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Thousands of hospital appointments cancelled because of Queen’s funeral
Date: 2022-09-13 13:55:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:42 - ID:9770294
LONDON, Sept 13 (MENA)- Thousands of people are seeing their hospital appointments scrapped due to the Queen’s funeral next week, it has been claimed, according to Metro newspaper on Monday. Despite huge waiting lists and patients facing months ....
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It is premature to be optimistic about Ukraine's recent military gains: The Guardian
Date: 2022-09-13 08:52:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:17 - ID:9769546
LONDON, Sept 13 (MENA) - Despite some recent gains made by Ukrainian forces in the face of Russian forces during the current war between the two sides in Ukraine, however, it is too early to be overly optimistic about these gains, according to The ....
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JHU: Covid-19 cases worldwide exceed 609 mn
Date: 2022-09-13 08:41:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9769590
WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (MENA) - As many as 609,123,781 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported on Tuesday. It added that about 6,515,965 have died from the virus ....
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Japan, US defense chiefs to meet September 14 to discuss alliance, security
Date: 2022-09-13 08:14:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:9769530
TOKYO, Sept 13 (MENA) - Japan's defense minister said Tuesday he will visit the United States this week and hold talks with his US counterpart to reaffirm the bilateral alliance amid the mounting threat from China in the Indo-Pacific region, Kyodo ....
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Ukraine, IOM Director General discuss assistance to displaced persons ahead of winter
Date: 2022-09-13 08:04:58 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:12 - ID:9769513
KIEV, Sept 13 (MENA) - Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk discussed IOM's participation in supporting internally displaced persons ahead of winter at a meeting with António Vitorino, Director General of the International ....
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Japan PM Kishida planning to attend UN assembly in New York
Date: 2022-09-13 07:56:07 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9769498
TOKYO, Sept 13 (MENA) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi are planning to attend the UN General Assembly in New York this month, Kyodo news agency quoted the country's top diplomat as saying ....
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Pakistan rushes to protect key power station as flood threat rises
Date: 2022-09-13 07:45:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:10 - ID:9769465
LONDON, Sept 13 (MENA) - Authorities in Pakistan are scrambling to protect a vital power station supplying electricity to millions of people against a growing threat of flooding, officials said, the Guardian reported. Floods from record monsoon ....
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Typhoon Muifa passes Okinawa islands, moves slowly toward China
Date: 2022-09-13 07:40:49 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:9769484
TOKYO, Sept 13 (MENA) - Typhoon Muifa brought strong winds overnight into Tuesday as it passed a group of islands in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on its slow trajectory toward the East China Sea, Kyodo news agency quoted the weather ....
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Poland receives 6.239 mn refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-09-13 07:23:10 GMT - Poland - World - SN:8 - ID:9769459
WARSAW, Sept 13 (MENA) - Some 6.239 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. Poland received on ....
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Japan's police increase patrols at Tokyo airport ahead of ex-PM Abe state funeral
Date: 2022-09-13 07:10:46 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:9769416
TOKYO, Sept 13 (MENA) - Police officers increased their patrols at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Tuesday as Japan strengthens security ahead of a state funeral later this month for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kyodo news agency reported. ....