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  • UN condemns latest Taliban edict against Afghan women

    Date: 2024-09-08 07:37:51 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:9 - ID:10861141

    NEW YORK, Sept 8 (MENA) - The United Nations has strongly condemned the Afghan Taliban’s recent “morality law” which further erodes the rights of women and girls in that country and called for its reversal, said the Voice of America. “On top of ....

  • Thailand's new PM pledges to work for stimulating her country's economy

    Date: 2024-09-07 18:20:24 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:48 - ID:10860865

    BANGKOK, Sept 7 (MENA) - Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra outlined a number of priorities for her cabinet ministers during a special meeting on Saturday. The meeting marked her first official statement following the cabinet's oath-taking ....

  • White House: Biden hosts British PM on Sept. 13

    Date: 2024-09-07 10:39:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:25 - ID:10860223

    WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (MENA) - US President Joseph R. Biden will host Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom for a bilateral meeting at the White House on September 13, according to a statement issued by the White House Press Secretary ....

  • US’ first human case of bird flu not linked to animals reported in Missouri

    Date: 2024-09-07 09:22:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:10860103

    WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (MENA) – A person in Missouri is the United States’ first case of H5 avian influenza without a known exposure to a sick animal, CNN reported. “This is the 14th human case of H5 reported in the United States during 2024 and the ....

  • Russia's Rosatom CEO describes consultations with IAEA as successful

    Date: 2024-09-06 21:26:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:10859821

    MOSCOW, Sept 6 (MENA) - CEO of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom Alexey Likhachev has described his consultations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Kaliningrad as successful. "I came here on this very day to take part ....

  • Japanese PM begins two-day visit to S. Korea

    Date: 2024-09-06 07:53:13 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:10858925

    SEOUL, Sept 6 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began his two-day visit to South Korea on Friday, KBS World Radio reported. The premier and his wife Yuko Kishida arrived at Seoul Airport in the afternoon and headed to the ....

  • Philippine's Enteng typhoon death toll rises to 16, with 17 still missing

    Date: 2024-09-06 06:23:11 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:5 - ID:10858825

    MANILA, Sept 6 (MENA) – The death toll from "Enteng," which has intensified into a super typhoon after leaving the Philippine area of responsibility, along with habagat, has reached 16, ABS-CBN News reported. The National Disaster Risk Reduction ....

  • At least 30 students killed, injured in school fire in Kenya

    Date: 2024-09-06 06:22:11 GMT - Kenya - World - SN:4 - ID:10858824

    NAIROBI, Sept 6 (MENA) – At least 17 students have been killed after a fire in a school dormitory in Kenya, Sky News reported. The number of dead may rise, police said, adding that at least 13 students have been seriously burned. The cause of ....

  • Police kill armed man near Israeli consulate in Munich

    Date: 2024-09-05 15:07:05 GMT - Germany - World - SN:55 - ID:10858288

    BERLIN, Sept 5 (MENA) - German police shot dead an armed man after an exchange of fire near the Israeli consulate in central Munich on Thursday, officers said as quoted by Deutsche Welle. The suspect – an 18-year-old Austrian citizen – was armed ....

  • Southern China braces for super typhoon Yagi

    Date: 2024-09-05 07:37:27 GMT - China - World - SN:14 - ID:10857514

    BEIJING, Sept 5 (MENA) - China's southern provinces and cities braced for the arrival of super typhoon Yagi, shutting schools and postponing flights ahead of its expected landfall along Hainan's tropical coast, in what could be the most powerful ....

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