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Voting in Japan's general elections starts
Date: 2021-10-31 08:55:31 GMT - Japan - World - SN:24 - ID:9245261
YOKYO, Oct 31 (MENA) - Voting got under way Sunday in Japan's general election as new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida seeks a public mandate for his COVID-19, economic and security policies while capitalizing on his experience as foreign minister and ....
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WHO director meets Russian FM in Rome
Date: 2021-10-31 08:54:51 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:23 - ID:9245287
GENEVA, Oct 31 (MENA) - Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met on Sunday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the G20 Rome Summit. "We agreed we must strengthen the health architecture, ....
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Mitigate climate risks, build resilience, UN chief says in message celebrating world’s cities
Date: 2021-10-31 08:15:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:9245227
NEW YORK, Oct 31 (MENA) - In his message for World Cities Day on Sunday, the UN chief called for renewed resolve to confront urban challenges, mitigate risks and forge lasting solutions. Although sea level rise could put more than 800 million ....
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India to produce 5 billion vaccine doses by end-2022: PM
Date: 2021-10-31 08:04:27 GMT - India - World - SN:19 - ID:9245215
NEW DELHI, Oct 31 (MENA) - India will produce over five billion doses of Covid vaccines for the country and the world by the end of 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday at the G-20 Summit in Rome, where the grouping met to ....
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US voices concern over expansion of combat operation in northern Ethiopia
Date: 2021-10-31 08:03:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9245206
WASHINGTN, Oct 31 (MENA) - The United States is gravely concerned by the expansion of combat in northern Ethiopia, the US Department of State said in a press release on its Website Sunday. "We reiterate our call for the Tigray People’s Liberation ....
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John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 246 million
Date: 2021-10-31 06:56:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:9245130
WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (MENA) - As many as 246,394,420 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) on Sunday. It reported that about 4,995,416 have died from the ....
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US state secretary, Indian FM discuss boosting strategic partnership
Date: 2021-10-31 06:55:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:9245128
WASHINGTON/ROME, Oct 31 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the margins of the G20 Summit in Rome to discuss efforts to deepen the U.S.-India Comprehensive Global ....
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EU deploys immediate assistance to fight Austria fires
Date: 2021-10-30 20:17:31 GMT - Austria - World - SN:70 - ID:9244939
BRUSSELS, Oct 30 (MENA) - Austria has activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM), requesting assistance to fight the forest fire that had broken out in the region of Hirschwang in Lower Austria. The EU's Emergency Response Coordination ....
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Putin says unacceptable to infringe on prerogatives of WHO
Date: 2021-10-30 17:29:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:9244811
MOSCOW, Oct 30 (MENA) - It is unacceptable to infringe on the prerogatives of the World Health Organization (WHO), Russian President Vladimir Putin was quoted by TASS news agency as saying in a video conference address to a G20 summit on ....
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G20 leaders find agreement on global minimum corporate tax deal
Date: 2021-10-30 15:54:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:9244617
ROME, Oct 30 (MENA) - G20 leaders have expressed “broad support” for a landmark deal to establish a 15 percent global minimum corporate tax that aims at deterring multinational companies from using clever accounting to elude taxes by using low-rate ....
