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  • Germany plans to send 150 soldiers to Kosovo in 2024

    Date: 2023-10-06 16:01:17 GMT - Germany - World - SN:58 - ID:10378604

    BERLIN, Oct 6 (MENA) - Germany will send around 150 soldiers to Kosovo in April 2024, a spokesperson for the Defense Ministry said in Berlin on October 6, confirming a report by news magazine Der Spiegel. The office of German Chancellor Olaf ....

  • European Commission welcomes agreement on new legislation to prevent 500 million tonnes of emissions from fluorinated gases, ozone depleting substances

    Date: 2023-10-06 15:55:01 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:57 - ID:10378597

    BRUSSELS, Oct 6 (MENA) - The European Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached by the European Parliament and the Council on strengthened rules to massively reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fluorinated gases (F-gases) and ....

  • UN chief condemns drone attack in Syria

    Date: 2023-10-06 15:02:58 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:52 - ID:10378535

    NEW YORK, Oct 6 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the drone attack on a military academy graduation in Syria. He said he is deeply concerned about the drone attack, which took place in Homs, Syria, according to ....

  • 1 in 10 babies worldwide are born preterm, with complications, UN agencies warn 2 last Geneva

    Date: 2023-10-06 14:37:23 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:50 - ID:10378500

    As with other major trends relating to maternal health, no region of the world has significantly reduced rates of preterm births over the last decade. The annual global rate of reduction in preterm births between 2010 and 2020 was just 0.14 per ....

  • 1 in 10 babies worldwide are born preterm, with complications, UN agencies warn

    Date: 2023-10-06 14:34:12 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:49 - ID:10378496

    GENEVA, Oct 6 (MENA) - An estimated 13.4 million babies were born early in 2020, with nearly one million dying from preterm complications, UN agencies and partners said in a new report on Thursday. The data is equivalent to around 1 in 10 babies ....

  • Russians shell Kherson’s central part

    Date: 2023-10-06 07:30:23 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:15 - ID:10377644

    KIEV, Oct 6 (MENA) - The Russian invasion force shelled the center of Kherson, hitting a number of residential buildings. That’s according to the head of the Kherson City Military Administration, Roman Mrochko, Ukrinform reported. "At about ....

  • Ukrainian grain silo damaged by drone attack near Danube

    Date: 2023-10-06 06:53:25 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:12 - ID:10377603

    KIEV, Oct 6 (MENA) - Russian drones attacked port infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region, damaging a grain silo in the Izmail district in the early hours of Friday, Al Arabiya channel quoted regional governor Oleh Kiper as saying. Nine trucks ....

  • Russia to move toward revoking ratification of nuclear test ban treaty – Speaker

    Date: 2023-10-06 06:48:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:10377582

    MOSCOW, Oct 6 (MENA) – Russia's top lawmaker said on Friday that parliamentary bosses will swiftly consider revoking ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty after President Vladimir Putin held out the possibility of resuming ....

  • Japan, Ukraine to hold regular talks on agricultural support

    Date: 2023-10-06 06:37:54 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:10377589

    TOKYO, Oct 6 (MENA) - Japan and Ukraine have agreed to set up regular dialogue on how to revitalize Ukraine's war-damaged farming sector, NHK reported. The governments plan to hold their first discussion online as early as at the end of this ....

  • Ukrainian air defenses destroy 25 out of 33 Russian drones overnight

    Date: 2023-10-06 06:35:07 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:10377554

    KIEV, Oct 6 (MENA) – The Ukrainian air defenses destroyed 25 out of 33 Russian drones of the Shahed-131/136 type over the past night, Ukrinform reported. The Air Force of Ukraine said in a post on Telegram that on the night of October 6, Russian ....

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