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  • Japan parliament passes controversial bill to revise immigration law

    Date: 2023-06-09 08:49:23 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:10201029

    TOKYO, June 9 (MENA) - Japan's parliament on Friday passed a bill to revise an immigration and refugee law to enable authorities to deport individuals who repeatedly apply for asylum status, despite objections from some opposition parties, Kyodo ....

  • Russia's military death toll in Ukraine climbs to 213,770

    Date: 2023-06-09 08:49:13 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:12 - ID:10200950

    KIEV, June 9 (MENA) – Ukraine's defense forces have killed about 213,770 Russian troops since February 24, 2022, including 1,010 in the past 24 hours, Ukrinform quoted the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as saying. In addition, ....

  • Ukraine's air defense forces destroy 4 cruise missiles, 10 attack drones overnight

    Date: 2023-06-09 06:36:32 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:10200938

    KIEV, June 9 (MENA) – Russian forces attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 attack drones and Kh-101/Kh-55 cruise missiles, targeting the country's military facilities and critical infrastructure, Ukrinform quoted the Ukrainian Air Force ....

  • Japan's Emperor and Empress to visit Indonesia on first goodwill trip abroad

    Date: 2023-06-09 06:14:45 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:10200934

    TOKYO, June 9 (MENA) - Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit Indonesia later this month. It will be their first goodwill trip abroad since the Emperor ascended to the throne in 2019, NHK reported. On Friday, Japan's Cabinet ....

  • FAA delays flights into New York area as smoke spreads

    Date: 2023-06-09 05:09:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:10200874

    WASHINGTON, June 9 (MENA) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) delayed flights into the New York area due to wildfire smoke continuing to cloud the region, The Hill reported. The FAA delayed flights into New York City and Newark, N.J., ....

  • WB: 184 million people living outside their countries of nationality

    Date: 2023-06-08 12:15:23 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:36 - ID:10200045

    CAIRO, June 8 (MENA) - A new report by the World Bank (WB) has revealed that about 2.5 per cent of the world’s population or 184 million people, including 37 million refugees—now live outside their countries of nationality, with the largest share—43 ....

  • Russians kill three civilians in Donetsk region, seven more injured

    Date: 2023-06-08 07:12:03 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:17 - ID:10199323

    KIEV, June 8 (MENA) - The Russian army killed three residents of Donetsk region. Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the regional military administration, said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "On June 7, the Russians killed 3 residents of the ....

  • US treasury secretary: Some bank consolidation 'wouldn’t surprise me'

    Date: 2023-06-07 20:45:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:10199029

    WASHINGTON, June 7 (MENA) - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday it wouldn’t surprise her to see some bank consolidation in the near future. "I see strength in the banking system that has a diverse set of financial institutions ....

  • Putin directs Russian emergency services to organize aid efforts in flooded Kherson region

    Date: 2023-06-07 20:16:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:91 - ID:10199026

    MOSCOW, June 7 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed Alexander Kurenkov, head of Russia’s emergency services, to organize aid efforts for residents of the Russian-annexed part of Ukraine’s Kherson region that’s in the flood zone ....

  • Zelensky: Russians not rescuing people in occupied territory

    Date: 2023-06-07 12:41:00 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:58 - ID:10198219

    KYIV, June 7 (MENA) – Russians do not even try to help people who suffered from the blast of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the temporarily occupied areas of Kherson region, Ukrinform quoted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ....

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