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Boat with 185 Rohingya refugees lands in Indonesia's Aceh
Date: 2023-01-08 13:09:37 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:29 - ID:9958821
JAKARTA, Jan 8 (MENA) - A boat with 185 Rohingya refugees landed on the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province on Sunday, a local disaster agency official said, following hundreds who arrived late last year fleeing desperate conditions in refugee camps ....
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Ukraine: Russian forces shell Kherson region 19 times on Jan 7
Date: 2023-01-08 11:05:01 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:19 - ID:9958620
KYIV, Jan 8 (MENA) - Russian forces attacked the Kherson region 19 times on January 7 during the so-called "Christmas truce". Yaroslav Yanushevych, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, said this in a post on the Telegram ....
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Japan starts requiring negative COVID-19 tests for travelers from China
Date: 2023-01-08 06:54:53 GMT - Japan - World - SN:4 - ID:9958237
TOKYO, Jan 8 (MENA) - Japan further tightened border controls for travelers from mainland China on Sunday, requiring proof of testing negative for COVID-19 amid a surge of cases in the neighboring country, Kyodo news agency reported. The ....
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Zelensky strips 13 pro-Russia priests of Ukrainian citizenship
Date: 2023-01-07 18:12:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:9958010
MOSCOW, Jan 7 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has signed a decree revoking the Ukrainian citizenship of 13 priests of the canonic Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), the local Ukrinform reported Saturday. Recently, Ukrainian law ....
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Russia seeks to dismantle US-Europe alliance - State Department
Date: 2023-01-07 18:05:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:9958006
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Samuel Warburg, the regional spokesman for the US State Department, on Saturday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of plotting to dismantle the political alliance between the United States and Europe. Washington ....
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Only 1 in 5 British trains to run on final day of planned strikes
Date: 2023-01-07 15:01:08 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:49 - ID:9957643
LONDON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Only about one in five trains across Great Britain will run on Saturday as a 48-hour walkout by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union concludes, with no early morning or evening services and a pared-back ....
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16 Chinese military aircraft cross Taiwan Strait median line
Date: 2023-01-07 13:41:43 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:46 - ID:9957599
TAIPEI, Jan 7 (MENA) - The Taiwanese Ministry of National Defence (MND) tracked 22 Chinese military aircraft and three naval vessels around Taiwan during Friday and Saturday, according to Taiwan News. Sixteen of the People’s Liberation Army ....
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British PM meets health leaders over NHS pressures
Date: 2023-01-07 13:11:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:43 - ID:9957607
LONDON, Jan 7 (MENA) - The prime minister, health secretary and Treasury ministers are meeting health experts to help tackle crucial challenges facing the NHS in England, the BBC reported. Reports have emerged of patients spending days on ....
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U.S. regulators OK Alzheimer's drug developed by Japan's Eisai
Date: 2023-01-07 11:21:41 GMT - Japan - World - SN:33 - ID:9957373
TOKYO, Jan 7 (MENA) - U.S. regulators has approved an Alzheimer's drug developed by Japanese drug maker Eisai Co. and U.S. firm Biogen Inc. for treatment in the early stage of the fatal, brain-robbing disease, reported Japanese Kyodo News Agency on ....
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Judge scolds Trump legal team and lets James’s lawsuit proceed
Date: 2023-01-07 08:52:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9957190
NEW YORK, Jan 7 (MENA) - A New York judge declined on Friday to throw out the state attorney general’s civil fraud case against former President Donald J. Trump, increasing the likelihood that he will face a trial this fall. In a sharply worded ....