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Finland joins NATO
Date: 2023-04-04 13:36:06 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:47 - ID:10098070
BRUSSELS, April 4 (MENA) - Finland officially became the 31st member of the the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Tuesday, marking a major shift in the security landscape in northeastern Europe that adds some 1,300 kilometers (830 miles) to the ....
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Chinese, Russian prime ministers hold telephone conversation — Chinese TV
Date: 2023-04-04 13:33:43 GMT - China - World - SN:44 - ID:10098071
BEIJING, April 4 (MENA) - The Premier of China’s State Council, Li Qiang, has held had a telephone conversation with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Tuesday, China’s central television said without elaborating. In March, China’s ....
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NATO foreign ministers to discuss urgent aid to Ukraine, further support - Stoltenberg
Date: 2023-04-04 13:00:06 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:41 - ID:10098016
BRUSSELS, April 4 (MENA) - NATO ministers for foreign affairs, who are meeting today in Brussels, will discuss with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, ways of increasing urgent aid for Ukraine, as well as a long-term, multi-year ....
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TikTok fined $16 million in UK for misusing kids’ data as scrutiny of Chinese-owned app intensifies
Date: 2023-04-04 12:57:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:40 - ID:10097983
LONDON, April 4 (MENA) - TikTok has been fined £12.7 ($15.9) million by U.K. privacy regulators for failing to protect children’s data, in a fresh blow to the Chinese-owned app as it faces heightened scrutiny from regulators, according to ....
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Suspected Polish, Baltic spies detained in Belarus
Date: 2023-04-04 12:57:34 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:39 - ID:10098017
MINSK, April 4 (MENA) - Nationals of Poland and the Baltic states have been detained in Belarus on spying allegations, Chairman of the Belarusian KGB Ivan Tertel told the media on 4 April, BelTA has learned. According to the KGB chairman, foreign ....
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Rishi Sunak gains on Keir Starmer but Tories still far behind, new poll shows
Date: 2023-04-04 12:56:43 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:37 - ID:10097978
LONDON, April 4 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has recovered ground on Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party Keir Starmer but the Tories are still trailing far behind Labour, the Evening Standard quoted a new poll as ....
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Biden administration pushes to revitalize coal communities with clean energy projects
Date: 2023-04-04 12:56:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:10097984
WASHINGTON, April 4 (MENA) - The Biden administration is channeling hundreds of millions of dollars from recent legislation into its efforts to turn coal communities into clean energy hubs, CNBC reported Tuesday, quoting the White House. The ....
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German business ready to expand presence on Ukrainian market – PM Shmyhal
Date: 2023-04-04 12:56:14 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:35 - ID:10097979
KYIV, April 4 (MENA) - Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and Germany’s Vice Chancellor, Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection of the Federal Republic of Germany Robert Habeck, representatives of German companies have discussed ....
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Sweden arrests five over planning ‘terrorist act’ tied to Quran burning in January
Date: 2023-04-04 11:58:42 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:29 - ID:10097851
STOCKHOLM, April 4 (MENA) - Sweden’s police security service said on Tuesday it had detained five men on suspicion of conspiracy to commit terrorist crimes, after “international calls for attacks” that followed a Quran-burning protest in Stockholm, ....
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Afghan Taliban raid kills 6 members of Daesh
Date: 2023-04-04 09:43:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:10097392
KABUL, April 4 (MENA) - An overnight raid by Taliban forces in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province killed six members of the Daesh group, ABC News quoted a Taliban spokesman as saying on Tuesday. The regional affiliate of the group — known as ....