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Peru Congress rejects president’s request to hold early elections
Date: 2023-01-28 08:14:02 GMT - Peru - World - SN:12 - ID:9989717
LIMA, Jan 28 (MENA) - Peru's Congress rejected on Saturday a request by embattled President Dina Boluarte to bring forward elections to December 2023, as protests that have killed dozens rage on against her leadership, France24 reported. The ....
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Peru's president asks Congress to bring vote forward amid deadly protests
Date: 2023-01-28 08:06:49 GMT - Peru - World - SN:11 - ID:9989706
LIMA, Jan 28 (MENA) - Peru President Dina Boluarte on Friday urged Congress to advance elections slated for April 2024 to December 2023 as protests against her leadership that have left dozens dead continue. Peru has been embroiled in a political ....
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US should deal with its own human rights issues — Russian embassy
Date: 2023-01-28 07:52:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:10 - ID:9989683
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (MENA) - The administration of the United States should focus on protecting human rights in their own country rather than blaming others for failing to do so, the Russian embassy in Washington said in a statement. "We took ....
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US condemns attack on Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran
Date: 2023-01-28 07:44:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9989669
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (MENA) - The United States condemned the attack on the Azerbaijani embassy that occurred in Tehran Friday. "We echo Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s call for a prompt investigation into this unacceptable violence," said ....
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Foreign nationals entering Japan surged in 2022 after easing of COVID steps
Date: 2023-01-28 07:18:17 GMT - Japan - World - SN:5 - ID:9989640
TOKYO, Jan 28 (MENA) - The number of foreign nationals entering Japan surged nearly 12-fold to 4.20 million people in 2022, as COVID-19 border control measures were eased gradually and the number of inbound tourists spiked, Immigration Services ....
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European Commission endorses positive preliminary assessment of Malta's request for €52.3 million disbursement
Date: 2023-01-28 06:58:44 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:1 - ID:9989607
BRUSSELS, Jan 28 (MENA) - The European Commission has endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of Malta's payment request for €52.3 million (net of pre-financing) in grants under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the key instrument at ....
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Poland to send 60 modernized tanks to Ukraine
Date: 2023-01-27 21:47:55 GMT - Poland - World - SN:68 - ID:9989447
WARSAW, Jan 27 (MENA) - Poland will send 60 more tanks to Ukraine, on top of the 14 it has already pledged to the war effort, Sky News quoted the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki as saying Friday. The country had already pledged to hand ....
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'Ukrainian forces prepare for the war’s most intense phase' - Report
Date: 2023-01-27 19:55:34 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:63 - ID:9989361
LONDON, Jan 27 (MENA) - "Sooner or later, most likely in the next few months, one side would make its move and try to break the deadlock. The question is: who will strike first and where," The Guardian said Friday in a fresh report on the War in ....
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Zelensky: Ukraine needs 300-500 tanks for counteroffensive against Russia
Date: 2023-01-27 19:07:01 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:60 - ID:9989335
KIEV, Jan 27 (MENA) - The Ukrainian army needs from 300 to 500 tanks to carry out a counteroffensive against Russian troops, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said. "We need 300 or 500 tanks now. That's why I believe that we need tanks to ....
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Western tank supplies will not turn situation in Kiev’s favor, Russian diplomat says
Date: 2023-01-27 13:42:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:9988845
MOSCOW, Jan 27 (MENA) - Western tank supplies to Ukraine will not turn the situation in Kiev’s favor, but will take Western countries to a new level of confrontation with Moscow, Tass reported, quoting Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria ....
