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  • Over 300 children and adolescents die every day from AIDS-related causes

    Date: 2019-11-26 12:59:57 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:55 - ID:8204913

    GENEVA, Nov 26 (MENA)- Some 320 children and adolescents died every day from AIDS-related causes in 2018, or 13 every hour, according to a global snapshot on children, HIV and AIDS released by UNICEF today. Low access to antiretroviral treatment, ....

  • Guterres holds ‘focused and frank’ informal discussions over future of Cyprus

    Date: 2019-11-26 09:21:51 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:20 - ID:8204427

    NICOSIA, Nov 26 (MENA) - UN Secretary General António Guterres released a statement after meeting Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades and leader of the Turkish Cypriots Mustafa Akıncı in Berlin, UN News reported. Guterres held “focused and ....

  • Strong quake hits Albania; at least 4 dead, 150 injured

    Date: 2019-11-26 08:16:47 GMT - Albania - World - SN:13 - ID:8204298

    TIRANA, Nov 26 (MENA) - A strong earthquake shook Albania early Tuesday, killing at least four people, injuring 150 and damaging buildings, The Washington Post reported. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.4 quake was centered 30 ....

  • US-China trade war: Liu He, Robert Lighthizer, Steven Mnuchin hold phone call on core concerns over phase one deal

    Date: 2019-11-26 06:52:23 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:8204258

    BEIJING, Nov 26 (MENA) - Top trade negotiators from China and the United States held a telephone conversation on Tuesday morning, discussing their core concerns and agreeing to maintain communication on a potential interim trade agreement, the South ....

  • Colombia expels 59 Venezuelans who took part in protests

    Date: 2019-11-25 21:14:41 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:86 - ID:8204119

    BOGOTA, Nov 25 (MENA) - Colombia said Monday it is expelling 59 Venezuelans for taking part in street protests, as conservative President Ivan Duque gathered with business and labor leaders in a bid to quell violent anti-government protests, France ....

  • US calls its ambassador to South Sudan back to Washington

    Date: 2019-11-25 20:27:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:8204075

    WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (MENA) - The United States has called its ambassador to South Sudan back to Washington for consultations as Washington reevaluates its relationship with the country after a delay in implementing a fragile peace deal, ABC News ....

  • Belgium, Europol launch cyberattack on Daesh news agency

    Date: 2019-11-25 13:21:46 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:49 - ID:8203239

    BRUSSELS, Nov 25 (MENA) – The Belgian federal public prosecutor and Europol launched a cyberattack on the servers of a Daesh-linked news agency, Brussels Times reported Monday. “Many accounts have been deactivated and websites have been put out ....

  • UN condemns deadly attack on one of its vehicles

    Date: 2019-11-25 09:15:24 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:19 - ID:8202756

    NEW YORK, Nov 25 (MENA) - The UN condemned a deadly attack on one of its vehicles that killed a UN worker and injured two others in central Kabul. Press reports indicated that the vehicle, which had UN markings, was heavily damaged after being ....

  • Blast targets UN vehicle in Afghanistan, kills 1 foreigner

    Date: 2019-11-24 17:45:53 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:65 - ID:8202347

    KABUL, Nov 24 (MENA) - A United Nations vehicle was targeted in a bombing Sunday in the Afghan capital Kabul and initial reports indicated at least one foreign citizen was killed, an Afghan official said, the New York Times reported. Nasrat ....

  • FAO to organize workshop about strengthening migration governance across rural-urban continuum

    Date: 2019-11-24 13:27:15 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:44 - ID:8201818

    CAIRO, Nov 24 (MENA)- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is to host on Tuesday a regional workshop about strengthening migration governance across the rural-urban continuum, in cooperation with the International ....

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