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  • Developing countries to be offered extra funding to break Cop26 impasse

    Date: 2021-10-24 17:14:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:72 - ID:9234499

    LONDON, Oct 24 (MENA) - Developing countries are to be offered billions of dollars more in funding to cope with the impacts of climate breakdown in an effort to break the impasse between developed and developing countries at the UN Cop26 climate ....

  • White House makes massive change to resettlement program to help Afghan refugees

    Date: 2021-10-24 07:55:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:9233290

    WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (MENA) - The Biden administration is taking an unprecedented step to resettle the 55,600 Afghan evacuees from the US military bases where they've been living for weeks and into permanent homes, an official leading the effort told ....

  • White House: Harris to travel to Paris next month to meet Macron

    Date: 2021-10-24 07:40:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:9233309

    WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (MENA) - Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Paris and meet with French President Emmanuel Macron next month, the White House announced on Sunday. While in France, Harris will deliver a speech at the fourth annual Paris ....

  • White House: US administration succeeded in adding 5 mn jobs in 8 months

    Date: 2021-10-24 07:29:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9233279

    WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (MENA) - The White House announced that the US administration succeeded during the past 8 months in adding 5 million job opportunities. The White House stated – in a post on the social networking site (Twitter), as reported by ....

  • China successfully launches Shijian-21 satellite

    Date: 2021-10-24 06:20:28 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:9233209

    BEIJING, Oct 24 (MENA) - China successfully launched a new satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Sunday, Xinhua News Agency reported. The satellite, Shijian-21, was launched at 9:27 a.m. (Beijing ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases surpass 243 mn

    Date: 2021-10-24 06:17:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:9233202

    WAHSINGTON, Oct 24 (MENA) - As many as 243,337,931 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Sunday. It added that 4,943,347 people have died from the virus ....

  • Pakistan denies airspace accord with US

    Date: 2021-10-23 22:28:42 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:78 - ID:9233129

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 23 (MENA) - Pakistan on Saturday denied that it had reached any formal agreement with the United States for the use of its airspace to conduct “military and intelligence operations” in Afghanistan. The statement came after the CNN, ....

  • Benefits of giving Pfizer jab to 5-11-year-olds outweigh the risks, says US drug watchdog

    Date: 2021-10-23 22:19:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:76 - ID:9233116

    WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (MENA) - Benefits of giving the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine to 5 to 11-year-olds clearly outweigh the risks, according to a US drug watchdog. The assessment by scientists at the country's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ....

  • EU: Turkey expelling 10 ambassadors will not intimidate, sign of authoritarian drift

    Date: 2021-10-23 22:09:28 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:75 - ID:9233123

    BRUSSELS, Oct 23 (MENA) - European Parliament President David Sassoli said on Saturday Turkey’s expulsion of the ambassadors of the US and nine other Western countries for demanding the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala is a sign of an ....

  • Romania tightens COVID-19 restrictions as cases surge

    Date: 2021-10-23 22:06:09 GMT - Romania - World - SN:74 - ID:9233122

    BUCHAREST, Oct 23 (MENA) - The Romanian government will reintroduce a night curfew and make health passes mandatory for entry to most public venues from Monday, as well as sending school children on vacation for two weeks, as it seeks to stem a ....

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