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  • Russian forces obliterate almost 400 air defence systems in Ukraine op - top brass

    Date: 2022-12-24 19:12:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:9937953

    MOSCOW, Dec 24 (MENA) - The Russian Armed Forces have obliterated about 400 Ukrainian surface-to-air missile systems since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, TASS quoted Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor ....

  • Greece: 147 children rescued in shipwrecks in last 15 days

    Date: 2022-12-24 19:10:47 GMT - Greece - World - SN:48 - ID:9937924

    ATHENS, Dec 24 (MENA) - A total of 147 unaccompanied children were rescued in two separate sea rescues in the last 15 days, a Migration Ministry announcement said on Friday, Kathimerini reported. On November 22, the Coast Guard rescued migrants ....

  • Violence erupts at Kurdish protest over Paris shooting

    Date: 2022-12-24 18:29:14 GMT - France - World - SN:46 - ID:9937927

    PARIS, Dec 24 (MENA) - Clashes broke out for a second day in Paris on Saturday between police and Kurdish protestors angry at the killing of three members of their community, France 24 reported. As some demonstrators left the square they threw ....

  • Japan aims to reduce reliance on energy and food imports

    Date: 2022-12-24 17:17:53 GMT - Japan - World - SN:40 - ID:9937888

    TOKYO, Dec 24 (MENA) - The Japanese government aims to step up efforts to reduce the country’s reliance on imported energy sources and food as prices soar due to growing geopolitical tensions and a weaker yen, Japan Times reported ....

  • FM Kuleba calls for active support from West after Russia’s deadly attack on Kherson

    Date: 2022-12-24 15:40:48 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:35 - ID:9937721

    KIEV, Dec 24 (MENA) - Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on the Western partners and allies of Ukraine to provide active and lasting support in response to Russia’s deadly attack on the city of Kherson, the Ukrainian news ....

  • Taiwan's TSMC to hold 3nm process mass production launch ceremony on Dec. 29

    Date: 2022-12-24 15:06:26 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:33 - ID:9937647

    TAIPEI, Dec 24 (MENA) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, on Saturday announced it will hold a ceremony on Dec. 29 to celebrate the start of mass production using its 3 nanometer process and plans ....

  • JHU: global coronavirus cases surpass 656 million

    Date: 2022-12-24 09:38:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9937026

    WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (MENA) – The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 656 million and the deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Saturday that the current ....

  • Delegation of Japan lawmakers to visit Taiwan next week

    Date: 2022-12-23 21:49:15 GMT - Japan - World - SN:70 - ID:9936724

    TAIPEI, Dec 23 (MENA) – A parliamentarian delegation from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will arrive in Taiwan next Monday and meet with President Tsai Ing-wen and other top Taiwanese officials during a four-day visit, Taiwan's ....

  • US House passes $1.7 trillion bill funding federal government

    Date: 2022-12-23 21:02:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:9936703

    WASHINGTON, Sep 23 (MENA) - The US House of Representatives on Friday passed 225 to 201 a $1.7 trillion bill to fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year, just in time to beat the midnight deadline to avoid a partial shutdown of ....

  • China’s COVID situation 'under control' - Diplomat

    Date: 2022-12-23 21:01:13 GMT - China - World - SN:67 - ID:9936537

    BEIJING, Dec 23 (MENA) – Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said that since COVID began, the Chinese government has put the people and their lives first and, based on China’s reality, developed timely COVID policies that serve the ....

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