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  • Czech Senate adopts resolution supporting Ukraine’s fast-track accession to NATO

    Date: 2023-06-01 06:58:30 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:12 - ID:10187965

    KYIV/PRAGUE, June 1 (MENA) - The Senate of the Czech Republic has adopted a resolution on supporting Ukraine’s accession to NATO under the fast-track procedure. Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk announced this on ....

  • Russia will not decide when Ukraine can join NATO - Norwegian MFA

    Date: 2023-06-01 06:56:57 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:11 - ID:10187967

    KYIV, June 1 (MENA) - NATO member countries will not allow Russia to decide when Ukraine can join the Western alliance. Norwegian Minister for Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt said this on the eve of a two-day meeting with her NATO counterparts, ....

  • Singapore's PM Lee tests positive for COVID-19 days after becoming negative

    Date: 2023-06-01 06:39:55 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:10 - ID:10187954

    SINGAPORE, June 1 (MENA) - Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has tested positive for COVID-19 again due to a "COVID rebound", Channel News Asia reported. He first tested positive for the disease on May 22. Last Sunday, he said he was ....

  • Ukrainian forces down all ten Iskander missiles launched by Russians

    Date: 2023-06-01 06:00:46 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:5 - ID:10187913

    KIEV, June 1 (MENA) -, the Russian aggressors fired in the night of June 1 ten Iskander missiles at Kyiv city. All of them were destroyed by the air defense forces, according to Ukrinform. This is stated in the report by the General Staff of the ....

  • Number of casualties in Russian night attack on Kyiv rising

    Date: 2023-06-01 05:31:16 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:1 - ID:10187887

    KIEV, June 1 (MENA) - Three people were killed and fourteen more were injured as a result of the Russian night attack on Kyiv, Ukrinform reported, quoting the updated data of the Kyiv City Military Administration. "Unfortunately, the number of ....

  • John Kerry embarks on Mideast tour

    Date: 2023-05-31 19:46:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:96 - ID:10187693

    WASHINGTON, May 31 (MENA) - US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will embark on a Mideast tour that will take him to Amman, Al Quds, Dubai and Oslo, the US State Department announced. During his tour, that will run from May 31 to ....

  • 'Things are going as planned' on debt ceiling bill -- Biden

    Date: 2023-05-31 19:37:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:95 - ID:10187684

    WASHINGTON, May 31 (MENA) - US President Biden said Wednesday that he believes that things are going according to plan so far for the House to pass the bipartisan debt ceiling package despite several Democrats and Republicans vowing to vote in ....

  • Lavrov arrives in South Africa on visit

    Date: 2023-05-31 19:27:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:93 - ID:10187687

    MOSCOW, May 31 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in South Africa on a visit, TASS reported Wednesday. In Cape Town, he will attend a meeting of foreign ministers from the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and ....

  • EU renews importance of reducing tobacco consumption

    Date: 2023-05-31 08:15:01 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:25 - ID:10186257

    BRUSSELS, May 31 (MENA) - European Union (EU) Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides renewed Wednesday importance of reducing tobacco consumption. Kyriakides said in a statement marking the World No Tobacco Day: “Today, tobacco ....

  • Key US House committee votes to advance debt ceiling bill

    Date: 2023-05-31 06:57:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:10186097

    WASHINGTON, May 31 (MENA) - A key House of Representatives committee voted to send a bill to suspend the $31.4 trillion US debt ceiling to the full chamber for a Wednesday vote, Alhurra news channel reported. The House Rules Committee voted 7-6 ....

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