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  • 9 killed as cyclone Sitrang lashes Bangladesh, floods low-lying areas

    Date: 2022-10-25 07:07:06 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:11 - ID:9839849

    DHAKA, Oct 25 (MENA) - A cyclone roared into the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday, killing at least 9 people, destroying houses, uprooting trees and disrupting road, power and communication links, the Hindu quoted officials as saying. Mass evacuations ....

  • Biden says Sunak's ascent as UK leader is 'groundbreaking milestone'

    Date: 2022-10-25 06:57:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9839793

    WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (MENA) - It is a "groundbreaking milestone" that Rishi Sunak will become the UK’s next prime minister, US President Joe Biden has said. Biden looks forward to speaking with Sunak in coming days, according to Alhurra News ....

  • Yoon calls for bipartisan cooperation as opposition boycotts budget speech

    Date: 2022-10-25 06:52:34 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:9839824

    SEOUL, Oct 25 (MENA) - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called Tuesday for bipartisan cooperation to cope with threats from North Korea and economic difficulties as he explained his administration's first budget proposal in a parliamentary ....

  • German president arrives in Ukraine

    Date: 2022-10-25 06:47:27 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:8 - ID:9839806

    KIEV, Oct 25 (MENA) - German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has arrived in Kyiv for the first time since Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine, Ukrinform reported. Steinmeier, who arrived in Kyiv train on Tuesday morning, ....

  • King Charles III travels to London as Rishi Sunak to be next Prime Minister

    Date: 2022-10-24 14:40:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:67 - ID:9838981

    LONDON, Oct 24 (MENA) - King Charles III will return to London on Monday as it was revealed Rishi Sunak will be the UK's next prime minister, according to the Northern Echo. The King will be travelling to London this afternoon, as previously ....

  • Ukraine focus of Pope-Macron talks in Vatican

    Date: 2022-10-24 14:21:37 GMT - Italy - World - SN:62 - ID:9838862

    ROME, Oct 24 (MENA) - The Ukraine war was the focus of talks in the Vatican Monday between Pope Francis and French President Emmanuel Macron, the Holy See, quoted by ANSA, said. It said Macron met the pope and then Secretary of State Cardinal ....

  • Rishi Sunak becomes UK prime minister

    Date: 2022-10-24 13:51:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:57 - ID:9838846

    LONDON, Oct 24 (MENA) - Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee of the UK, confirmed Rishi Sunak will be the next leader of the Conservative Party, and the next prime minister, BBC reported on Monday. He is now the UK's first ....

  • Cooperation between Russia, OIC gains momentum - Lavrov

    Date: 2022-10-24 12:58:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:9838622

    MOSCOW, Oct 24 (MENA) - The cooperation between Russia and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation is gaining momentum and spreading to new areas, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference on Monday following talks with OIC ....

  • No talks planned for Putin with either Biden or Macron, says Kremlin

    Date: 2022-10-24 12:34:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:9838644

    MOSCOW, Oct 24 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to talk to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron or to US leader Joe Biden yet, TASS News Agency quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Monday. "No. There are no ....

  • UN marks World Development Information Day

    Date: 2022-10-24 08:41:09 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:24 - ID:9838050

    NEW YORK, Oct 24 (MENA) - The United Nations celebrates World Development Information Day on Monday. Falling on October 24 every year, the UN General Assembly in 1972 established the World Development Information Day to direct people’s attention ....

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