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VP Harris has brief encounter with China's leader Xi
Date: 2022-11-19 08:08:09 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:13 - ID:9883018
BANGKOK/WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (MENA) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has spoken briefly with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in another step toward keeping lines of communication open between the two biggest economies, ABC News said Saturday. A White ....
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Kim Jong-un: 'If threatened, we will respond with nuclear weapons'
Date: 2022-11-19 08:00:02 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:12 - ID:9883001
TOKYO/PYONGYANG, Nov 19 (MENA) - The North Korean leader's statements were released in conjunction with the launch of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). "If the enemy will continue to threaten the North Korea by deploying its ....
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Russian ambassador to US claims Kyiv seeks to trigger direct Russia-NATO standoff
Date: 2022-11-19 07:42:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:9882913
MOSCOW, Nov 19 (MENA) – The Ukrainian government is trying to trigger a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said in a comment to Newsweek. “The Ukrainian authorities are not only begging ....
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Malaysians cast ballots for GE15 elections
Date: 2022-11-19 07:40:48 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:8 - ID:9882911
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 (MENA) – Malaysians on Saturday started casting their ballots for the 15th General Election (GE15) to give lawmakers a fresh mandate. Most of top party leaders in the country have already cast their ballots in the 15th ....
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Alabama stops execution due to trouble finding suitable vein to inject lethal drugs
Date: 2022-11-19 07:20:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:9882943
WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (MENA) - Alabama's execution of a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife was called off just before the midnight deadline because state officials couldn't find a suitable vein to inject the lethal ....
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5.0-magnitude quake hits Yunnan in SW China
Date: 2022-11-19 06:54:41 GMT - China - World - SN:3 - ID:9882905
BEIJING, Nov 19 (MENA) - A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Honghe County in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, at 1:27 a.m. on Saturday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center ....
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UK pledges £4m of new funding for ICCWC
Date: 2022-11-18 19:00:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:66 - ID:9882496
LONDON, Nov 18 (MENA) - The British government has pledged £4 million of new funding for the International Consortium on Combatting Wildlife Crime (ICCWC), according to a statement released by the government on Friday. The announcement has been ....
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US announces additional funding to deliver Ukrainian grain to world’s most vulnerable
Date: 2022-11-18 18:07:51 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:64 - ID:9882591
WASHINGTON/KIYV, Nov 18 (MENA) – The United States, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing up to $20 million for the “Grain from Ukraine" initiative, announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky at the G20 Summit ....
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Kremlin: No plans to hold summit between Putin, Biden for now
Date: 2022-11-18 16:35:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:9882527
MOSCOW, Nov 18 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden have no plans to meet for the time being, the Kremlin said on Friday. "A summit is out of the question at the moment," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told ....
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Luxembourg withdraws from Energy Charter Treaty
Date: 2022-11-18 15:40:50 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:56 - ID:9882451
LONDON, Nov 18 (MENA) - Luxembourg has decided to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty following in the footsteps of Germany, France, the Netherlands and others who have recently announced their exit from the controversial 1990s charter, Euractiv ....
