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Austin hopes Turkey will act on Sweden NATO bid before July
Date: 2023-04-19 15:33:21 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:76 - ID:10120019
STOCKHOLM, April 19 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday it’s important that Turkey makes its decision to allow Sweden to join NATO “sooner versus later,” and said he “feels confident” it will happen before the alliance summit ....
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European Commission refers Portugal, Slovakia to EU Court of Justice
Date: 2023-04-19 14:24:05 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:65 - ID:10119645
BRUSSELS, April 19 (MENA) - The European Commission decided to refer Portugal and Slovakia to the Court of Justice of the European Union for not correctly applying the rules under the Late Payment Directive (Directive 2011/7/EU). Late payments ....
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Seoul’s sending weapons to Kiev would imply its involvement in conflict, Kremlin warns
Date: 2023-04-19 12:42:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:10119643
MOSCOW, April 19 (MENA) - South Korea’s weapons supplies to Ukraine would mean that Seoul is somehow involved in the conflict, Tass reported on Wednesday, quoting Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov. "Certainly, any weapons supplies would imply a ....
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India to be world’s most populous country by mid-year: UN
Date: 2023-04-19 12:11:50 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:50 - ID:10119574
NEW YORK, April 19 (MENA) - India is expected to be the most populous country by the middle of this year and overtake China, The Hindustan Times reported, quoting the latest data from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The UNFPA report ....
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Pakistani envoy returns to Kabul
Date: 2023-04-19 10:07:22 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:36 - ID:10119373
KABUL, April 19 (MENA) - Chief of Pakistani’s diplomatic mission in Kabul Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani returned to the Afghan capital more than four months after surviving an attempted assassination, Khaama Press reported Wednesday. The Acting Foreign ....
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EAM Jaishankar to undertake North and South America tour to boost bilateral ties
Date: 2023-04-19 09:34:10 GMT - India - World - SN:32 - ID:10119286
NEW DELHI, April 19 (MENA) - External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will begin his official visit to Guyana, Panama, Colombia and the Dominican Republic on Friday, India Post quoted an official statement from the Ministry of External Affairs as ....
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North Korea's Kim orders launch of first spy satellite
Date: 2023-04-19 08:15:23 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:23 - ID:10119182
PYONGYANG, April 19 (MENA) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that the development of his country's first spy satellite is now complete and he has ordered officials to launch it as planned, state media said on Wednesday. While visiting the ....
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Two Russian cosmonauts take spacewalk outside of International Space Station
Date: 2023-04-19 08:00:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:10119149
MOSCOW, April 19 (MENA) - Two Russian cosmonauts are conducting a more than six-hour spacewalk Tuesday night outside the International Space Station in their third attempt to move a radiator and an experiment module, Russia Today reported. The ....
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Russia shells Kherson region 79 times in 24 hours, one civilian killed
Date: 2023-04-19 07:46:50 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:19 - ID:10119104
KIEV, April 19 (MENA) - Over the past day, the Russian army fired 79 times at the Kherson region, launching 350 shells from heavy artillery and UAVs, Ukrinform reported Wednesday. The head of the Kherson regional military administration, ....
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Poland receives 26,700 refugees from Ukraine over past 24 hours
Date: 2023-04-19 07:42:10 GMT - Poland - World - SN:18 - ID:10119089
WARSAW, April 19 (MENA) – A total of 26,700 refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation there, Radio Poland said on Wednesday, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard ....