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China condemns US decision to shoot down spy balloon
Date: 2023-02-05 11:25:24 GMT - China - World - SN:24 - ID:10003166
BEIJING, Feb 5 (MENA) - The Chinese government said the downing of the “civilian” aircraft was an “excessive reaction,” and that it “retains the right to respond further”, CGTN reported. The United States shot down a Chinese spy balloon with a ....
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Japan’s population crisis nears point of no return: The Diplomat 2 last Tokyo
Date: 2023-02-05 10:55:32 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:23 - ID:10003136
Japan’s labor force is also shrinking amid its rapidly aging population, this is prompting calls from politicians to increase the retirement age to 68 and have seniors re-join the labor force on a part time basis. Japan’s life expectancy is among ....
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Japan’s population crisis nears point of no return: The Diplomat
Date: 2023-02-05 10:49:41 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:22 - ID:10003098
TOKYO, Feb 5 (MENA) - Japan’s population decline is following the worst-case scenario, prompting the government to devise urgent policies to incentivize more births, reported The Diplomat Sunday. It’s no secret Japan has the world’s most rapidly ....
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Musharraf, former president of Pakistan dies after long illness
Date: 2023-02-05 07:54:16 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:8 - ID:10002689
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (MENA) - Former president of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf, who backed the US-led invasion of neighboring Afghanistan during his tenure, has died after a prolonged illness at the age of 79, Sky news reported Sunday. The ....
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4 killed, 11 injured in Ukraine's Donersk region
Date: 2023-02-05 07:49:45 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:6 - ID:10002754
KIEV, Feb 5 (MENA) - Russian troops killed four residents of Donetsk region on Saturday, according to the Ukrainian news agency. "On February 4, it became known about four residents of Donetsk region killed by Russians: three people in Bakhmut ....
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US defense secretary: Biden directs bringing down Chinese balloon off South Carolina coast
Date: 2023-02-04 22:04:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:10002592
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin said Saturday that at the direction of President Biden, US fighter aircraft assigned to U.S. Northern Command successfully brought down the high altitude surveillance balloon launched ....
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US calls for WHO updated report on Ukraine's health emergency state
Date: 2023-02-04 16:21:58 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:46 - ID:10002119
GENEVA, Feb 4 (MENA) - The United States called on the Executive Council of the World Health Organization WHO) currently meeting in Geneva, to request an updated report to document incidents in Ukraine since September. US representative to the ....
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John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide surpass 671.5 mln
Date: 2023-02-04 15:14:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:43 - ID:10002114
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) - As many as 671,586,251 people have been reported to be infected with coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Saturday. It added that about 6,840,664 have died from the virus worldwide. The US ....
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Poland receives 9.600 mln refugees from Ukraine so far
Date: 2023-02-04 09:55:20 GMT - Poland - World - SN:24 - ID:10001597
WARSAW, Feb 4 (MENA) - A total of 9.600 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation there, Radio Poland said on Saturday, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard ....
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Second spy balloon spotted over Latin America, says Pentagon, as Blinken postpones China trip
Date: 2023-02-04 09:16:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:10001417
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) – A second Chinese spy balloon was reportedly flying over Latin America, according to the Pentagon, in comments that came as the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, postponed a visit to China after the intrusion of a ....
