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8.28 million Ukrainian refugees cross into Poland since Feb.
Date: 2022-12-09 08:40:07 GMT - Poland - World - SN:20 - ID:9913781
WARSAW, Dec 9 (MENA) - Some 8.277 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation in February, announced Poland's Border Guard on Friday. As many as 23,300 refugees crossed the ....
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China launches new remote sensing satellite
Date: 2022-12-09 08:37:34 GMT - China - World - SN:19 - ID:9913774
BEIJING, Dec 9 (MENA) - China sent a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 2:31 a.m. Friday, Xinhua news agency reported. The satellite, named Gaofen-5 01A, was ....
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Peru's impeached former president asks Mexico for asylum
Date: 2022-12-09 07:56:53 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:15 - ID:9913692
MEXICO CITY, Dec 9 (MENA) - Mexico has started consultations with Peruvian authorities regarding former President Pedro Castillo's request to seek asylum in the country, Mexico's foreign minister said on Twitter on Thursday. Mexico's ambassador ....
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Japan, Britain, Italy to develop next-generation fighter jet by 2035
Date: 2022-12-09 07:53:08 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:9913680
TOKYO, Dec 9 (MENA) - Japan, Britain and Italy said Friday they will jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet by 2035 in Tokyo's first such defense cooperation with nations other than the United States, a key security ally, as the global ....
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Counselor Chollet’s travel to several European countries to assert US commitment to peace
Date: 2022-12-09 07:11:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:9913654
WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (MENA) - Counselor of the US State Department Derek Chollet will travel to Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Croatia, and Belgium with an interagency delegation from December 11-17, the US State ....
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Canadian gov't proposes to amend investment law to address 'national security concerns'
Date: 2022-12-09 06:48:40 GMT - Canada - World - SN:8 - ID:9913627
OTTAWA, Dec 9 (MENA) - Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is poised to announce legislation to "modernize" the Investment Canada Act (ICA), the Global News said. "These changes represent the most significant updates of the Investment ....
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Japan should double foreign aid in 10 years, panel proposes
Date: 2022-12-09 06:37:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:9913619
TOKYO, Dec 9 (MENA) - Japan should double the budget for its official development assistance over the next decade to help it protect its national interests and contribute more to building a world based on the rule of law, Kyodo news agency quoted a ....
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Putin arrives in Bishkek to address Eurasian Economic Union summit
Date: 2022-12-09 06:33:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:6 - ID:9913616
MOSCOW, Dec 9 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kyrgyzstan, where he will take part in a summit of the Eurasian Economic Union later on Friday, TASS news agency reported. The leaders are expected to discuss creating a common ....
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US, France discuss joint efforts to support Ukraine
Date: 2022-12-08 22:46:28 GMT - France - World - SN:92 - ID:9913535
PARIS-WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (MENA) - US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met Thursday in Paris with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, according to US Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price. They discussed President Macron’s recent ....
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Paul Whelan tells CNN he is ‘disappointed’ that more has not been done to secure his release
Date: 2022-12-08 20:17:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:89 - ID:9913488
NEW YORK, Dec 8 (MENA) - etained American Paul Whelan expressed his frustration that more has not been done to secure his release in an exclusive CNN interview hours after another detained American, Brittney Griner, was freed. Whelan said he was ....
