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  • EU announces launch of Afghan Women Leaders Forum

    Date: 2022-03-11 07:02:17 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:8 - ID:9462799

    BRUSSELS, March 11 (MENA) - More than 60 Afghan Women Leaders met on March 10 to launch a structured dialogue on the role of women in the ongoing discussions about Afghanistan, the European Union External Action Service said in a press release on ....

  • Japan, S. Korea agree to improve bilateral ties

    Date: 2022-03-11 07:00:56 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:9462798

    TOKYO, March 11 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol agreed Friday to improve bilateral ties frayed over wartime issues and expressed hope to meet in person, Kyodo news agency reported. ....

  • IAEA: Ukraine lost contact with Chernobyl power plant

    Date: 2022-03-10 22:59:30 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:132 - ID:9462738

    GENEVA, March 10 (MENA) - Ukraine has told the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog that it has lost all contact with the radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl next to the defunct power plant, which is now held by Russian forces, Sky News TV ....

  • Almost 3,000 military installations destroyed in Ukraine - Russian Defense Ministry

    Date: 2022-03-10 22:23:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:127 - ID:9462458

    MOSCOW, March 10 (MENA) - The Russian military said it has destroyed almost 3,000 military installations in Ukraine, Interfax reported. "As a result of strikes carried out against Ukraine's military infrastructure, 2,998 military installations ....

  • Biden suggests Russia's war in Ukraine responsible for soaring inflation in new report

    Date: 2022-03-10 18:29:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:109 - ID:9462356

    WASHINGTON, March 10 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden on Thursday suggested the new consumer price index report showing soaring inflation reflected the pinch Americans are feeling due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and other factors, CNN ....

  • UN: Over 2.3 mn Ukrainian refugees fled Ukraine

    Date: 2022-03-10 16:04:38 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:82 - ID:9462105

    NEW YORK, March 10 (MENA) - Over 2.3 million Ukrainian refugees have fled Ukraine since Russian military operation began. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on its Twitter account Thursday, most Ukrainian refugees ....

  • Germany, France demand cease-fire in Putin call

    Date: 2022-03-10 14:35:16 GMT - Germany - World - SN:73 - ID:9461775

    BERLIN, March 10 (MENA) - In a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron called for a halt to military action in Ukraine, DW reported on Thursday. Macron and Scholz also ....

  • Vietnam logs 160,676 new infections

    Date: 2022-03-10 12:21:52 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:61 - ID:9461603

    HANOI, March 10 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health confirmed 160,676 new COVID-19 infections in Vietnam, including 15 imported cases, in the past 24 hours. The capital city of Hanoi continued to log the highest number of infections with 30,157 ....

  • Putin, Lukashenko to meet in Friday in Moscow: Kremlin

    Date: 2022-03-10 12:13:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:59 - ID:9461587

    MOSCOW, March 10 (MENA) - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will meet in Moscow on Friday. Earlier in the day, the media reported that Putin and ....

  • Lavrov Says Russia ready for contacts to end Ukrainian crisis

    Date: 2022-03-10 11:49:53 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:56 - ID:9461403

    ANTALYA, March 10 (MENA) - Moscow and Kiev have held three rounds of talks in Belarus since the start of the special operation by the Russian armed forces to demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine. So far, the only agreement the sides have reached ....

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