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S. Korea sets May 24 as 3rd launch date of homegrown space rocket Nuri
Date: 2023-04-11 09:28:20 GMT - south korea - World - SN:29 - ID:10107648
SEOUL, April 11 (MENA) - South Korea on Tuesday set May 24 as the third launch date of its homegrown space rocket Nuri, about a year after its successful test launch, Yonhap reported. Nuri, also known as KSLV-II, is set to lift off from the Naro ....
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Australia says agreement reached with China to resolve barley dispute
Date: 2023-04-11 09:27:46 GMT - Australia - World - SN:28 - ID:10107651
CANBERRA, April 11 (MENA) - Australia's federal government has agreed to suspend its appeal to the World Trade Organization over Chinese government tariffs on Australian barley just before the international body was due to hand down a finding over ....
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Campaigning starts for 4 lower house by-elections across Japan
Date: 2023-04-11 08:32:26 GMT - Japan - World - SN:24 - ID:10107592
TOKYO, April 11 (MENA) - Official campaigning for four lower house by-elections started across Japan on Tuesday, after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling Liberal Democratic Party won a number of key gubernatorial races over the weekend, Kyodo ....
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UN chief Guterres on visit to Somalia
Date: 2023-04-11 08:08:02 GMT - Somalia - World - SN:21 - ID:10107547
MOGADISHU, April 11 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, SAAB TV reported. Guterres was welcomed at the city's airport by Somali Foreign Minister Abshir Omar Huruse and other leaders. ....
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20,000 Ukrainian refugees cross border to Poland in past 24hrs
Date: 2023-04-11 08:07:23 GMT - Poland - World - SN:20 - ID:10107513
WARSAW, April 11 (MENA) - A total of 20,000 refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Ukrainians fleeing the war at home to the neighboring state to more than 11 million since the ....
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White House: Biden embarks on tour of UK, Ireland
Date: 2023-04-11 07:58:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:10107544
WASHINGTON, April 11 (MENA) - The White House announced that US President Joe Biden will travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland from April 11-14. President Biden will first travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland, from April 11-12 to mark the ....
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Massive wildfire breaks out in South Korean coastal city
Date: 2023-04-11 07:40:18 GMT - south korea - World - SN:18 - ID:10107480
SEOUL, April 11 (MENA) - A wind-swept wildfire tore through the northeastern coastal city of Gangneung on Tuesday, destroying about 40 homes and buildings, burning woodland the size of 144 football fields, and forcing hundreds of residents and ....
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North Korea calls for 'offensive' war expansion
Date: 2023-04-11 07:39:33 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:17 - ID:10107483
PYONGYANG, April 11 (MENA) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for the expansion of the regime's offensive military capabilities and reviewed frontline plans against neighboring South Korea, state media reported Tuesday. Kim stressed the ....
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Yoon's office rejects eavesdropping suspicions as 'absurd, false'
Date: 2023-04-11 07:09:35 GMT - south korea - World - SN:16 - ID:10107468
SEOUL, April 11 (MENA) - The office of President Yoon Suk Yeol made clear Tuesday that suspicions of the US having spied on its internal discussions are "absurd and false," Yonhap reported. "The presidential office in Yongsan is a military ....
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London wants to 'scorch' the earth in Ukraine with uranium shells — diplomat
Date: 2023-04-11 07:05:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:10107458
MOSCOW, April 11 (MENA) - The United Kingdom wants to turn the territory of Ukraine into a "scorched earth" by supplying Kiev with depleted uranium munitions, TASS news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as ....