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President Biden orders flags to half-staff after Monterey Park shooting
Date: 2023-01-23 07:04:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9981426
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden issued a proclamation Sunday night ordering American flags on federal government property to be flown at half-staff, to honor the victims after a gunman allegedly shot 20 people, 10 fatally, at a ....
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Ukrainian forces repel Russian attacks on 11 regions – General Staff
Date: 2023-01-23 06:37:49 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:9981400
KIEV, Jan 23 (MENA) - The Ukrainian Armed Forces have repelled Russian attacks near 11 settlements in two regions and launched seven strikes on the positions of the Russian forces. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in its ....
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Russian FM arrives in South Africa on working visit
Date: 2023-01-23 06:31:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:5 - ID:9981391
MOSCOW, Jan 23 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday arrived in South Africa on a working visit, TASS news agency reported. The minister’s plane has landed at the South African Air Force Base Waterkloof. He is expected to meet ....
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Ukraine war lands Europe’s leaders in a battle of wills - Paper
Date: 2023-01-22 22:31:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:9981292
NEW YORK, Jan 22 (MENA) – Europe is winning its energy war with Russia. The region’s economy and politics are proving more stable than its leaders feared earlier in their confrontation with Moscow, the Wall Street Journal said in a commentary on ....
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Over 1,200 cultural infrastructure objects damaged in Ukraine during Russia's military operation
Date: 2023-01-22 22:29:05 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:72 - ID:9981281
KYIV, Jan 22 (MENA) - The Russian military operation in Ukraine has led to damaging over 1,200 objects of cultural infrastructure, including more than 500 cultural monuments, in Ukraine, Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine ....
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Swedish PM condemns Quran burning
Date: 2023-01-22 20:17:41 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:67 - ID:9981224
STOCKHOLM, Jan 22 (MENA) - Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristerssonhas condemned as "deeply disrespectful" the weekend burning of a Quran in front of Turkey’s embassy in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, The Local reported Sunday. "Freedom of ....
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US, Ukrainian military commanders discuss security situation in Kharkiv
Date: 2023-01-22 14:17:07 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:49 - ID:9980557
KIEV, Jan 22 (MENA) - The Regional Military Administration in Kharkiv has held a meeting with US military officers to discuss the security situation there, Ukrinform reported. "Today we have discussed the Kharkiv region's security situation at a ....
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10 dead in California shooting, suspected gunman at large
Date: 2023-01-22 12:25:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:9980492
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (MENA) - At least 10 people were shot and killed on Saturday night in Monterey Park, California, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. Another 10 people were injured, police, quoted by ABC News, said. The suspected ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases surpass 668mn
Date: 2023-01-22 12:16:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:34 - ID:9980486
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 668 million and the deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Sunday that the current ....
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Lula sacks head of Brazilian army after far-right insurrection
Date: 2023-01-22 11:19:48 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:30 - ID:9980305
BRASILIA, Jan 22 (MENA) - The head of the Brazilian army has been sacked by the country’s new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after claims the commander tried to shield rightwing rioters from arrest after the January 8 insurrection in ....