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N. Korean leader: This year crucial time to bolster nuclear capabilities
Date: 2025-01-29 06:44:54 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:5 - ID:11046055
PYONGYANG, Jan 29 (MENA) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for efforts to bolster the country’s nuclear capabilities during visits to a nuclear material production base and a nuclear weapons institute, KBS World Radio ....
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At least 15 dead in stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival
Date: 2025-01-29 06:39:37 GMT - India - World - SN:4 - ID:11046043
NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (MENA) - A stampede at the world's largest religious gathering in India killed at least 15 people with many more injured, Channel News Asia (CNA) quoted a doctor at the Maha Kumbh festival as saying on Wednesday. Deadly crowd ....
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Judge temporarily blocks part of Trump administration’s plans to freeze federal aid
Date: 2025-01-29 06:36:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:11046039
WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (MENA) - A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration’s plans to freeze all federal aid, a policy that unleashed confusion and worry from charities and educators even as the White House said it ....
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UN chief expresses concern over US foreign aid pause
Date: 2025-01-28 11:16:55 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:24 - ID:11044787
NEW YORK, Jan 28 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres notes with concern the announcement of a pause in US foreign assistance, Spokesman for the UN Secretary General Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement published by the website of the ....
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TV BRICS: Chinese scientists uncover plant's microbial discrimination mechanism
Date: 2025-01-28 08:46:19 GMT - China - World - SN:16 - ID:11044682
BEIJING, Jan 28 (MENA) - A recent discovery by a Chinese research team has unveiled the intricate mechanisms by which plants differentiate between beneficial symbiotic and harmful disease-causing microbes, TV BRICS reported on Tuesday . This ....
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Tonga names crown prince as defense, foreign minister
Date: 2025-01-28 08:16:24 GMT - Tonga - World - SN:13 - ID:11044656
NUKUALOFA, Jan 28 (MENA) - Tonga's Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala has been named minister for defense and foreign affairs, after prime minister 'Aisake Eke was appointed by King Tupou VI, French news website "Zonebourse" reported. Prime ....
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US, UK discuss conflict in ME, Russian-Ukraine war
Date: 2025-01-28 07:41:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:11044583
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy on a range of pressing global issues, including the conflict in the Middle East and Russia’s war against Ukraine. In a press briefing on ....
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6 dead, 50 injured after platform collapses during religious event in India
Date: 2025-01-28 07:17:31 GMT - India - World - SN:9 - ID:11044555
NEW DELHI, Jan 28 (MENA) - Six people have died and more than 50 others were injured after a bamboo platform erected during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat collapsed under the weight of the people, NDTV reported. According to Indian ....
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Trump calls China's DeepSeek 'wake-up call' for US industries
Date: 2025-01-28 07:14:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:11044546
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump praised Chinese AI startup DeepSeek on Monday at a House Republican retreat, lauding DeepSeek as "a positive development" due to the claimed low cost the company developed its AI model for ....
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US Senate confirms Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary
Date: 2025-01-28 07:07:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:11044538
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (MENA) - The US Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary on Monday, elevating the hedge fund manager to the new administration’s top financial job as President Donald Trump forges ahead on an ambitious economic agenda, ....
