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  • Putin-Zelensky meeting far from possible but UN ready to help facilitate: Guterres

    Date: 2022-09-19 07:08:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:10 - ID:9779400

    MOSCOW, Sept 19 (MENA) - The potential for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is far from possible at the moment but the United Nations is ready to help facilitate such meeting, UN ....

  • US State Secretary urges Azerbaijan to adhere to ceasefire

    Date: 2022-09-19 06:44:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9779362

    WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to adhere to the ceasefire, disengage military forces, and work to resolve all outstanding issues between Armenia and Azerbaijan through ....

  • Weapons supplies to Ukraine make West accomplice in Kiev’s crimes - Russian diplomat

    Date: 2022-09-18 18:45:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:9779035

    MOSCOW, Sept 18 (MENA) – Western countries’ supplies of long-reach artillery and rocket systems to Ukraine make them accomplices in Kiev’s crimes against civilians, Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry ....

  • British Parliament: Big Ben to toll in mourning for Queen Elizabeth II

    Date: 2022-09-18 16:18:32 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:57 - ID:9778733

    LONDON, Sept 18 (MENA) - The British Parliament has confirmed that the bell in the Elizabeth Tower will be struck at 8pm Sunday to mark what it called a "national moment of reflection", in which people are encouraged to take a minute's silence for ....

  • London Stock Exchange, British backs shuts down for Queen's funeral

    Date: 2022-09-18 15:04:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:51 - ID:9778791

    LONDON, Sept 18 (MENA) - Trading terminals in London will not operate on Monday as several markets around the world prepare to mark the death of the Queen. The London Stock Exchange will not trade at all on the day of the monarch’s funeral, while ....

  • London prepares for Queen Elizabeth state funeral

    Date: 2022-09-18 14:12:08 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:46 - ID:9778542

    LONDON, Sept 18 (MENA) - London's transport authority says it is preparing for around 1 million people to visit the British capital Monday for Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral, the Economic Times reported. Transport for London chief Andy Byford ....

  • Hungarian PM: Energy shortage may force Europe to suspend industry by 40%

    Date: 2022-09-18 14:11:14 GMT - Hungary - World - SN:45 - ID:9778680

    BUDAPEST, Sept 18 (MENA) - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban predicted Europe would be dealing with a real crisis forcing the continent to suspend up to 40 percent amid energy shortage by the next winter. Europe, by imposing sanctions on ....

  • Borrell attends 77th session of United Nations General Assembly

    Date: 2022-09-18 12:46:37 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:34 - ID:9778465

    BRUSSELS, Sept 18 (MENA) - The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, Josep Borrell left Brussels Sunday for New York to attend a number of high-level events, including the 77th session of the United ....

  • Japan: Kishida Cabinet support rate drops to 40.2%

    Date: 2022-09-18 11:26:51 GMT - Japan - World - SN:31 - ID:9778206

    TOKYO, Sept 18 (MENA) - The Japanese Cabinet's public approval rating dropped to 40.2 percent, a new low since its launch last year, the latest Kyodo News survey showed Sunday, as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party struggles to defuse jitters over ....

  • UN condemns Taliban’s ‘shameful’ year-long ban on Afghan girls’ education

    Date: 2022-09-18 10:41:45 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:24 - ID:9778107

    NEW YORK, Sept 18 (MENA) - The United Nations urged the Taliban on Sunday to reopen high schools for girls across Afghanistan, condemning the ban that began exactly a year ago as “tragic and shameful.” Weeks after the Taliban seized power in ....

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