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  • Zelenskiy calls for western unity to ensure that Russia does not prevail

    Date: 2024-01-17 10:15:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:17 - ID:10537352

    LONDON, Jan 17 (MENA) - Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said the west should show unity and called for more support for Ukraine to ensure that Russia does not prevail, the Guardian reported. In a speech at the World Economic Forum ....

  • Russia's military death toll in Ukraine rises to 372,820

    Date: 2024-01-17 08:06:17 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:8 - ID:10537272

    KIEV, Jan 17 (MENA) - Ukraine's defense forces eliminated about 372,820 Russian troops between February 24, 2022 and January 17, 2024, including 730 in the past day alone, Ukrinform reported Wednesday quoting the General Staff of the Armed Forces of ....

  • Poland receives 19,000 Ukrainian refugees in past 24 hrs

    Date: 2024-01-17 07:55:37 GMT - Poland - World - SN:7 - ID:10537255

    WARSAW, Jan 17 (MENA) - Around 19,000 people have arrived in Poland from Ukraine over the past 24 hours, Radio Poland quoted the Polish border guards as saying on Wednesday. Since February 24, 2022, the start of Russian-Ukrainian war, as many as ....

  • S. Korea imposes sanctions on 11 vessels over N. Korea's illegal ship-to-ship transfers

    Date: 2024-01-17 07:33:43 GMT - south korea - World - SN:5 - ID:10537213

    SEOUL, Jan 17 (MENA) - South Korea on Wednesday imposed independent sanctions on 11 vessels and five individuals and entities engaged in illegal ship-to-ship transfers of oil and other products to North Korea, tightening the sanctions against the ....

  • Zelenskyy calls for sustained pressure on Russia, support for Ukraine to shorten war

    Date: 2024-01-16 22:25:08 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:82 - ID:10537052

    DAVOS/KIEV, Jan 16 (MENA) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Tuesday that the war in Ukraine will continue for years unless the international community continues applying pressure on Russian leader Vladimir Putin, EFE ....

  • New pledges at Davos to unlock billions of dollars for climate finance

    Date: 2024-01-16 22:23:42 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:81 - ID:10537035

    DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 16 (MENA) - The World Economic Forum, supported by leading private sector and philanthropic partners of the Giving to Amplify Earth Action initiative (GAEA), announced Tuesday new commitments to unlock billions of dollars to ....

  • Canada names 85 Chinese research groups that ‘may pose’ threat to national security

    Date: 2024-01-16 21:59:48 GMT - Canada - World - SN:80 - ID:10537033

    OTTAWA, Jan 16 (MENA) – The Canadian government is publicly naming 85 Chinese research institutions that “may pose” a threat to national security and sensitive research, Global News reported. The list, published Tuesday, also includes 12 Iranian ....

  • Blinken asserts importance of continued global assistance to support Ukraine

    Date: 2024-01-16 21:52:45 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:78 - ID:10537002

    DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 16 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan discussed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy the importance of continued global assistance to support Ukraine as it ....

  • NATO chief says battlefield situation in Ukraine "extremely difficult"

    Date: 2024-01-16 20:16:45 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:73 - ID:10536966

    DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 16 (MENA) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine is extremely difficult, as the Russians are now pushing on many frontlines. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in ....

  • Li Qiang says China's economy grew an 'estimated' 5.2% in 2023

    Date: 2024-01-16 18:06:11 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:58 - ID:10536842

    DAVOS, Jan 16 (MENA) – China's economy grew an "estimated" 5.2 per cent last year, beating the official target, Financial Times quoted the country's number two leader Premier Li Qiang as saying in Davos, as he sought to allay concerns over its ....

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