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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 ....
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US House passes $858 billion defense bill
Date: 2022-12-08 20:13:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:9913441
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (MENA) - The US House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed an $858 billion defense policy bill that would rescind the Pentagon’s mandate that troops receive the coronavirus vaccine, pushing past the objections of the Biden ....
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US, Croatia sign Treaty for the Avoidance of Double Taxation
Date: 2022-12-08 06:15:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:9911804
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (MENA) - US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez and Croatian Minister of Finance Marko Primorac signed a comprehensive treaty for the avoidance of double taxation between the ....
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US, Italy confer on deepening alliance to address issues of energy security, Taiwan Strait
Date: 2022-12-07 22:58:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:9911733
WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (MENA) - US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in Rome, according to a statement of the US Department of State on Wednesday. They discussed further deepening alliance to ....
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Ukraine's embassies received 31 suspicious packages
Date: 2022-12-07 15:21:20 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:60 - ID:9911279
KYIV, Dec 7 (MENA) - About 31 suspicious packages have been sent to Ukrainian embassies in 15 countries, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said. “We have had new instances of dangerous packages sent to our embassies. Today, this was done ....
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Poland receives 8.233 mn refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-12-07 08:38:44 GMT - Poland - World - SN:21 - ID:9910333
WARSAW, Dec 7 (MENA) - Some 8.233 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency Wednesday. Poland received ....
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Ukraine’s Armed Forces will be in Luhansk, Donetsk and Sevastopol in spring - official
Date: 2022-12-07 08:23:37 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:19 - ID:9910253
KYIV, Dec 7 (MENA) - Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov assured that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be in Luhansk, Donetsk and Sevastopol in the spring of 2023, Ukrinform reported Wednesday. According ....
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Washington is committed to security in ME- Department
Date: 2022-12-07 08:20:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9910256
WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (MENA) - US State Department Spokesman Ned Price affirmed on Wednesday that the US is highly committed to security in the Middle East region. Price said Washington does not interfere in any bilateral relations between any two ....
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Japan to earmark 5 tril. yen for long-range missiles over 5 years
Date: 2022-12-07 07:48:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:9910265
TOKYO, Dec 7 (MENA) - Japan is considering spending around 5 trillion yen ($37 billion) to develop and deploy long-range missiles from fiscal 2023 to 2027, government sources said, as the nation aims to possess an enemy base strike capability to ....
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China launches new test satellite
Date: 2022-12-07 07:36:56 GMT - China - World - SN:13 - ID:9910248
BEIJING, Dec 7 (MENA) - China successfully sent a new test satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Wednesday, xinhua reported. The VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) test satellite was launched by a ....