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White House says Iran sent personnel to Crimea to train Russians to use drones
Date: 2022-10-20 22:47:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:86 - ID:9833556
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (MENA) - The White House said Iranian military personnel have visited Crimea to assist with Russian operations targeting civilian infrastructure in Ukraine using drones, CNN reported. John Kirby, the communications coordinator ....
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Tory candidates need support of 100 MPs to have chance of replacing Liz Truss
Date: 2022-10-20 22:46:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:9833555
LONDON, Oct 20 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Liz Truss announced on Thursday she was quitting after just 44 days in No10, becoming Britain’s shortest serving Prime Minister, Evening Standard reported. Speaking in Downing Street, she told the nation ....
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Keir Starmer renews call for immediate general election after Truss resigns
Date: 2022-10-20 22:46:23 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:9833558
LONDON, Oct 20 (MENA) - UK Labor Party leader Keir Starmer has called for an immediate general election after Liz Truss’s shock resignation, saying: “The Conservative party has shown it no longer has a mandate to govern.” After the prime ....
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Boris already at halfway point as momentum builds for sensational No 10 comeback
Date: 2022-10-20 22:45:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:83 - ID:9833557
LONDON, Oct 20 (MENA) - More than 50 British MPs have already backed the ex-PM to make a return as the Tory leadership race kicks off, the Express newspaper reported. The momentum behind the campaign to bring back Boris Johnson as Prime Minister ....
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Biden recommits to close US-UK cooperation in response to Truss resignation
Date: 2022-10-20 20:58:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:77 - ID:9833231
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (MENA) - US President Biden on Thursday reiterated his commitment to close cooperation between the United States and United Kingdom in response to the resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss, The Hill reported. “The ....
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I came into office at a time of great economic and int'l instability - Truss
Date: 2022-10-20 17:08:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:67 - ID:9832990
LONDON, Oct 20 (MENA) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss said in her resignation statement on Thursday that she came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. She added that families and businesses were worried about ....
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United States to help Ukraine restore infrastructure
Date: 2022-10-20 14:31:03 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:52 - ID:9832737
KYIV, Oct 20 (MENA) The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Commerce signed a Joint Statement on supporting Ukraine’s infrastructure resilience and restoration, Ukrinform News Agency reported on ....
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Liz Truss quits as prime minister
Date: 2022-10-20 12:52:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:42 - ID:9832757
LONDON, Oct 20 (MENA) - U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday following a failed tax-cutting budget that rocked financial markets and which led to a revolt within her own Conservative Party, the BBC reported. Truss said in a statement ....
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Overconsumption created three-fold planetary emergency of climate change: UN chief
Date: 2022-10-20 11:09:33 GMT - India - World - SN:36 - ID:9832406
NEW DELHI, Oct 20 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said overconsumption has resulted in a three-fold planetary emergency of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, and called for the need to treat the ....
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US says it has “abundant evidence” of Russia’s use of Iranian drones to strike Ukraine
Date: 2022-10-20 06:59:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9831876
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (MENA) - The United States has “abundant evidence” that Russia is using Iranian drones to strike Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said. “The United States began warning in July that Iran was planning to transfer ....