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AP: Biden’s next climate hurdle: enticing Americans to buy green
Date: 2023-01-23 10:29:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:33 - ID:9981797
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (MENA) - President Joe Biden persuaded Democrats in Congress to provide hundreds of billions of dollars to fight climate change. Now comes another formidable task: enticing Americans to buy millions of electric cars, heat pumps, ....
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Putin urges EAEU nations to boost cooperation of national payment systems
Date: 2023-01-23 09:20:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:25 - ID:9981615
MOSCOW, Jan 23 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has stressed the importance of expanding cooperation between national payment systems of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries for lowering economic risks, according to the Russian news ....
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Japan finance chief warns of "unprecedented" fiscal health worsening
Date: 2023-01-23 09:10:32 GMT - Japan - World - SN:20 - ID:9981638
TOKYO, Jan 23 (MENA) - Japan's fiscal health has been deteriorating on an "unprecedented" scale after massive spending amid the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's war in Ukraine, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Monday, saying it is crucial to ....
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Malaysia condemns Quran burning demo in Sweden
Date: 2023-01-23 08:45:25 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:16 - ID:9981431
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 (MENA) - Malaysia strongly condemns the burning of the Quran at a demonstration led by a Swedish far-right politician in Stockholm, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. He said immediate action must be taken against the ....
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PM warns Japan on brink of social dysfunction amid falling birthrate
Date: 2023-01-23 08:39:32 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:9981522
TOKYO, Jan 23 (MENA) - Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned Monday that Japan is "on the brink" of losing its social function due to its rapidly declining birthrate, pledging to focus on child-rearing policies as the most pressing agenda item this ....
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Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to 121,480
Date: 2023-01-23 08:13:01 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:13 - ID:9981492
KIEV, Jan 23 (MENA) - The Ukrainian defense forces eliminated about 121,480 Russian invaders from February 24, 2022, to January 23, 2023, including 720 soldiers over the past day, Ukrinform News Agency reported quoting a statement by the General ....
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Taiwan tracks 9 Chinese military aircraft, 4 naval ships around country
Date: 2023-01-23 07:19:27 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:10 - ID:9981448
TAIPEI, Jan 23 (MENA) - The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked nine Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Sunday (Jan. 22) and 6 a.m. on Monday (Jan 23), Taiwan News reported. In response, Taiwan ....
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President Biden orders flags to half-staff after Monterey Park shooting
Date: 2023-01-23 07:04:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9981426
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden issued a proclamation Sunday night ordering American flags on federal government property to be flown at half-staff, to honor the victims after a gunman allegedly shot 20 people, 10 fatally, at a ....
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Ukrainian forces repel Russian attacks on 11 regions – General Staff
Date: 2023-01-23 06:37:49 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:9981400
KIEV, Jan 23 (MENA) - The Ukrainian Armed Forces have repelled Russian attacks near 11 settlements in two regions and launched seven strikes on the positions of the Russian forces. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in its ....
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Russian FM arrives in South Africa on working visit
Date: 2023-01-23 06:31:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:5 - ID:9981391
MOSCOW, Jan 23 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday arrived in South Africa on a working visit, TASS news agency reported. The minister’s plane has landed at the South African Air Force Base Waterkloof. He is expected to meet ....