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UN chief: Many rural women suffer from discrimination, racism
Date: 2020-10-15 15:49:04 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:52 - ID:8629529
CAIRO, Oct 15 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that rural women play a critical role in agriculture, food security and nutrition, building climate resilience, and managing land and natural resources. But many rural women ....
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Saudi Health Ministry registesr 472 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-10-15 15:01:29 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:47 - ID:8629400
Ryiadh, Oct 15 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia confirmed Thursday 472 new coronavirus cases, to rise the infection toll in the country to 341,062 cases, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) quoting a health ministry statement. The statement added that 507 ....
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Kyrgyzstan president resigns to end post-election crisis
Date: 2020-10-15 10:01:37 GMT - Kyrgyzstan - World - SN:18 - ID:8628831
BISHKEK, Oct 15 (MENA) - Kyrgyzstan's President Sooronbay Jeenbekov resigned on Thursday, saying he wanted to bring an end to the crisis sparked by disputed parliamentary elections earlier this month, The Moscow Times reported. Protests had ....
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Afghanistan's Helmand Clashes Force Nearly 4,000 Students Dropout Schools
Date: 2020-10-15 09:18:42 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:8628827
KABUL, Oct 15 (MENA) - The Afghan Ministry of Education says due to the recent fighting in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province, students at 8 schools have not been able to attend their classes and continue education, the Afghan news agency ....
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France to impose 9pm curfew on Paris region, other French cities
Date: 2020-10-14 19:18:40 GMT - France - World - SN:68 - ID:8628398
PARIS, Oct 14 (MENA) - France is to reimpose a 'state of health emergency' in a bid to tackle its worsening coronavirus epidemic, Euro News reported Wednesday. A "curfew" will be introduced in and around Paris and eight other main cities from ....
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Russian-Saudi cooperation helps stabilize oil markets: Kremlin
Date: 2020-10-14 13:27:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:8627727
MOSCOW, Oct 14 (MENA) – The Kremlin on Wednesday said that Russian cooperation with Saudi Arabia had proven effective in the past to stabilize global oil markets, the Economic Times reported. The comments, made by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ....
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Malaysia to be on priority list for China-produced COVID-19 vaccine: Malaysian FM
Date: 2020-10-14 11:32:02 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:21 - ID:8627413
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (MENA) – China has agreed to include Malaysia on a list of priority recipients for a COVID-19 vaccine once it is successfully developed, CAN reported. This was announced by Malaysia's Foreign Affairs Minister Hishammuddin ....
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Russian observers can monitor ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, Lavrov says
Date: 2020-10-14 10:28:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:8627412
MOSCOW, Oct 14 (MENA) – Russia does not exclude the possibility that Russian military observers may be included in the ceasefire control mechanism in Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday in an interview with ....
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Lavrov calls for deployment of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karbach as tensions escalate
Date: 2020-10-14 10:02:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:8627409
MOSCOW, Oct 14 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday announced that it would be right to put Russian military observers along the line of control in Karabakh in order to ensure a ceasefire, Sputnik News reported. He noted ....
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UK records 17,243 COVID-19 cases, 143 deaths
Date: 2020-10-13 20:58:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:8626889
LONDON, Oct 13 (MENA) - As many as 17,243 coronavirus cases and 143 deaths were recorded in the UK over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 634,920, Sky news reported on Tuesday. Official figures issued by the British ....
