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  • Putin, Kim Jong Un to meet within next few days: Kremlin

    Date: 2023-09-11 21:25:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:84 - ID:10340961

    MOSCOW, Sept 11 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for talks within the next few days, TASS News Agency quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. The meeting "could take place ....

  • Mohieldin participates in roundtable on implications of CBAM

    Date: 2023-09-11 19:43:32 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:81 - ID:10340815

    CAIRO, Sept 11 (MENA) - Dr Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High Level Champion for Egypt and UN Special Envoy on Financing 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, said Monday that the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) raises many ....

  • US official 'feeling very good' about chances for economic soft landing

    Date: 2023-09-11 17:56:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:76 - ID:10340828

    WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (MENA) - US Treasury Department Secretary Janet Yellen said she is "feeling very good" about the US making a soft economic landing without a recession, The Hill Newspaper reported. "I am feeling very good about that ....

  • Taliban must respond to Afghan people's needs - British diplomat

    Date: 2023-09-11 17:55:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:75 - ID:10340824

    GENEVA/LONDON, Sept 11 (MENA) - The Taliban must respond to the needs of the Afghan people; their call for “work, bread, justice” must be heard, Britain's Global Ambassador for Human Rights and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations ....

  • Zelensky: Ukraine "waited too long" to launch the counterattack

    Date: 2023-09-11 17:53:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:10340827

    WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kyiv started its counteroffensive against Russia too late in the war, giving Moscow ample time to plant countless land mines on Ukrainian soil. "Look, we waited too ....

  • No preconditions for resumption of talks with Ukraine - Kremlin

    Date: 2023-09-11 17:39:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:71 - ID:10340798

    VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept 11 (MENA) - Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that at the moment, the groundwork has not been laid to pave the way for resuming peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. "As of today, there have ....

  • Red Cross cuts 2024 budget by 13%, to lay off 270 workers as donations fall

    Date: 2023-09-11 16:47:35 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:65 - ID:10340540

    GENEVA, Sept 11 (MENA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will cut its budget in 2024 by about 13 per cent, its director-general said on Monday, as major donors, including the United States, have reduced funding. Surging ....

  • UN rights chief criticizes Russia for quitting Black Sea grain deal

    Date: 2023-09-11 16:46:34 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:10340645

    GENEVA, Sept 11 (MENA) - The United Nations rights chief on Monday blamed Russia's exit from the Black Sea grain deal as well as its attacks on agricultural facilities for higher food prices that have been particularly damaging in the Horn of ....

  • US Secretary of State marks 22nd anniv. of September 11 attacks

    Date: 2023-09-11 16:28:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:10340653

    WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken marked on Monday the 22nd Anniversary of the September 11 attacks. "On September 11, 2001, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people and injured more than 6,000 others in the worst ....

  • Germany to send another 40 Marder IFVs to Ukraine

    Date: 2023-09-11 13:12:17 GMT - Germany - World - SN:40 - ID:10340341

    BERLIN/KIEV, Sept 11 (MENA) - The Federal Government of Germany instructed Rheinmetall to deliver 40 more Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. The company reported this on its website, Ukrinform reported. The order was placed in ....

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