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US confirms 1st death from monkeypox in California
Date: 2022-09-13 07:09:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9769375
WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (MENA) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first death in California due to monkeypox, CNN reported on Tuesday. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the person had a severely ....
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Blinken says Ukraine has made 'significant progress' in counteroffensive
Date: 2022-09-13 07:08:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:9769368
WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that it was still early days in Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces, but Ukrainian forces have made "significant progress." "What they have done is very ....
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Nine more ships with grain leave Ukrainian ports
Date: 2022-09-12 11:19:11 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:26 - ID:9768124
KIEV, Sept 12 (MENA) - Nine more vessels loaded with Ukrainian-produced agricultural crops have left Odesa Region’s ports. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry on Facebook, Ukrinform reported Monday. “On ....
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‘Solutions lie in solidarity’ UN chief says on South-South Cooperation Day
Date: 2022-09-12 10:11:08 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:20 - ID:9767825
NEW YORK, Sept 12 (MENA) - Secretary-General António Guterres stressed the importance of Southern-led development solutions being shared “far and wide”. In this era of unprecedented challenge and upheaval, “solutions lie in solidarity,” the UN ....
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Zelensky: Negotiations with Russia currently 'impossible'
Date: 2022-09-12 10:00:26 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:19 - ID:9767849
KIEV, Sept 12 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stressed that it remains "impossible" to negotiate the end of the war with Russia because it has failed to formulate any adequate positions, Ukrinform reported. Speaking at the ....
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Americans give health care system failing mark: AP-NORC poll
Date: 2022-09-12 09:18:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:9767789
WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (MENA) - A majority of adults in the US say that health care is not handled well in the country, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll reveals that public ....
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Japan to balance easing border controls with COVID countermeasures
Date: 2022-09-12 07:03:04 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:9767578
TOKYO, Sept 12 (MENA) - The Japanese government said Monday it must strike a balance between opening up to foreign travelers while keeping the coronavirus pandemic in check, as it looks to revive the world's third-largest economy which has been hard ....
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US offers dlrs 2 mn in new humanitarian demining assistance for the South Caucasus
Date: 2022-09-12 06:32:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9767547
WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (MENA) - The US State Department said in a press release that "the United States announced dlrs 2,000,000 for humanitarian demining operations in areas affected by the fall 2020 intensive fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani ....
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Ukraine: Russia's attack on energy infrastructure 'act of desperation'
Date: 2022-09-12 06:26:31 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:8 - ID:9767543
KIEV, Sept 12 (MENA) - Russia's recent attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure is an "act of desperation". Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko said this on Twitter, Ukrinform reported. He said Russian forces had targeted ....
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Japan to pursue US base relocation in Okinawa despite opponent's 2nd term
Date: 2022-09-12 06:21:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:9767540
TOKYO, Sept 12 (MENA) - The Japanese government on Monday recommitted to taking necessary steps to relocate a key US base within Okinawa despite vocal opponent Denny Tamaki a day earlier winning his second term as governor of Japan's southernmost ....