in 2025. The funds will be utilized in UNICEF’s humanitarian response to multiple conflicts, ....
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S.Korean president accepts defense minister’s resignation, names his replacement
Date: 2024-12-05 06:30:54 GMT - south korea - World - SN:1 - ID:10978972
SEOUL, Dec 5 (MENA) – President Yoon Suk Yeol has accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, the presidential office said Thursday, amid growing controversy surrounding his role in Yoon's aborted martial law declaration, Yonhap ....
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For 1st time in 6 decades, French gov't toppled in no-confidence vote
Date: 2024-12-04 21:17:26 GMT - France - World - SN:66 - ID:10978832
PARIS, Dec 4 (MENA) - France’s far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together Wednesday in a historic no-confidence vote prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his Cabinet members to resign, a first since 1962, ....
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ICESCO, OSBU launch (green media) declaration, Mediathon competition
Date: 2024-12-04 09:37:44 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:17 - ID:10977672
RIYADH, Dec 4 (MENA) - The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) and OIC States Broadcasting Union (OSBU) launched (green media) declaration which aims at putting a strategic framework to boost the role of media in ....
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Blinken: Washington provides dlrs 825 million in new energy assistance to Ukraine
Date: 2024-12-04 09:36:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:10977550
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken underscored US commitment to ensuring Ukraine is in the strongest possible position on the battlefield by the end of 2024. This came during his meeting on Wednesday with ....
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US concerned at report of Israeli base-building in Gaza
Date: 2024-12-04 09:00:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:10977551
WASGINGTON, Dec 4 (MENA) - The US voiced opposition to any Israeli permanent base-building in the Gaza Strip after The New York Times reported an acceleration of construction by the Israeli military, Alhurra channel reported. The US State ....
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US not involved in civil war in Syria
Date: 2024-12-04 08:09:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:10977491
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (MENA) - Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Pat Ryder said the US is not actively involved, nor seek to actively get involved in the Civil War that has been occurring in Syria for years. Ryder said that US presence in Syria is ....
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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits Ilocos Norte in Philippines
Date: 2024-12-04 07:49:19 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:9 - ID:10977549
MANILA, Dec 4 (MENA) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Ilocos Norte and was felt in other parts of northern Luzon before dawn on Wednesday, ABS CBN News said quoting the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The ....
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US welcomes rescinding order declaring emergency martial law in S Korea
Date: 2024-12-04 07:37:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:10977492
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (MENA) - The US welcomed a statement of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol that he would rescind the order declaring emergency martial law in accordance with the ROK Constitution, after the National Assembly’s unanimous vote to ....
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NATO FMs discuss situation in Ukraine, Middle East
Date: 2024-12-04 07:21:39 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:5 - ID:10977475
BRUSSELS, Dec 4 (MENA) - NATO Foreign Ministers discussed in Brussels the latest developments in Ukraine and the Middle East, according to a NATO statement Wednesday. Ministers also met in the NATO-Ukraine Council with Minister Andrii Sybiha of ....
