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  • FAA investigating after passenger planes nearly crash on JFK runway

    Date: 2023-01-16 07:37:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9970074

    WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (MENA) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating a close call incident between two passenger planes at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Friday, the transportation agency announced on Monday. ....

  • Japan to test new freight routes amid global supply chain instability

    Date: 2023-01-16 07:11:02 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:9970061

    TOKYO, Jan 16 (MENA) - The Japanese government plans to work with domestic firms to test new international supply routes as soon as March, as it aims to diversify freight options in response to recent supply chain instability highlighted by the ....

  • Japan, India begin 1st-ever joint fighter drill near Tokyo

    Date: 2023-01-16 07:06:34 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:9970045

    TOKYO, Jan 16 (MENA) - Japan and India on Monday began their first-ever joint fighter jet drill near Tokyo, the Japanese Defense Ministry said, in their latest effort to bolster defense ties as they face China's growing military power in the ....

  • Death toll rises to 35, including two children in missile attack on Dnipro

    Date: 2023-01-16 06:56:29 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:6 - ID:9970049

    KIEV, Jan 16 (MENA) - More people were found dead under the rubble of an apartment block hit by a Russian missile in Dnipro. The number of people killed in the attack has increased to 35. Valentyn Reznichenko, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional ....

  • Battle for Donbas region continues without any respite: Zelensky

    Date: 2023-01-15 23:05:48 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:77 - ID:9969961

    KYIV, Jan 15 (MENA) - The battle for Soledar, for Bakhmut, for the whole Donetsk region, for the Luhansk region continues without any respite, without any stop, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said. "Russia has made the battle for the ....

  • Biden: Americans should ‘pay attention’ to MLK’s legacy

    Date: 2023-01-15 22:33:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:75 - ID:9969955

    WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden made a historical pilgrimage Sunday to “America’s freedom church” to mark Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, saying democracy was at a perilous moment and that the civil rights leader’s life and ....

  • Fate of more than 30 people in Dnipro unknown – Ukrainian president

    Date: 2023-01-15 22:11:03 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:74 - ID:9969946

    KYIV, Jan 15 (MENA) – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the fate of more than 30 people is currently unknown in Dnipo, Ukrinform reported. “Today I have been receiving reports from Dnipro all day. All necessary services are ....

  • Israel’s inflation at 5.3% in 2022, its highest level since 2008

    Date: 2023-01-15 21:43:30 GMT - palestine - World - SN:71 - ID:9969947

    RAMALLAH, Jan 15 (MENA) - Consumer prices in Israel rose an annual 5.3 percent in 2022, up from the 2.8% increase recorded a year earlier, driven by the rising cost of housing, transportation, communication, and food. The annual inflation rate ....

  • Republican lawmaker: US defaulting on national debt ‘real threat’

    Date: 2023-01-15 17:02:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:56 - ID:9969711

    WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (MENA) - Republican lawmaker Don Bacon said Sunday the possibility that the US defaulting on its national debt is a “real threat” as lawmakers grapple with a fast-approaching breach of the debt limit, The Hill reported. “I ....

  • Nepal plane crash with 72 onboard leaves at least 68 dead

    Date: 2023-01-15 16:55:23 GMT - Nepal - World - SN:55 - ID:9969697

    KATHMANDU, Jan 15 (MENA) - At least 68 people were confirmed dead and hope faded for any survivors after a plane with 72 onboard crashed in Nepal, The Guardian reported Sunday/ “Thirty-one bodies have been taken to hospitals,” said police ....

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