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  • Death toll from Moscow's gas blast rises to 7

    Date: 2023-09-21 07:08:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:10354775

    MOSCOW, Sept 21 (MENA) - The death toll from a gas explosion in a nine-story residential building in the Moscow Region’s Balashikha rose to seven as emergencies officers recovered the bodies of a woman and a child from under the rubble, TASS news ....

  • Lavrov says US engineered crisis in Ukraine

    Date: 2023-09-20 20:16:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:10354657

    UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20 (MENA) - The US and its allies have openly meddled in Ukrainian affairs since the Soviet breakup and there’s evidence they engineered the crisis in that country, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov was quoted by Tass news agency ....

  • US Federal Reserve holds rates

    Date: 2023-09-20 18:43:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:10354560

    WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - The US Federal Reserve maintained its benchmark interest rate at a 22-year high on Wednesday even as officials signaled support for further monetary tightening this year and fewer rate cuts next year, the Financial Times ....

  • Russian Defense Ministry announces full ceasefire agreement for Nagorno-Karabakh

    Date: 2023-09-20 17:40:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:10354311

    MOSCOW, Sept 20 (MENA) - A full ceasefire agreement between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh has been reached through the mediation of Russian peacekeepers, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. "A ceasefire agreement between the ....

  • Powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake rattles New Zealand

    Date: 2023-09-20 06:52:48 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:15 - ID:10353221

    WELLINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the South Island of New Zealand Wednesday, according to New Zealand's geological hazard monitoring institute GeoNet. The epicenter of the quake has been reported to be 11 ....

  • US, China discuss critical importance of bilateral, multilateral efforts to address climate crisis

    Date: 2023-09-20 06:34:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:10353177

    NEW YORK, Sept 20 (MENA) - US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry met with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Vice President Han Zheng on the margins of the 78th UN General Assembly in New York City to discuss the critical importance ....

  • Japan PM vows to spend dlrs 20 mn to help achieve world without nukes

    Date: 2023-09-20 06:14:20 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:10353137

    NEW YORK, Sept 20 (MENA) - Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged that Japan will contribute dlrs 20 mn (3 billion yen) to help achieve a world without nuclear weapons, Kyodo reported Wednesday. Addressing the United Nations (UN) General Assembly ....

  • Japan's crown prince, princess leave for Vietnam

    Date: 2023-09-20 06:01:08 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:10353123

    TOKYO, Sept 20 (MENA) - Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and his wife Princess Kiko departed Wednesday for a visit to Vietnam to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the countries, Kyodo ....

  • US DFC invests over $1 bln. in global food security - CEO

    Date: 2023-09-19 22:16:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:10352739

    NEW YORK, Sept 19 (MENA) - The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has achieved its goal of committing more than $1 billion to strengthen global food security two years ahead of schedule and intends to keep up the pace by ....

  • US president discusses global challenges with UN Secretary-General

    Date: 2023-09-19 22:09:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:10352926

    NEW YORK, Sept 19 (MENA) – US President Joseph Biden met Tuesday with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres during the UN General Assembly in New York, the White House said in a statement. The leaders reaffirmed the strong ....

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