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Electricity consumption keeps growing in Ukraine due to cold weather
Date: 2023-01-31 12:23:02 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:49 - ID:9995468
KYIV, Jan 31 (MENA) - Electricity consumption continues to increase due to lower air temperatures, while the power system still experiences a significant deficit in generating capacity, Ukrinform quoted NEC Ukrenergo as saying. "Electricity ....
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Russia, Belarus start joint military staff training
Date: 2023-01-31 11:09:25 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:41 - ID:9994893
MINSK, Jan 31 (MENA) - Russia and Belarus have started a week-long session of staff training for the joint command of their regional grouping of forces, media reports quoted the Belarusian defense ministry as saying on Tuesday. The training is ....
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Biden highlights infrastructure spending at century-old train tunnel
Date: 2023-01-31 10:19:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:9994914
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (MENA) - US President Biden was in Baltimore to highlight a major railway tunnel reconstruction project that will be paid for in part by the bipartisan infrastructure law, according to CNN. The president traveled to Baltimore ....
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S. Korea's top diplomat to visit US for talks on strengthening alliance
Date: 2023-01-31 09:03:11 GMT - south korea - World - SN:29 - ID:9994909
SEOUL, Jan 31 (MENA) - South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin will make a four-day trip to the United States this week for talks on strengthening the two countries' alliance marking its 70th anniversary this year, Yonhap news agency quoted his ....
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850 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine on Jan 30
Date: 2023-01-31 08:57:23 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:28 - ID:9994744
KIEV, Jan 31 (MENA) - The Ukrainian defense forces eliminated about 127,500 Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to January 31, 2023, including 850 soldiers in the last day alone, Ukrinform reported Tuesday. The General Staff of the Armed ....
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Biden administration plans to end COVID-19 emergency declarations May 11
Date: 2023-01-31 08:56:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:9994788
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (MENA) - The White House is planning to end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11, CBS News reported. May 11 will mark more than three years of the US being under an emergency related to the pandemic. Former President ....
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US sends first batch of Bradleys to Ukraine
Date: 2023-01-31 08:07:21 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:21 - ID:9994742
KYIV, Jan 31 (MENA) - More than 60 Bradley Fighting Vehicles are already being transported to Ukraine as part of the US military assistance to the nation, Ukrinform reported Tuesday. "The shipment — containing more than 60 Bradleys — left the ....
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Guterres strongly condemns deadly mosque attack in Pakistan
Date: 2023-01-31 08:06:38 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:20 - ID:9994714
NEW YORK, Jan 31 (MENA) - The UN chief and top officials have strongly condemned the suicide bombing at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, that left at least 59 dead and 150 injured, according to the UN News Center. "It is particularly abhorrent ....
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Ex-US admiral visits Taiwan
Date: 2023-01-31 07:43:59 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:16 - ID:9994684
TAIPEI, Jan 31 (MENA) - US Retired Admiral Philip Davidson, who served as head of the United States Indo-Pacific Command from 2018 to 2021, is in Taiwan to discuss regional security-related issues, Focus Taiwan reported Tuesday. Davidson is part ....
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K-P observes day of mourning as Peshawar blast death toll rises to 92
Date: 2023-01-31 07:29:33 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:15 - ID:9994664
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31 (MENA) - Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Caretaker Chief Minister Muhammad Azam Khan on Tuesday announced a day of mourning in the province as the death toll of the Peshawar blast rose to 92, Express Tribune reported. The rescue ....