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Ukraine’s Air Force launches 18 strikes on Russia's sites
Date: 2023-01-03 09:04:54 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:25 - ID:9950950
KYIV, Jan 3 (MENA) - The Defense Forces of Ukraine announced that it repelled Russia's attacks near 13 settlements in Donbas. The Ukrainian Air Force also launched 18 strikes on Russia's positions and its anti-aircraft defense systems, Ukrinfom ....
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EU offers free Covid-19 vaccines to China to help curb outbreak
Date: 2023-01-03 08:20:04 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:18 - ID:9950805
BRUSSELS, Jan 3 (MENA) - The EU has offered free Covid-19 vaccines to China to help Beijing contain a mass outbreak of the illness following its decision to end strict nationwide pandemic-related restrictions, according to Radio France ....
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Two main variants found in China detected in Malaysia: Health Ministry
Date: 2023-01-03 07:36:45 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:12 - ID:9950802
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 (MENA) - Two main Covid-19 variants that are found to be spreading rapidly in China, namely BA.5.2 and BF.7, that accounted for almost 80% of the variants found in China currently, have been detected in Malaysia, the Malaysian ....
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Ukraine, EU to hold summit on Feb. 3 in Kyiv
Date: 2023-01-03 06:24:40 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:8 - ID:9950657
KYIV, Jan 3 (MENA) - Ukraine and the European Union will hold a summit in Kyiv on February 3 to discuss financial and military support, VOA reported Tuesday, quoting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office. Zelenskyy discussed details of the ....
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S. Korea: Talks with US on management of nukes underway
Date: 2023-01-03 06:16:53 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:9950661
SEOUL, Jan 3 (MENA) - South Korea reconfirmed Tuesday that Seoul and Washington are discussing its involvement in US nuclear asset management in the face of intensifying North Korean nuclear threats, after President Joe Biden denied that the allies ....
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Bird flu cases rise to record high in Japan
Date: 2023-01-03 06:07:24 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:9950642
TOKYO, Jan 3 (MENA) - Bird flu cases in Japan hit a record high after new infections were confirmed in Chiba and Fukuoka prefectures, Kyodo News Agency quoted the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries as saying Tuesday. As of ....
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Biden rejects S. Korea nuclear exercises suggestion with firm ‘no’
Date: 2023-01-03 05:32:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9950611
NEW YORK, Jan 3 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden smacked down South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s proposal for joint nuclear exercises, New York Post reported Tuesday. A South Korean newspaper had earlier quoted Yoon as saying that joint ....
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Nancy Pelosi to officially step back from her leadership position this week – US paper
Date: 2023-01-02 22:49:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:86 - ID:9950564
WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (MENA) - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi officially steps back from her leadership position this week after 20 years of guiding House Democrats, marking the end of a history-making tenure that saw her take the gavel twice, the ....
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Taiwan rejects China's TAO remarks on peaceful reunification
Date: 2023-01-02 21:21:50 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:82 - ID:9950511
TAIPEI, Jan 2 (MENA) - Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has hit back at remarks by the new chief of China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) by urging Beijing to halt its "coercion" of Taiwan if it wants to create conditions for more positive ....
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Russia, Ukraine fight for control of P66 highway near Kremina: UK defense ministry
Date: 2023-01-02 20:32:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:9950512
LONDON, Jan 2 (MENA) - Over the last five days, Russian and Ukrainian forces have probably been fighting for control of the P66 highway, north of the Russian-held Luhansk town of Kremina, the UK Ministry of Defense said. The P66 is a "key supply ....