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'Stand up to the gun lobby,' Biden urges Americans after Texas massacre
Date: 2022-05-25 07:56:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:9587360
WASHINGTON, May 25 (MENA) - Americans must stand up to the gun lobby and pressure members of Congress to pass sensible gun laws, US President Joe Biden said Wednesday after the killing of at least 19 children and two teachers in a Texas school ....
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U.S. condemns N. Korean missile launch, urges Pyongyang to halt provocation: State Dept.
Date: 2022-05-25 07:31:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:9587351
WASHINGTON, May 25 (MENA) - The United States condemned North Korea's latest missile launch and urges the country to engage in dialogue, a US State Department spokesperson said Wednesday. North Korea fired three ballistic missiles, including a ....
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Poland receives nearly 3.59 million refugees from Ukraine since Russian operation
Date: 2022-05-25 07:30:09 GMT - Poland - World - SN:10 - ID:9587357
WARSAW, May 25 (MENA) - Nearly 3.592 million refugees from Ukraine had crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, announced Poland's Border Guard on Wednesday. As many as 21,000 refugees crossed the ....
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Sri Lanka PM appointed to helm Finance Ministry
Date: 2022-05-25 07:25:23 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:8 - ID:9587359
COLOMBO, May 25 (MENA) - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Wednesday given the additional responsibility of running the finance ministry as the island nation grapples with its worst-ever economic crisis, NDTV reported. The ....
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New Zealand reports 8,247 new Covid cases over past 24 hours
Date: 2022-05-25 07:04:25 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:7 - ID:9587297
ًWELLINGTON, May 25 (MENA) - New Zealand recorded 8,247 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1,122,075, according to TVNZ. The total number of publicly reported deaths with ....
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India reports 2,124 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2022-05-25 06:24:33 GMT - India - World - SN:4 - ID:9587259
NEW DELHI, May 25 (MENA) - India reported 2,124 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 43,142,192, NDTV reported Wednesday. The Union Health Ministry said the death count climbed to 524,507 ....
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14 students and one teacher killed in Texas school shooting, governor says
Date: 2022-05-24 22:18:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:9587181
WASHINGTON, May 24 (MENA) – The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, said 14 students and one teacher were shot and killed at an elementary school in Uvalde, in the south-west of the state, The Guardian reported on Tuesday. The gunman’s grandmother ....
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WHO director-general re-elected for second term
Date: 2022-05-24 19:50:49 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:68 - ID:9587090
GENEVA, May 24 (MENA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Member States re-elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the world’s leading public health agency. Dr Tedros was first elected in ....
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Blinken, Kuleba discuss efforts to address consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine
Date: 2022-05-24 15:12:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:49 - ID:9586649
WASHINGTON, May 24 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke on Tuesday with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to follow up on their May 15 meeting in Berlin, the US Department of State said in a press release. The two leaders ....
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US, Australia discuss Ukrainian-Russian conflict
Date: 2022-05-24 14:55:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:48 - ID:9586626
WASHINGTON, May 24 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Tokyo on the sidelines of the Quad Leaders’ Summit to discuss the strong US-Australia Alliance and mutual efforts to ensure peace ....
