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  • Japan, China mark 50 yrs since normalization of ties

    Date: 2022-09-29 11:58:24 GMT - Japan - World - SN:35 - ID:9797906

    TOKYO, Sept 29 (MENA) - Japanese and Chinese leaders exchanged messages to mark the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties on Thursday, with little mood for a grand celebration as tensions remain over a territorial row and a ....

  • UN condemns attack on school in Iraq's Kurdistan

    Date: 2022-09-29 08:37:21 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:17 - ID:9797372

    NEW YORK, Sept 29 (MENA) - UNICEF, UNHCR and UNAMI abhor and condemn the attack which impacted a school in a refugee settlement in Koya, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. “At least two children were injured, and one pregnant woman was killed, ....

  • C.D.C. says early data offers positive signs about monkeypox vaccine

    Date: 2022-09-29 08:24:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9797350

    WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (MENA) - Americans who received a single dose of the monkeypox vaccine were significantly less likely to be infected by the virus over the summer than those who did not, according to an analysis published on Wednesday by the ....

  • Power outages from Hurricane Ian in Florida climb past 2 million

    Date: 2022-09-29 07:38:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9797260

    WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (MENA) - More than 2.1 million customers were without power in Florida as Hurricane Ian continued to batter the state overnight, Axios reported. Ian unleashed widespread life-threatening storm surge flooding after making ....

  • US embassy in Moscow advises American citizens to leave Russia

    Date: 2022-09-29 07:02:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9797207

    WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (MENA) - The U.S. Embassy in Moscow issued a security alert for U.S citizens in Russia, advising them to depart the country immediately. The warning, which was posted to the U.S. Embassy website on Wednesday, also said U.S. ....

  • Myanmar's Suu Kyi jailed for three more years for 'election fraud'

    Date: 2022-09-29 06:52:44 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:4 - ID:9797196

    NAYPYIDAW, Sept 29 (MENA) - A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in jail "with hard labor" on Friday, for electoral fraud in the 2020 polls that her party won in a landslide, a source familiar with the ....

  • Hurricane Ian makes landfall in southwest Florida as Category 4 storm

    Date: 2022-09-28 21:58:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:9797012

    WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (MENA) - Hurricane Ian made landfall Wednesday in southwest Florida as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the US, swamping streets with water and smashing trees along the coast while moving at a crawl that ....

  • European Commission announces new proposals for sanctions on Russia

    Date: 2022-09-28 21:50:45 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:78 - ID:9797013

    BRUSSELS, Sept 28 (MENA) - The European Commission announced proposals for an eighth package of sanctions against Russia, which includes expanding the list of sanctioned persons, introduction of trade restrictions, and a cap on oil prices, media ....

  • Zelensky: Russia wants to annex part of Ukraine to draft Ukrainians into its army

    Date: 2022-09-28 10:47:40 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:27 - ID:9795799

    KIEV, Sept 28 (MENA) - Russia has long been preparing for a new annexation of the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories and announced mobilization to draft Ukrainians into its army. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this during a ....

  • US VP Harris seeks computer chip partners in Japan meetings

    Date: 2022-09-28 08:37:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:9795292

    TOKYO, Sept 28 (MENA) - Armed with a new law that boosts US support for computer chip manufacturing, Vice President Kamala Harris said the administration was looking for new investments and partnerships as she sat down with Japanese technology ....

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