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UNGA president initiates inaugural Sustainability Week
Date: 2024-04-09 21:44:15 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:78 - ID:10656511
NEW YORK, April 9 (MENA) – The President of the General Assembly on Tuesday announced the UN body's inaugural Sustainability Week, encapsulating a series of high-level discussions and initiatives aimed at propelling the implementation of sustainable ....
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Colombia reached important juncture in promoting peace after decades of war: UN
Date: 2024-04-09 21:42:06 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:77 - ID:10656512
NEW YORK, April 9 (MENA) - Colombia has reached an important juncture in relation to its ambitions of implementing the 2016 Peace Agreement and of advancing its ongoing dialogue initiatives, said Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the Special Representative of ....
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UNCTAD marks 60th anniversary with rebranding
Date: 2024-04-09 18:32:02 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:10656408
GENEVA, April 9 (MENA) - Commemorating its 60th anniversary, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) announced a historic milestone as it unveiled its new identity as 'UN Trade and Development'. The strategic rebranding of ....
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220,000 urgently need humanitarian aid after devastating cyclone in northeast Madagascar - IOM
Date: 2024-04-09 18:30:38 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:63 - ID:10656399
GENEVA, April 9 (MENA) – An estimated 220,000 people require immediate humanitarian assistance due to the catastrophic impact of tropical cyclone Gamane in Northeast Madagascar, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. The ....
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Hepatitis kills 1.3 million people yearly globally: WHO
Date: 2024-04-09 18:18:17 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:61 - ID:10656405
GENEVA, April 9 (MENA) - The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts for 3,500 deaths daily, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) released on Tuesday. The disease is the ....
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US Defense Secretary warns that mass famine in Gaza will ensure long-term conflict
Date: 2024-04-09 16:17:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:55 - ID:10656283
WASHINGTON, April 9 (MENA) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has warned that that mass famine in Gaza would likely accelerate violence and ensure a long-term conflict. "It will accelerate violence, and it will have the effect of ensuring that ....
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Irish parliament votes in Simon Harris as new prime minister
Date: 2024-04-09 15:05:47 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:44 - ID:10656223
DUBLIN, April 9 (MENA) - Ireland's parliament on Tuesday voted in Simon Harris as the country's new prime minister after he abruptly quit last month citing personal and political reasons, AFP reported. Harris, 37, will become Ireland's youngest ....
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Putin to make official visit to China in 2024: Russian Foreign Ministry
Date: 2024-04-09 14:57:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:43 - ID:10656212
MOSCOW, April 9 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping believes that the arrival of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Beijing sets the stage for Russian President Vladimir Putin coming to the country in the future, the Russian Foreign ....
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US transfers seized Iranian weapons to Ukraine
Date: 2024-04-09 14:30:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:41 - ID:10656141
WASHINGTON, April 9 (MENA) - The US Military Command handed over to Ukraine a large number of assault rifles, ammunition and other weapons that were seized from Iranian forces, said the US Central Command of the US Armed Forces. "On 4 April 2024, ....
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Bulgarian parl't formally approves caretaker govt to run country until elections
Date: 2024-04-09 09:55:59 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:20 - ID:10655724
SOFIA, April 9 (MENA) - Bulgaria’s parliament on Tuesday formally approved an interim government to run the EU member country until snap parliamentary and regular European Parliament elections on June 9, ABC News reported. Dimitar Glavchev, 60, ....
