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Italy rushes to relocate thousands of new Lampedusa arrivals
Date: 2023-09-16 06:01:57 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:1 - ID:10347124
NEW YORK, Sept 15 (MENA) - Italy was attempting to transfer some 3,000 migrants from the island of Lampedusa to other parts of the country. The UN's refugee agency urged it to make haste, Deutsche Welle said. Italian authorities on Friday ....
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US says committed to protecting democracy worldwide
Date: 2023-09-15 15:12:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:46 - ID:10346693
WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has expressed the commitment of his country and its international partners to protecting and promoting democracy across the world. "On this International Day of Democracy, I ....
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EU reiterates commitment to democracy
Date: 2023-09-15 15:02:51 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:45 - ID:10346628
BRUSSELS, Sept 15 (MENA) - On the occasion of the International Day of Democracy that falls on September 15, the European Union has reaffirmed its continued commitment to supporting and defending democracy based on universal human rights, both at ....
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EMA agrees to authorize an adapted Spikevax vaccine targeting Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant in EU countries
Date: 2023-09-15 14:03:20 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:41 - ID:10346567
BRUSSELS, Sept 15 (MENA) -The European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s human medicines committee has agreed to authorize an adapted Spikevax vaccine targeting the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant in the EU member states. The vaccine — known as Spikevax XBB.1.5 ....
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Over 30 migrants rescued off Greece's Rhodes
Date: 2023-09-15 12:54:30 GMT - Greece - World - SN:32 - ID:10346458
ATHENS, Sept 15 (MENA) - Greece's coast guard rescued 33 migrants from a boat that was in difficulty off the coast of Rhodes on Thursday evening, the Shipping Ministry has said in a statement carried by Ekathimerini newspaper. After the island’s ....
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S. Korea hints at possible unilateral sanctions against Moscow following N. Korea-Russia summit
Date: 2023-09-15 09:07:01 GMT - south korea - World - SN:21 - ID:10346198
SEOUL, Sept 15 (MENA) – South Korea's top diplomat hinted Friday that Seoul could potentially impose unilateral sanctions against Moscow amid a recent summit between North Korea and Russia that has prompted concerns of military cooperation between ....
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UN launches flash appeal to aid 250,000 Libyans hit by devastating floods
Date: 2023-09-15 08:39:27 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:20 - ID:10346215
NEW YORK, Sept 15 (MENA) - UN humanitarians are working flat out on the ground in Libya, providing desperately needed aid to thousands of survivors of the flood disaster that has left thousands dead and thousands more unaccounted for, UN News said. ....
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Russian forces carry out 14 airstrikes on Ukrainian units in Kupyansk area
Date: 2023-09-15 08:25:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:10346094
MOSCOW, Sept 15 (MENA) – The crews of Russian attack helicopters and fighter planes have carried out 14 airstrikes on the accumulation of Ukrainian manpower and equipment in the Kupyansk area, Sergey Zybinsky, the spokesman for the Russian ....
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Shoigu inspects modernization of nuclear subs in Russia's far east
Date: 2023-09-15 07:47:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:10346141
MOSCOW, Sept 15 (MENA) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has inspected the fulfillment of the defense contracts at the Zvezda plant in the Primorsky territory in Russia's Far East, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. "Russian Defense ....
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4 killed after lift falls in under-construction building in Noida
Date: 2023-09-15 07:34:22 GMT - India - World - SN:16 - ID:10346121
NEW DELHI, Sept 15 (MENA) - At least four workers were killed and five others injured after a lift in an under-construction building in Uttar Pradesh's Noida fell on Friday. The incident took place at the Amrapali Dream Valley housing society in ....