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UK foreign secretary says Russia's call for ceasefire 'will do nothing for peace'
Date: 2023-01-06 14:03:08 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:44 - ID:9956442
LONDON, Jan 6 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said that the Kremlin's call for a 36-hour ceasefire along the front line in Ukraine will do nothing to achieve peace. "A 36-hour pause of Russian attacks will do nothing to ....
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Belarus opens trial of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bialiatski
Date: 2023-01-06 12:54:12 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:41 - ID:9956274
GENEVA, Jan 6 (MENA) - A Belarusian court opened the trial of jailed human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, ABC News reported Friday Bialiatski and two other top figures of the Viasna human rights ....
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Russia's unilateral 36-hour ceasefire begins
Date: 2023-01-06 11:53:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:9956206
MOSCOW, Jan 6 (MENA) - A unilateral 36-hour ceasefire declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin officially began at noon Moscow time, according to Russian state TV. "At noon today, the ceasefire regime came into force on the entire contact ....
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Ukraine shells Donetsk twice in 15 minutes before ceasefire declared by Russia
Date: 2023-01-06 11:18:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:33 - ID:9956161
MOSCOW, Jan 6 (MENA) - The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Donetsk with heavy artillery for the second time in 15 minutes, the Donetsk People’s Republic’s (DPR) mission to the Joint Control and Coordination Center on issues related to Ukraine’s war ....
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453 children killed, 877 injured in Ukraine amid Russian military operation
Date: 2023-01-06 09:48:06 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:24 - ID:9956007
KIEV, Jan 6 (MENA) - Russian troops have already killed 453 children across Ukraine since invasion-start. That’s according to the Prosecutor General's Office, Ukrinform reported. "As of the morning of January 6, 2023, more than 1,330 children ....
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Japanese PM invited to visit Ukraine
Date: 2023-01-06 09:39:34 GMT - Japan - World - SN:22 - ID:9955986
TOKYO, Jan 6 (MENA) – Head of Ukraine's Presidential Office Andriy Yermak invited Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to visit Ukraine, The Kyiv Independent reported. Yermak extended the invitation to Japan's ambassador to Ukraine on Jan. 4, ....
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Russian amb. dismisses allegedly "defensive nature" of weapons transferred to Kiev
Date: 2023-01-06 08:59:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:9955963
MOSCOW, Jan 6 (MENA) – The "defensive nature" of weapons handed over to Kiev by Washington has not been at issue long since, TASS news agency quoted Russian Ambassador in the US Anatoly Antonov as saying. The decision of the US administration to ....
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Ukraine’s Armed Forces killed over 110,000 Russian troops
Date: 2023-01-06 08:54:39 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:19 - ID:9955962
KIEV, Jan 6 (MENA) – The Armed Forces of Ukraine killed about 110,250 Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to January 6, 2023, including 530 over the past day alone, Ukrinform reported. These figures were revealed by the General Staff ....
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US, Japan to expand cooperation on key technologies beyond chips
Date: 2023-01-06 08:34:43 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:9955951
TOKYO/WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (MENA) - The United States and Japan have agreed to expand their cooperation on critical emerging technologies beyond semiconductors to include areas such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology, Japanese industry ....
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US House adjourns with no speaker for third day
Date: 2023-01-06 08:19:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:9955934
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (MENA) - The US House of Representatives has adjourned for a third straight day without a speaker after party leader Kevin McCarthy failed and failed again in an excruciating string of ballots to win enough GOP votes to seize the ....