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Egypt participates in UN Climate Action Summit in New York
Date: 2019-09-23 12:56:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:35 - ID:8115458
NEW YORK, Sept 23 (MENA) - Egypt is taking part in the UN Climate Action Summit, which is due to kick off Monday at 4 p.m. local time. The summit was called for by UN Secretary General António Guterres to follow up progress made by world ....
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Afghan officials say civilians killed in anti-Taliban raid
Date: 2019-09-23 09:52:09 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:18 - ID:8115063
KABUL, Sept 23 (MENA) - Afghan officials say a number of civilians have been killed during a raid on Taliban hideouts by Afghan special forces in the southern Helmand province, ABC News reported. There were conflicting reports on the numbers of ....
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China launches 2 new BeiDou satellites
Date: 2019-09-23 07:16:26 GMT - China - World - SN:10 - ID:8114874
BEIJING, Sept 23 (MENA) - China successfully sent two satellites of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 05:10 a.m. Monday, according to Xinhua. Launched on a Long ....
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Greece to seek international help with migration problem
Date: 2019-09-22 22:39:05 GMT - Greece - World - SN:85 - ID:8114792
ATHENS, Sept 22 (MENA) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired an emergency meeting on the matter over the weekend amid a continuing increase in the influx of undocumented migrants to Greece from Turkey, EKathimerini reported on Sunday. ....
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Up to 5 billion people to miss out on health care in 2030, WHO warns
Date: 2019-09-22 22:14:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:8114767
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) - Countries must increase spending on primary healthcare by at least 1% of their gross domestic product (GDP) if the world is to close glaring coverage gaps and meet health targets agreed in 2015, the World Health ....
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Trump says no plans to meet Iranian officials at UNGA
Date: 2019-09-22 13:43:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:8114226
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that he has no plans to meet with Iranian officials at the UN General Assembly, Al Arabiya channel reported. His statement came after Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani ....
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Charity in Alex. organizes celebration marking World Lymphoma Awareness Day
Date: 2019-09-22 11:49:00 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:38 - ID:8113885
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Sept 22 (MENA) - A charity organization in Alexandria has organized a celebration marking the World Lymphoma Awareness Day to ease the pains of lymphoma patients. The (Be Positive) charity organization also organized a ....
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Hundreds of migrants reach Greek Lesvos
Date: 2019-09-22 11:06:38 GMT - Greece - World - SN:33 - ID:8113777
ATHENS, Sept 22 (MENA) - As many as 408 migrants reached the Greek island of Lesvos by Friday noon, out of which 73 arrived by sailboat, Ekathimerini newspaper quoted the general police directorate of the Northern Aegean as saying. The latest ....
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Strikes to disrupt Greek public transport, ferry services
Date: 2019-09-22 10:56:03 GMT - Greece - World - SN:30 - ID:8113789
ATHENS, Sept 22 (MENA) - There will be no services on the Kifissia-Piraeus urban electric railway (ISAP) or the Greek capital’s trolley buses on Tuesday, as staff are to join a 24-hour strike in protest at the provisions of the government’s growth ....
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Russia’s Kalibr cruise missile finetuned after Syria campaign: min.
Date: 2019-09-22 09:34:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:8113642
MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - Russia’s Kalibr cruise missile was finetuned after it had been used during the campaign in Syria, TASS news agency quoted Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying on Sunday. The minister noted that an instruction ....
