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  • OPEN// Bulgarian and Romanian given second chance at life thanks to organ donation

    Date: 2025-03-22 19:19:05 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:49 - ID:11111935

    SOFIA, March 22 (MENA) – A Bulgarian and a Romanian received a second chance at life after the relatives of a 68-year-old deceased woman made the noble decision to donate her organs, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) reported. The donor situation ....

  • George Foreman: two-time heavyweight boxing and entrepreneur dies aged 76

    Date: 2025-03-22 08:53:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:11111260

    WASHINGTON, March 22 (MENA) - Two-time heavyweight champion and boxing great George Foreman has died at the age of 76. Known as Big George in the ring, the American is famous for becoming the sport’s oldest ever world champion, NationalWorld ....

  • Pakistan urges UNSC to act against Israeli aggression in Gaza, WB

    Date: 2025-03-22 08:30:27 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:7 - ID:11111230

    ISLAMABAD, March 22 (MENA) - Pakistan has asked the UN Security Council to act decisively against Israeli aggression in Gaza and West Bank, Radio Pakistan reported Saturday. Delivering a statement at the Security Council briefing on the ....

  • Japan, China, South Korea agree to promote 'future-oriented' cooperation

    Date: 2025-03-22 07:22:12 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:11111180

    TOKYO, March 22 (MENA) - The top diplomats of Japan, China and South Korea agreed on Saturday to promote "future-oriented" cooperation during their meeting in Tokyo amid growing global uncertainty over U.S. President Donald Trump's trade and ....

  • US defense chief to visit Philippines, Japan in first visit to Asian treaty allies

    Date: 2025-03-22 07:16:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:11111176

    WASHINGTON, March 22 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his first trip to Asia next week, for talks that will include increasing deterrence against aggression in the disputed South ....

  • Boeing wins battle for $20B fighter jet contract, Trump announces

    Date: 2025-03-21 19:45:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:43 - ID:11110969

    WASHINGTON, March 21 (MENA) - The Pentagon will award its next-generation Air Force fighter jet contract to Boeing, a deal initially worth more than $20 billion, US President Donald Trump announced Friday alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, ....

  • IOM: Migrant deaths hit record in 2024

    Date: 2025-03-21 11:36:46 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:21 - ID:11110502

    GENEVA, March 21 (MENA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced Friday that a record number of at least 8,938 people were killed on migration routes around the world in 2024 stressing that the real number is “likely to be ....

  • Travel disruption worldwide over Heathrow Airport closure

    Date: 2025-03-21 10:48:42 GMT - World Capitals - World - SN:18 - ID:11110451

    CAPITALS OF WORLD, March 21 (MENA) – Flights around the world have been disrupted after Heathrow Airport closed due to a fire at a nearby electrical substation, the BBC reported. Heathrow, the UK's busiest airport, said it was experiencing ....

  • Heathrow airport closed: more than 1,000 flights affected

    Date: 2025-03-21 07:51:16 GMT - Australia - World - SN:10 - ID:11110359

    CANBERRA, March 21 (MENA) – More than 1,000 flights will be impacted by the sudden closure of Heathrow Friday over a "significant" power outage linked to a fire at a nearby electrical substation that supplies it, The Guardian reported. Qantas’s ....

  • OPEN// Bulgaria: Parl't adopts at second reading State Budget for 2025

    Date: 2025-03-21 07:17:24 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:7 - ID:11110382

    SOFIA, March 21 (MENA) - The Members of Parliament adopted the state budget for 2025 at the second reading after a plenary sitting lasting nearly 22 hours. The budget does not foresee any tax increases and the budget deficit is set at 3% of GDP, the ....

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