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Taiwan rejects China's TAO remarks on peaceful reunification
Date: 2023-01-02 21:21:50 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:82 - ID:9950511
TAIPEI, Jan 2 (MENA) - Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has hit back at remarks by the new chief of China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) by urging Beijing to halt its "coercion" of Taiwan if it wants to create conditions for more positive ....
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Russia, Ukraine fight for control of P66 highway near Kremina: UK defense ministry
Date: 2023-01-02 20:32:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:9950512
LONDON, Jan 2 (MENA) - Over the last five days, Russian and Ukrainian forces have probably been fighting for control of the P66 highway, north of the Russian-held Luhansk town of Kremina, the UK Ministry of Defense said. The P66 is a "key supply ....
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Portugal pledges to help in rebuilding Ukraine – Economy Ministry
Date: 2023-01-02 20:32:39 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:80 - ID:9950400
LISBON-KYIV, Jan 2 (MENA) - Portugal has promised to help Ukraine in the reconstruction of educational facilities and to strengthen economic and political cooperation between the states, Economy Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko said ....
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UK Labor says worklessness over Covid suffering could be costing £3bn a year
Date: 2023-01-02 19:21:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:78 - ID:9950398
LONDON, Jan 2 (MENA) – The Labor Party warned that the UK government’s failure to support people with long Covid could be adding billions of pounds a year pounds to the benefits bill, The Independent reported. Sir Keir Starmer’s party said Rishi ....
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Ukraine to start receiving aid package worth 18 billion euros
Date: 2023-01-02 16:55:59 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:69 - ID:9950320
KYIV, Jan 2 (MENA) - The EU would begin disbursing the 18 billion euros support package for Ukraine in monthly tranches, European Commission Head Ursula von der Leyen wrote on Twitter after her first diplomatic phone call in 2023 with President ....
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Air defenses down Ukrainian drone near Russia’s Voronezh – authorities
Date: 2023-01-02 11:42:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:38 - ID:9949708
MOSCOW, Jan 2 (MENA) - Air defenses downed a Ukrainian drone approaching the Russian city of Voronezh, the regional government said in a statement, quoted by Tass news agency Monday. "Last night, air defenses detected and downed a small ....
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Iraqi president mourns Vatican Pope Benedict XVI
Date: 2023-01-02 11:40:49 GMT - Iraq - World - SN:37 - ID:9949775
BAGHDAD, Jan 2 (MENA) - Iraq's new president Abdul Latif Rashid on Monday expressed sorrow and sadness over the death of Pope Benedict XVI, the former head of the Catholic Church. Iraqi media outlets quoted the president as saying he received ....
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Duma speaker expects 2023 to be year of progress in Russia
Date: 2023-01-02 11:18:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:33 - ID:9949591
MOSCOW, Jan 2 (MENA) - Russia’s political system and economic model have withstood the sanctions and 2023 should be a year of progress, despite remaining problems, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin wrote on Telegram, according to TASS News ....
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Seoul touts progress from last week's solid-fuel space rocket test
Date: 2023-01-02 11:10:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:29 - ID:9949721
SEOUL, Jan 2 (MENA) - South Korea's defense ministry said Monday that last week's successful flight test of a homegrown solid-propellant space vehicle reflects progress in the country's quest to secure "independent" space security capabilities, said ....
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EU Ambassador: Russia’s war against Ukraine has affected the EU in many ways
Date: 2023-01-02 10:02:44 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:27 - ID:9949513
KYIV, Jan 2 (MENA) - EU Ambassador to Ukraine Matti Maasikas said Russia’s war against Ukraine has affected the EU in many ways. Interviewed by Ukrinform news agency, Maasikas said: "I have to highlight that our values and belief in freedom and ....
