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Muslim Council of Elders voices solidarity with Rohingya Muslims affected by Cyclone Mocha
Date: 2023-05-21 20:42:08 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:75 - ID:10170691
CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) - The Muslim Council of Elders, led by Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayeb, has expressed its solidarity with the Rohingya Muslims affected by Cyclone Mocha which battered Myanmar's Rakhine State on the weekend, leaving ....
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G7 urges China to press Russia to end war in Ukraine
Date: 2023-05-21 17:19:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:67 - ID:10170601
WASHINGTON, May 21 (MENA) - The Group of Seven united in urging China to pressure its strategic partner Russia to end the war on Ukraine and resolve territorial disputes peacefully, ABC News reported. In a joint statement, the G7 leaders ....
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US treasury secretary reaffirms June 1 as 'hard deadline' to raise debt ceiling
Date: 2023-05-21 16:50:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:10170581
WASHINGTON, May 21 (MENA) - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reaffirmed June 1 as the “hard deadline” for the US to raise the debt ceiling or risk defaulting on its obligations, CNN reported. “I indicated in my last letter to Congress that we ....
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Zelensky speaks for holding peace summit in July
Date: 2023-05-21 11:34:26 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:35 - ID:10169805
KYIV/HIROSHIMA, May 21 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed to hold in July an international summit dedicated to the Ukrainian peace formula. He said this during a speech at the working session of the G7 summit "Towards a ....
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G-7 Hiroshima summit wraps up after talks on Ukraine with Zelenskyy
Date: 2023-05-21 09:31:56 GMT - Japan - World - SN:26 - ID:10169612
HIROSHIMA, May 21 (MENA) - The Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima wrapped up on Sunday after discussions on Russia's war in Ukraine and other issues with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy participating following his highly-publicized arrival in Japan, ....
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Biden invites Japanese, S. Korean leaders for 3-way talks in U.S.
Date: 2023-05-21 09:00:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:21 - ID:10169507
HIROSHIMA, May 21 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden spoke briefly with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday, inviting them to the United States to hold a formal trilateral meeting. Biden commended ....
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Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to 203,160 troops: Ukraine
Date: 2023-05-21 06:34:40 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:10 - ID:10169238
KIEV, May 21 (MENA) - Russia has already lost about 203,160 troops in Ukraine, since the beginning of the military operation on February 24, 2022, Ukrinform quoted the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as saying on Sunday. Between ....
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Mexico City Airport grounds flights due to Volcanic ash
Date: 2023-05-21 05:46:27 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:7 - ID:10169185
MEXICO CITY, May 21 (MENA) - Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano halted flights from Mexico City's two airports on Saturday as ash fumes filled the sky, ABC news reported. Both Felipe Ángeles International Airport (FNU) and Benito Juárez International ....
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Russians fire drones at Dnipropetrovsk region, all of them downed
Date: 2023-05-21 05:43:17 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:6 - ID:10169179
KIEV, May 21 (MENA) - Russian troops fired unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the Dnipropetrovsk region but Ukraine’s air defense forces destroyed all of them, according to the Ukrinform news agency. Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military ....
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EU stresses importance of cultural and lingual diversity worldwide
Date: 2023-05-20 13:26:58 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:39 - ID:10168421
BRUSSELS, May 20 (MENA) - The European Union's motto of “united in diversity” shows how cultural diversity is at the very heart of the Union's foundations, EU President Ursula von der Leyen said at Session VII of the G7, 'Common Endeavor for a ....