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  • Zambia, China agree to increase use of local currency in trade

    Date: 2023-09-16 07:57:34 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:15 - ID:10347292

    GENEVA, Sept 16 (MENA) - Zambia and China agreed to encourage greater use of their currencies in trade and investment after a meeting in Beijing between their presidents, but both parties were mostly mum on Zambia’s pending $6.3 billion debt deal, ....

  • Ukraine: 24 combat engagements occur on front

    Date: 2023-09-16 07:50:40 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:14 - ID:10347276

    KIEV, Sept 16 (MENA) - Ukraine’s Defense Forces continue holding the defense in the east and south, conducting the offensive operation in the Melitopol direction and offensive actions in the Bakhmut direction. The relevant statement was made by ....

  • Russian aircraft delivers humanitarian aid to flood-ravaged Libya

    Date: 2023-09-16 07:44:16 GMT - Libya - World - SN:13 - ID:10347230

    BENGHAZI, Sept 16 (MENA) – An aircraft of the Russian Emergencies Ministry has delivered humanitarian aid to Libya hit by devastating flooding, the ministry’s press service told TASS news agency. "In accordance with decisions of Russian ....

  • Gov't support for COVID-19 treatment in Japan to be reduced from October

    Date: 2023-09-16 07:42:30 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:10347257

    TOKYO, Sept 16 (MENA) - Japan's health ministry decided to reduce medical support for people infected with the coronavirus starting in October, as part of a broader plan to return the health care system to normal by next spring, Japan Today ....

  • Ukrainian farmers harvest 35.2M t of grains, oilseeds

    Date: 2023-09-16 07:33:38 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:11 - ID:10347240

    KIEV, Sept 16 (MENA) - In Ukraine, as of September 15, 2023, agrarians harvested 35.2 million tonnes of new grain and oilseeds. According to Ukrinform, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported this. "35.2 million tonnes of ....

  • Salvadorans protest against re-election

    Date: 2023-09-16 07:25:46 GMT - El Salvador - World - SN:10 - ID:10347225

    SAN SALVADOR, Sept 15 (MENA) - Some 3,000 people protested in El Salvador’s capital on Friday against President Nayib Bukele’s intention to seek re-election in 2024, EFE reported. Demonstrators marched through the main streets of San Salvador ....

  • S.Leone president says US pressured him to interfere in vote

    Date: 2023-09-16 07:19:52 GMT - Sierra Leone - World - SN:9 - ID:10347214

    FREETOWN, Sept 16 (MENA) - The president of Sierra Leone on Friday accused the United States of pressuring him to interfere in his country's June 24 election count, a statement in stark contrast to the concerns Washington has leveled regarding the ....

  • US welcomes Yemeni talks in Saudi Arabia to boost peace

    Date: 2023-09-16 07:12:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:10347209

    WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (MENA) - The United States welcomed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosting discussions with the Houthi-led delegation in Riyadh. This important step towards peace expands on a series of engagements between Saudi Arabia and the ....

  • Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to about 271,790

    Date: 2023-09-16 07:00:06 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:10347175

    KIEV, Sept 16 (MENA) – Russia has already lost about 271,790 troops in Ukraine, including 350 over the past 24 hours, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said according to Ukrinform. Between February 24, 2022 and September 16, 2023, ....

  • ICRC facilitates release of 30 children previously detained in relation to conflict

    Date: 2023-09-16 06:59:00 GMT - Sudan - World - SN:6 - ID:10347191

    NDJAMENA/KHARTOUM, Sept 15 (MENA) - Thirty children were released by the Sudanese Armed Forces on Friday in an operation facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) said they handed over 30 ....

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