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Japan, Ecuador vow to strengthen U.N. Security Council as new members
Date: 2023-01-07 07:17:12 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:9957044
TOKYO, Jan 7 (MENA) - Japan and Ecuador on Friday pledged to work together closely to strengthen the U.N. Security Council as new nonpermanent members, the Japanese government said, as the world body struggles to deal with Russia's invasion of ....
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Blinken to travel to Mexico for North American Leaders’ Summit
Date: 2023-01-07 07:05:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9957029
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Mexico City, Mexico on January 9 and 10 to join US President Joe Biden at the 10th North American Leaders’ Summit, according to a press statement by the US Department of ....
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Finland to hand Ukraine Leopard 2 tanks if Europe makes such decision
Date: 2023-01-07 06:42:21 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:2 - ID:9956994
KIEV, Jan 7 (MENA) - Chairman of the Committee on Defense Affairs, Antti Häkkänen, said Finland should transfer Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine if the relevant decision is taken in Europe at a wider level. This is reported by Ukrinform with ....
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Kevin McCarthy finally wins US Speaker vote after tensions boil over in chaotic Congress scenes
Date: 2023-01-07 06:31:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:9956977
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Republican Kevin McCarthy has been elected as the new US Speaker after winning the 15th vote following chaotic scenes in Congress, Sky News said. McCarthy's party had taken control of the House – the US lower chamber – ....
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US, Germany agree to send infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine
Date: 2023-01-06 16:03:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:53 - ID:9956598
LONDON, Jan 6 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden and his German counterpart Olaf Scholz have agreed to send infantry fighting vehicles to help Ukraine fight Russia, a day after France said it would supply its own armored vehicles to Kyiv in an attempt ....
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Russia accuses Ukraine of shelling population centers during ceasefire
Date: 2023-01-06 14:48:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:46 - ID:9956383
MOSCOW, Jan 6 (MENA) - Russia said Ukraine shelled Russian military positions on Friday during a 36-hour ceasefire unilaterally declared by President Vladimir Putin, ANews reported. The Russian defense ministry said that its positions had come ....
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UK foreign secretary says Russia's call for ceasefire 'will do nothing for peace'
Date: 2023-01-06 14:03:08 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:44 - ID:9956442
LONDON, Jan 6 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said that the Kremlin's call for a 36-hour ceasefire along the front line in Ukraine will do nothing to achieve peace. "A 36-hour pause of Russian attacks will do nothing to ....
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Belarus opens trial of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bialiatski
Date: 2023-01-06 12:54:12 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:41 - ID:9956274
GENEVA, Jan 6 (MENA) - A Belarusian court opened the trial of jailed human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, ABC News reported Friday Bialiatski and two other top figures of the Viasna human rights ....
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Russia's unilateral 36-hour ceasefire begins
Date: 2023-01-06 11:53:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:9956206
MOSCOW, Jan 6 (MENA) - A unilateral 36-hour ceasefire declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin officially began at noon Moscow time, according to Russian state TV. "At noon today, the ceasefire regime came into force on the entire contact ....
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Ukraine shells Donetsk twice in 15 minutes before ceasefire declared by Russia
Date: 2023-01-06 11:18:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:33 - ID:9956161
MOSCOW, Jan 6 (MENA) - The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Donetsk with heavy artillery for the second time in 15 minutes, the Donetsk People’s Republic’s (DPR) mission to the Joint Control and Coordination Center on issues related to Ukraine’s war ....
