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US, allies welcome Serbia's referendum on constitutional changes
Date: 2022-01-14 19:07:34 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:72 - ID:9367330
BRUSSELS, Jan 14 (MENA) - The United States and some of its key allies welcomed Serbia's Jan. 16 referendum on constitutional changes "as a key step to strengthen the independence of the judiciary", Swiss Info reported. The US State Department ....
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9 Killed, 37 injured in India's Bengal train accident
Date: 2022-01-14 15:42:11 GMT - India - World - SN:60 - ID:9367117
NEW DELHI, Jan 14 (MENA) - The death count in Thursday's train accident in north Bengal has climbed to nine and 37 people are in hospitals as officials said no more passengers are trapped in the derailed coaches, NDTV Channel reported on Friday. ....
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Ukrainian, British defense ministers discuss bilateral partnership
Date: 2022-01-14 14:41:42 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:55 - ID:9367080
KIEV, Jan 14 (MENA) - Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and UK Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace have discussed the partnership between the two countries during a phone call, Ukrinform reported Friday. Posting on his Twitter ....
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Talks between Russian, Chinese leaders to be held on February 4 in Beijing, Lavrov says
Date: 2022-01-14 14:09:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:51 - ID:9366928
MOSCOW, Jan 14 (MENA) - Preparations for the Russia-China summit which will take place in Beijing on February 4, on the opening day of the Winter Olympics, are at full speed, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference on the ....
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Swedish PM tests positive for COVID as fourth wave surges
Date: 2022-01-14 13:54:09 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:48 - ID:9367003
STOCKHOLM, Jan 14 (MENA) - Swedish Social Democratic Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has tested positive for COVID-19, her spokesperson said on Friday, as a growing wave of infections swept the country driven by the more contagious Omicron ....
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Chinese president to attend WEF virtual event
Date: 2022-01-14 13:53:37 GMT - China - World - SN:47 - ID:9367054
BEIJING, Jan 14 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the virtual event of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Jan. 17 in Beijing, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday. Spokesperson Hua Chunying announced that Xi will attend the ....
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Ukraine president, UK PM discuss security situation around Ukraine
Date: 2022-01-14 13:01:48 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:43 - ID:9366941
KIEV, Jan 14 (MENA) - President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has discussed the security situation around Ukraine with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Head of State spoke of the meeting via Twitter, Ukrinform reported. "Had a ....
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Russia’s Lavrov announces real progress in Iran nuclear deal talks
Date: 2022-01-14 12:22:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:39 - ID:9366848
MOSCOW, Jan 14 (MENA) - Real progress has been achieved at the Iran nuclear deal talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced during a press conference on Russian diplomatic activities in 2021. "There has been real progress […] on the ....
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WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
Date: 2022-01-14 11:53:28 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:36 - ID:9366681
GENEVA, Jan 14 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for patients with critical disease and one for non-severe cases, UN News reported. The first drug, baricitinib, is a Janus ....
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Germany reports more than 90,000 coronavirus infections over past 24 hours
Date: 2022-01-14 11:37:13 GMT - Germany - World - SN:33 - ID:9366774
BERLIN, Jan 14 (MENA) - Germany reported 92,233 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, recording the highest ever daily infections in the country, The Robert Koch Institute, the country's disease control agency, announced on ....