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N.Korea announces test-fire of super-large multiple rocket launchers held
Date: 2023-01-01 06:50:12 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:6 - ID:9947958
PYONYAND, Jan 1 (MENA) - The Second Economic Commission in the DPRK conducted on the morning of December 31, 2022, a test-fire of the super-large multiple rocket launchers being presented to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea to ....
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Japan joins U.N. Security Council as new nonpermanent member
Date: 2023-01-01 06:49:40 GMT - Japan - World - SN:5 - ID:9947965
TOKYO, Jan 1 (MENA) - Japan joined the U.N. Security Council as a nonpermanent member Sunday, starting a two-year stint amid growing calls for the world body's reform following its failure to halt Russia's aggression in Ukraine. Tokyo takes a ....
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Russia extends ban on rice exports till June 30, 2023
Date: 2022-12-31 21:53:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:84 - ID:9947893
MOSCOW, Dec 31 (MENA) - The Russian government has extended a ban on the export of rice and rice cereals from Russia until June 30, 2023. The decree signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was published on Saturday, according to ....
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US will always promote human rights - Biden
Date: 2022-12-31 17:55:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:9947731
WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (MENA) - Washington will always promote human rights and the values enshrined in the UN Charter in the United States and around the world, US President Joe Biden said Saturday. "The future will be won by the countries that ....
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Philippine president 1st head of state to visit China in 2023
Date: 2022-12-31 17:42:48 GMT - China - World - SN:65 - ID:9947653
BEIJING, Dec 31 (MENA) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. is set to be the first world leader to visit Beijing in 2023, ABS-CBN News quoted the Chinese Foreign Ministry as saying Saturday. During China's Foreign Ministry press conference, ....
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UK PM Sunak ‘saddened’ by death of ‘great theologian’ Benedict
Date: 2022-12-31 11:06:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:28 - ID:9946976
LONDON, Dec 31 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Saturday that he was “saddened” by the death of former pope Benedict XVI at the age of 95, calling him a “great theologian,” according to Al Arabiya English news website. “I am saddened ....
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Former Pope Benedict XVI, the first to resign in centuries, dies aged 95
Date: 2022-12-31 09:57:00 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:23 - ID:9946875
VATICAN CITY, Dec 31 (MENA) - Former pope Benedict XVI, who became the first pontiff to resign in some 600 years, has died aged 95, Sky News said. Pope Francis, who replaced him as head of the Catholic Church, had asked the faithful to pray for ....
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UK, France and Spain rush in new Covid controls for arrivals from China 3 last London
Date: 2022-12-31 09:28:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:9946837
The unilateral responses revived memories of the chaotic days of March 2020, when the global spread of the virus became clear and national governments moved at drastically different speeds to impose border controls and national lockdowns. Italy, ....
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UK, France and Spain rush in new Covid controls for arrivals from China 2 London
Date: 2022-12-31 09:26:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:20 - ID:9946830
And from January 8 the UK Health Security Agency will carry out Covid tests on a sample of passengers arriving in England from mainland China at their point of arrival. Health secretary Steve Barclay said it was right for the UK to take “a ....
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UK, France, Spain rush in new Covid controls for arrivals from China
Date: 2022-12-31 09:23:34 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:19 - ID:9946826
LONDON, Dec 31 (MENA) - The UK, Spain, and France have joined other countries imposing new controls on travelers from China as Covid-19 cases surge after Beijing scrapped pandemic restrictions, Financial Times reported. Nations including the US, ....