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  • Giorgia Meloni: Italy's far right on course to win election

    Date: 2022-09-26 07:54:12 GMT - Italy - World - SN:13 - ID:9791515

    ROME, Sept 26 (MENA) - Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has claimed victory in Italy's election, and is on course to become the country's first female prime minister. Ms Meloni is widely expected to form Italy's most right-wing government since ....

  • Japan simplifies COVID tracking to focus on elderly, high-risk people

    Date: 2022-09-26 07:47:44 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:9791468

    TOKYO, Sept 26 (MENA) - Japan began Monday to simplify its coronavirus reporting system by targeting elderly and high-risk people in a bid to reduce the administrative burden on hospitals and local health centers, Kyodo News Agency reported. The ....

  • Japan on high alert as it readies for ex-PM Abe's state funeral

    Date: 2022-09-26 07:43:41 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9791470

    TOKYO, Sept 26 (MENA) - Japan has imposed tight security measures in the capital as it prepares to hold a state funeral for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday with foreign dignitaries attending, Kyodo news agency reported ....

  • US has plan for Russia’s possible use of nuclear weapons, top diplomat says

    Date: 2022-09-26 07:07:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9791450

    WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (MENA) - The Washington administration has a plan for Russia’s possible use of nuclear weapons, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview with CBS News. When asked if the administration had a plan for such a ....

  • Indonesian VP leaves for Japan to attend funeral of Shinzo Abe

    Date: 2022-09-25 09:37:39 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:16 - ID:9790120

    JAKARTA, Sept 25 (MENA) - Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin on Sunday left for Tokyo, Japan, to attend the state funeral and a memorial service for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Antara News Agency reported on Sunday. Upon his ....

  • Cuba, Iraq review bilateral relations

    Date: 2022-09-25 09:00:13 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:12 - ID:9789993

    NEW YORK, Sept (MENA) - Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Mohammed Hussein reviewed the current state of bilateral relations. In their meeting on the sidelines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly ....

  • UK defense spending to increase by at least £52bn

    Date: 2022-09-25 08:36:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:10 - ID:9789959

    LONDON, Sept 25 (MENA) - The Defense Secretary has said Britain will increase the size of its armed forces spending by at least £52 billion, Sky News reported Sunday. Ben Wallace confirmed the new Prime Minister is sticking to her campaign ....

  • Ukrainian FM : Russia must understand that world will not tolerate its nuclear rhetoric

    Date: 2022-09-25 08:22:18 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:8 - ID:9789915

    KYIV, Sept 25 (MENA) - Ukraine has called on all nuclear powers to make it clear to Russia that the world will not tolerate irresponsible statements on the possible use of nuclear weapons. This came in a tweet by Minister of Foreign Affairs of ....

  • Ukrainian President’s Office reacts to Iran’s supply of kamikaze drones to Russia

    Date: 2022-09-24 13:17:18 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:42 - ID:9789172

    KIEV, Sept 24 (MENA) - Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the Ukrainian President's Office, has commented on Iran's decision to sell modern unmanned aerial vehicles, so-called kamikaze drones, to Russia. “Iran has decided to support ....

  • Six more ships with grain leave Ukrainian ports

    Date: 2022-09-24 10:36:43 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:27 - ID:9788864

    KIEV, Sept 24 (MENA) - Six vessels left Ukrainian ports through the "grain corridor". Two more ships are waiting to depart. The press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure said this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports. "Today, ....

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