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Diabetes, obesity rising in young Americans, study finds
Date: 2023-03-06 19:15:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:10052934
WASHINGTON, March 6 (MENA) - Diabetes and obesity, two risk factors for heart disease, are on the rise among young adults in the US, according to a newly published study of about 13,000 people ages 20 to 44 years old, according to The Washington ....
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Employment-related gender gaps greater than previously thought, ILO report finds
Date: 2023-03-06 19:14:23 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:77 - ID:10052698
GENEVA, March 6 (MENA) - Gender imbalances in access to employment and working conditions are greater than previously thought and progress in reducing them has been disappointingly slow in the last two decades, according to a new International ....
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High Commissioner urges Human Rights Council to 'rekindle spirit, impulse vitality' of Universal Declaration
Date: 2023-03-06 16:46:53 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:68 - ID:10052657
GENEVA, March 6 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on all countries participating in the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council to take tangible measures to end extremist discrimination. Turk said ''Human rights is ....
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AP: Biden reelection bid faces resistance from some Democrats
Date: 2023-03-06 09:47:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:24 - ID:10051777
WASHINGTON, March 6 (MENA) - The Associated Press said in a report on Monday US President Joe Biden's re-election for a second presidential term was rejected by some democrats over many controversial issues, including his age. Democrats across ....
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Only ceasefire can put end to conflict in Ukraine: Hungarian FM
Date: 2023-03-06 07:57:18 GMT - Hungary - World - SN:17 - ID:10051549
BUDAPEST, March 6 (MENA) - The solutions that Europe is trying to find in order to resolve the crisis in Ukraine are not working, and the conflict could only be ended through a ceasefire, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an ....
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9 policemen killed, 11 others wounded in suicide blast in southwest Pakistan
Date: 2023-03-06 07:47:33 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:12 - ID:10051530
ISLAMABAD, March 6 (MENA ) - At least nine personnel of the Balochistan Constabulary (BC) were martyred and 13 were wounded in a bomb attack in Bolan on Monday, police said. Kachhi Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mahmood Notezai confirmed ....
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Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to about 153,770 troops
Date: 2023-03-06 06:56:51 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:6 - ID:10051439
KYIV, March 6 (MENA) - Russia has already lost about 153,770 troops in Ukraine (+650 over the past day). The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent ....
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UN member states finally agree "historical" treaty to protect high seas: Macron
Date: 2023-03-05 19:16:17 GMT - France - World - SN:52 - ID:10051104
PARIS, March 5 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed an international treaty agreed yesterday by UN member states to protect the high seas. "We left no stone unturned to reach this agreement," Macron said in a tweet on Sunday, ....
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Russian Foreign Ministry: US model of 'isolating' Russia has failed
Date: 2023-03-05 18:37:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:51 - ID:10051075
MOSCOW, March 5 (MENA) – The United States has found itself a hostage to its own model of 'isolation' of Russia, TASS News Agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on Sunday. "We want nothing from the ....
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India summons Swiss envoy over "anti-India" posters in Geneva
Date: 2023-03-05 18:07:13 GMT - India - World - SN:49 - ID:10051032
NEW DELHI, March 5 (MENA) - India on Sunday summoned the Swiss ambassador and lodged a protest over the issue of "malicious anti-India" posters in front of the UN building in Geneva, official sources said. The Swiss diplomat conveyed to the ....
