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  • Pelé, Brazil’s mighty king of ‘beautiful game,’ has died

    Date: 2022-12-29 22:23:52 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:82 - ID:9945568

    BRAZILIA, Dec 29 (MENA) - Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had ....

  • Minsk regards incident with Ukrainian missile as very serious: Belarusian MFA

    Date: 2022-12-29 21:13:44 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:80 - ID:9945543

    MINSK, Dec 29 (MENA) - Belarus regards the incident with the Ukrainian S-300 missile, which was shot down on Thursday by Belarusian air defenses in the country’s air space, as very serious, Anatoly Glaz, a spokesman for the Belarusian Foreign ....

  • Russians strike Ukraine' Dnipropetrovsk region with MLRS

    Date: 2022-12-29 21:13:20 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:79 - ID:9945542

    KYIV, Dec 29 (MENA) - The Russian forces struck the Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region, with artillery and multiple launch rocket systems. Mykola Lukashuk, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, wrote this on Telegram, Ukrinform ....

  • Moscow ‘outraged’ by crackdown on Russian media abroad

    Date: 2022-12-29 20:23:00 GMT - Russia - World - SN:78 - ID:9945494

    MOSCOW, Dec 29 (MENA) – France’s push to ban Russian news outlets both on the nation’s territory and in the EU is unacceptable, Russia Today quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on Thursday. Earlier this month, ....

  • Philippines to ink 10 to 14 deals with China during Marcos’ state visit

    Date: 2022-12-29 19:20:07 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:75 - ID:9945363

    MANILA, Dec 29 (MENA) – The Philippines is set to sign 10 to 14 bilateral agreements with China during the state visit of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to Beijing from Jan. 3 to 5, 2023, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said ....

  • Russia to continue mediating between Armenia, Azerbaijan - Kremlin

    Date: 2022-12-29 19:19:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:74 - ID:9945362

    MOSCOW, Dec 29 (MENA) – Russia will persevere in its efforts to contribute to a peaceful settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Tass quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Thursday. "The Russian Federation has been pursuing its ....

  • Nearly 7,000 civilians have now been killed in Ukraine war: UN

    Date: 2022-12-29 12:22:14 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:48 - ID:9944895

    NEW YORK, Dec 29 (MENA) - The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that nearly 7,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in Ukraine’s war with neighboring Russia. In a news release, the OHCHR said its has ....

  • Australia open to dropping WTO cases against China

    Date: 2022-12-29 12:20:24 GMT - Australia - World - SN:47 - ID:9944809

    CANBERRA, Dec 29 (MENA) - Australia would be willing to reconsider its case against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) if Beijing’s sanctions against its exports were lifted, as Trade Minister Don Farrell flagged a potential thaw in the ....

  • Putin, Xi Jinping to discuss bilateral agenda, pressing regional issues: Kremlin

    Date: 2022-12-29 12:10:00 GMT - Russia - World - SN:46 - ID:9944808

    MOSCOW, Dec 29 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold talks in a videoconference format in the morning of December 30, the leaders' opening remarks will be open, TASS News Agency quoted Kremlin ....

  • Duma speaker expects 2023 to be year of progress in Russia

    Date: 2022-12-29 08:43:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:23 - ID:9944331

    MOSCOW, Dec 29 (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 on Thursday. The ....

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