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Sierra Leone abolishes 'inhumane' death penalty
Date: 2021-10-08 19:24:39 GMT - Sierra Leone - World - SN:75 - ID:9208091
FREETOWN, Oct 8 (MENA) - Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio on Friday signed a bill abolishing the death penalty, becoming the latest African state to ban capital punishment, France 24 reported. The move comes after lawmakers in the West ....
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Injuries of Japan quake rise to 42 people
Date: 2021-10-08 16:49:30 GMT - Japan - World - SN:65 - ID:9207913
TOKYO, Oct 8 (MENA) - The powerful quake of magnitude 5.9 that shook the Tokyo area on Thursday night left more than 42 people injured, damaging underground water pipes and halting trains and subways, local media reported. Officials said there ....
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Islamabad desires sustainable relations with US: Pakistani FM
Date: 2021-10-08 15:32:02 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:55 - ID:9207678
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8 (MENA) - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Friday his country desires broad-based, long term and sustainable relations with the United States for the promotion of economic cooperation and regional peace, the local ....
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At least 100 dead, wounded in Afghanistan mosque blast
Date: 2021-10-08 15:23:09 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:53 - ID:9207790
KABUL, Oct 8 (MENA) - A blast went off Friday at a mosque packed with Shiite Muslim worshippers in northern Afghanistan, killing or wounding at least 100 people, ABC News reported quoting the Taliban police official as saying. There was no ....
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India, UK agree to facilitate travel for "Roadmap 2030": Indian FM
Date: 2021-10-08 14:14:28 GMT - India - World - SN:47 - ID:9207665
NEW DELHI, Oct 8 (MENA) - Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar spoke with UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss a day after the UK added India to its vaccine-eligible countries list for Covishield, which would mean fully vaccinated Indians will no longer ....
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Japan PM, Russia's Putin agree to advance peace treaty talks
Date: 2021-10-08 14:13:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:46 - ID:9207596
MOSCOW, Oct 8 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida confirmed that both sides are interesting in reaching a peace deal between Moscow and Tokyo, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday. Putin and ....
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China receives invitation to attend upcoming Moscow-format meeting on Afghanistan
Date: 2021-10-08 14:03:11 GMT - China - World - SN:44 - ID:9207672
BEIJING, Oct 8 (MENA) - China has received an invitation to take part in the upcoming Moscow-format meeting on Afghanistan, which the Russian capital hosts on October 20, and maintains contact with Russia and all the other parties on the matter, the ....
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Dialogue with EMA on Sputnik V jab moving forward, Lavrov says
Date: 2021-10-08 13:51:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:43 - ID:9207467
MOSCOW, Oct 8 (MENA) - Moscow’s cooperation with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) over the recognition of Russia’s coronavirus-fighting Sputnik V vaccine for use on EU soil has progressed, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reported on ....
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Chinese FM calls for joint efforts to remove "cancer" of terrorism
Date: 2021-10-08 13:10:43 GMT - China - World - SN:36 - ID:9207377
BEIJING, Oct 8 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on the international community to unite and work together to remove the "cancer" of terrorism, adding that China will continue to offer its solutions to global ....
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US Senate approves temporary lift to debt ceiling, averting default
Date: 2021-10-08 12:37:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:34 - ID:9207502
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (MENA) - The US Senate on Thursday approved legislation to temporarily raise the federal government's $28.4 trillion debt limit and avoid the risk of a historic default this month, but it put off until early December a decision on ....
