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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 ....
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Russia, Belarus still barred from participating in 2023 European Games
Date: 2023-01-27 13:41:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:9988848
MOSCOW, Jan 27 (MENA) - Athletes from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to take part in the 2023 European Games in Poland this summer despite a recent call from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to consider their participation in ....
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Kremlin: Japan’s new sanctions against Russia to do no harm
Date: 2023-01-27 13:29:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:9988805
MOSCOW, Jan 27 (MENA) - Japan’s new sanctions against Russia will do no harm, though they will worsen the already sad state of relations between the two countries, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday. "Such decisions (sanctions ....
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AP: California winter storms boost water allocations for cities
Date: 2023-01-27 12:31:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:9988722
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (MENA) - Weeks of historic rainfall in California won’t be enough to end a severe drought, but it will provide public water agencies serving 27 million people with much more water than the suppliers had been told to expect a month ....
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Number of EU students enrolling in UK universities halves post-Brexit
Date: 2023-01-27 11:30:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:30 - ID:9988531
LONDON, Jan 27 (MENA) - The number of EU students enrolling in British universities has more than halved since Brexit – with sharp declines in scholars from Italy, Germany and France, figures reveal. Brexit is seen as the primary deterrent, with ....
