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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • Biden formally accepts invitation to Queen Elizabeth II's funeral

    Date: 2022-09-11 21:37:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:9767422

    WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden will attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral service on Sept. 19 and formally accepted the invitation on Sunday morning, the CNN reported. He will be accompanied by the First Lady, Jill Biden, the ....

  • Azahar Grand Imam, Singapore min. probe terrorism, climate change crises

    Date: 2022-09-11 20:02:36 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:58 - ID:9767154

    CAIRO, Sept 11 (MENA) - Al Azhar Al Shariff offers 18 scholarships for university and pre-university Singaporean students, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb said Sunday. It also offers 10 PhD scholarships at Al-Azhar University, the Grand ....

  • US marks 21st anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

    Date: 2022-09-11 09:26:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9766108

    WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (MENA) - Americans are remembering 9/11 with moments of silence, readings of victims’ names, volunteer work and other tributes 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. Victims’ relatives and dignitaries will ....

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