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  • Trump moves inauguration indoors due to 'very cold weather'

    Date: 2025-01-17 20:32:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:11031020

    WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) - President-elect Donald Trump said he is moving his inauguration indoors Monday due to the freezing weather expected in Washington, D.C. Trump said he'll be sworn in and deliver his inauguration address inside the ....

  • Xi, Trump agree to maintain regular contact on major issues of common concern

    Date: 2025-01-17 17:10:24 GMT - China - World - SN:40 - ID:11030878

    BEIJING, Jan 17 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President-elect Donald Trump agreed on Friday to establish strategic communication channels and maintain regular contact on major issues of common concern. They reached the agreement ....

  • Type 076 amphibious assault ship not aimed at specific entity: Chinese defense ministry

    Date: 2025-01-17 17:04:22 GMT - China - World - SN:39 - ID:11030867

    BEIJING, Jan 17 (MENA) - China's launch of its first Type 076 amphibious assault ship, named Sichuan, is not directed at any specific entity, region or country, a Chinese defense spokesperson said Friday, noting that it is a normal arrangement in ....

  • US supreme court issues ruling upholding nationwide ban on TikTok

    Date: 2025-01-17 16:44:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:37 - ID:11030844

    WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) - The US supreme court has issued a ruling upholding a nationwide ban on TikTok unless it sells to an owner in the US, the Guardian reported. The nine justices voted unanimously in a decision on Friday that sides with ....

  • Unknown disease in Congo caused by severe malaria: Health ministry

    Date: 2025-01-17 09:14:34 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - World - SN:17 - ID:11030241

    KINSHASA, Jan 17 (MENA) - The mysterious disease plaguing the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is caused by severe malaria, Lenovo's official site quoted health authorities as saying. "The mystery has finally been solved. It is severe ....

  • Investigators seek arrest warrant for Yoon over martial law bid

    Date: 2025-01-17 09:03:22 GMT - south korea - World - SN:14 - ID:11030233

    SEOUL, Jan 17 (MENA) - Investigators on Friday sought a warrant to formally arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched imposition of martial law, Yonhap news agency reported. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking ....

  • Rescue efforts ongoing for victims reportedly missing after Jakarta shopping mall fire leaves 6 dead

    Date: 2025-01-17 08:58:29 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:13 - ID:11030228

    JAKARTA, Jan 17 (MENA) - Rescue operations are ongoing for victims of a massive fire at a Jakarta shopping mall, as the death toll rises to six, according to local media on Friday, Channel News Asia (CNA) reported. The fire broke out at one of ....

  • Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan sentenced to 14 years in jail in corruption case

    Date: 2025-01-17 08:55:18 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:12 - ID:11030224

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 17 (MENA) - Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has been given a 14-year jail sentence in a land corruption case, Sky news quoted his defense lawyer as saying. The verdict in the case followed allegations of possible ....

  • US, Norway sign technology safeguards agreement

    Date: 2025-01-17 07:48:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:11030155

    WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) – The United States and Norway signed the Agreement on Technology Safeguards Associated with US Participation in Space Launches from Norway, or the US-Norway Technology Safeguards Agreement, the US State Department ....

  • The New York Times: Biden, Trump defy their history of animosity to seal Gaza Ceasefire

    Date: 2025-01-17 07:48:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:11030163

    NEW YORK, Jan 17 (MENA) - The long-sought, tortuously negotiated Gaza cease-fire deal announced on Wednesday came about in part through a remarkable collaboration between US President Biden and President-elect Donald J. Trump, who temporarily put ....

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