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UN chief: Sustainable Development Goals are being pushed far out of reach
Date: 2022-10-18 09:28:07 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:28 - ID:9828094
NEW YORK, Oct 18 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the Sustainable Development Goals are being pushed far out of reach. As we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Guterres said "we face a ....
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S. Korea, US to launch joint air drills using F-35B stealth jets this month
Date: 2022-10-18 07:29:56 GMT - south korea - World - SN:19 - ID:9828028
SEOUL, Oct 18 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States will kick off large-scale air drills involving U.S. F-35B stealth jets later this month, Seoul officials said Tuesday, as they seek to sharpen their deterrence against potential North Korean ....
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Russians hit Mykolaiv with S-300 missiles, killing one perso
Date: 2022-10-18 07:18:38 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:17 - ID:9828061
KYIV, Oct 18 (MENA) - Russian troops last night launched a rocket attack on Mykolaiv, killing a man, Vitaliy Kim, head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration said on Telegram. "Last night, Mykolaiv was again fired upon with S-300 ....
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Europe adopts range of measures to tackle energy shortages: The Guardian
Date: 2022-10-18 06:49:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:15 - ID:9827968
LONDON, Oct 18 (MENA) - Governments across the continent have announced a range of measures to tackle any energy shortages this winter, according to The Guardian. Paris is switching off the Eiffel Tower lights an hour early, Milan has turned off ....
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13 killed as military jet crashes into apartments in western Russia
Date: 2022-10-18 06:30:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:9827974
MOSCOW, Oct 18 (MENA) - At least 13 people have died after a Russian SU-34 fighter jet crashed into a residential building in the western city of Yeysk during a training flight Monday, according to Russian state media and authorities. The ....
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Russia's Ashot Sarkisov, one of the world’s largest scientists in nuclear energy, dies
Date: 2022-10-18 06:28:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:9827967
MOSCOW, Oct 18 (MENA) - One of the world’s largest scientists in the field of nuclear energy, one of the founders of the Russian nuclear Navy, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Ashot Sarkisov, has died. TASS news agency said a ....
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Japan to add 5 organizations to list of sanctions against N.Korea
Date: 2022-10-18 06:06:04 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:8 - ID:9827945
TOKYO, Oct 18 (MENA) - Japan's government has decided to sanction five more North Korean organizations following the unprecedented frequent missile launches this year by Pyongyang, NHK reported Tuesday. The decision came at a Cabinet meeting on ....
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UN expert: Protect freedom of expression as a vital 'survival right' of civilians in armed conflict
Date: 2022-10-18 05:23:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9827890
NEW YORK, Oct 18 (MENA) - The information environment has become a dangerous theatre of war in the digital age, Irene Khan, the Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of freedom of opinion and expression, told the General Assembly last ....
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Canadian finance min. warns of slowing economy in coming months
Date: 2022-10-18 05:21:53 GMT - Canada - World - SN:1 - ID:9827888
OTTAWA, Oct 18 (MENA) - Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland warned that Canadians can expect an economic slowdown in the coming months, CBC reported on Tuesday. Speaking to business leaders at a local company in Gatineau, Que., Freeland ....
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Belarus continues securing its border railway
Date: 2022-10-17 16:51:04 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:69 - ID:9827471
MINSK, Oct 17 (MENA) - The armed forces of Belarus continue reinforcing the state border, including railways, BelTA news agency quoted the Belorussian Defense Ministry as saying on Monday. “The main goal of the reinforcements is to ensure the ....