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U.S. ambassador, U.S. Army Europe and Africa Commander talk assistance to Ukraine
Date: 2023-01-05 21:10:20 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:101 - ID:9955628
KYIV, Jan 5 (MENA) - U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink during a meeting in Germany with the commander of the U.S. Army in Europe and Africa, Darryl Williams, discussed further actions to help Ukraine to fight off Russian aggression. That’s ....
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Biden announces new border control measures, legal pathways to some migrants
Date: 2023-01-05 21:10:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:100 - ID:9955632
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (MENA) – The White House is expanding a pandemic-era program allowing the administration to quickly expel people from Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti who illegally cross into the country from Mexico, NPR reported. US President Joe ....
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NATO Secretary General underlines importance of supporting Ukraine with more weapons
Date: 2023-01-05 21:09:51 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:99 - ID:9955629
BRUSSELS, Jan 5 (MENA) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed the importance of supporting Ukraine, including with more weapons, in a speech to the Annual Conference of the Norwegian Confederation of Enterprises in Oslo on ....
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Kevin McCarthy fails on a seventh attempt to win enough votes for House speaker
Date: 2023-01-05 21:05:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:97 - ID:9955657
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (MENA) - In the House of Representatives' seventh round of voting for speaker, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy once again failed to get enough votes to win the position, Al Hurra TV reported. McCarthy was on course to lose an ....
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US says committed to comprehensive partnership with Laos
Date: 2023-01-05 19:46:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:96 - ID:9955589
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (MENA) – The United States on Thursday congratulated Sonexay Siphandone on his appointment as Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. In a press release, US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said “We are ....
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Biden hits highest approval rating in more than a year
Date: 2023-01-05 19:45:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:9955590
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden has hit his highest approval rating in more than a year according to FiveThirtyEight’s aggregation of polls out on Thursday. The president kicked off 2022 at 43.3 percent and did not break above ....
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Poland will keep expanding army and supporting Ukraine in 2023 - minister
Date: 2023-01-05 17:04:24 GMT - Poland - World - SN:77 - ID:9954961
WARSAW, Jan 5 (MENA) - Poland’s Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak has said that the government will continue to strengthen the Polish army this year and support Ukraine against Russia's invasion, according to Polish state news agency ....
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New XBB.1.5 variant will drive next wave of virus in UK, experts warn
Date: 2023-01-05 14:13:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:58 - ID:9954969
LONDON, Jan 5 (MENA) - The “highly infectious” XBB.1.5 Covid subvariant will drive the next wave of the virus in the UK and its rapid spread in other countries should be a “wake-up call”, experts have warned, according to The Independent. The ....
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Poland receives 8.918 mn refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2023-01-05 10:28:01 GMT - Poland - World - SN:40 - ID:9954401
WARSAW, Jan 5 (MENA) - Some 8.918 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency out on Thursday. Poland ....
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Evacuations ordered as California storm knocks out power
Date: 2023-01-05 08:54:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:29 - ID:9954298
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (MENA) - Officials in California ordered evacuations in a high-risk coastal area where mudslides killed 23 people in 2018 as a huge storm barreled into the state Wednesday, bringing high winds and rain that threatened widespread ....