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Germany expels Russian diplomats after murder in Berlin
Date: 2019-12-04 15:23:05 GMT - Germany - World - SN:56 - ID:8216126
BERLIN, Dec 4 (MENA)- German prosecutors have said there is enough evidence to suggest that Russia or Chechnya ordered the murder of a Georgian man in Berlin, so that two Russian diplomats working at the embassy in Berlin have also been expelled, ....
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UNICEF launches largest-ever emergency funding appeal to reach historic numbers of children in need
Date: 2019-12-04 12:21:47 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:34 - ID:8215865
GENEVA, Dec 4 (MENA) - The UNICEF released on Wednesday the largest-ever emergency funding appeal to reach historic numbers of children in need, the UN agency said in a statement. The UNICEF launched its $ 4.2 billion 2020 emergency appeal to ....
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Number of cases of malaria still at 'unacceptably high' levels - WHO
Date: 2019-12-04 12:17:50 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:33 - ID:8215749
GENEVA, Dec 4 (MENA) - The number of cases of malaria remain at an “unacceptably high” level, with barely any reduction in the last three years despite a huge global effort to tackle the childhood killer, figures reveal. According to a report by ....
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Record number of people to need help worldwide in 2020 -- OCHA
Date: 2019-12-04 11:34:32 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:25 - ID:8215566
NEW YORK, Dec 4 (MENA) - Climatic shocks, large infectious disease outbreaks and intensifying, protracted conflicts, have resulted in global needs increasing by some 22 million people in the past year, Mark Lowcock told journalists in Geneva, at the ....
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One fifth of flights in France to be hit by Thursday's strike action
Date: 2019-12-04 10:06:10 GMT - France - World - SN:18 - ID:8215539
PARIS, Dec 4 (MENA) - Around one fifth of all flights in France will be cancelled on Thursday because of mass strike action in protest against the government's pension reforms, France 24 Channel reported. Along with the flights, SNCF train ....
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Iranian president: Iran hasn't closed window on talks with US
Date: 2019-12-04 09:23:40 GMT - Iran - World - SN:14 - ID:8215556
TEHRAN, Dec 4 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran hasn’t closed the window on talks with the US but reiterated his government’s standing condition that the Trump administration lift sanctions imposed on Iran before any negotiations ....
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Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne resigns
Date: 2019-12-03 11:48:00 GMT - Finland - World - SN:40 - ID:8214517
HELSINKI, Dec 3 (MENA) - Finland's Prime Minister Antti Rinne is stepping down as prime minister and will tender his government's resignation, Deutsche Welle quoted President Sauli Niinisto's office as saying on Tuesday. The Finnish Center Party, ....
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Trump slams Macron for 'insulting' NATO while complaining about the alliance
Date: 2019-12-03 11:37:35 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:38 - ID:8214403
LONDON, Dec 3 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump launched an outspoken attack on French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of their meeting later on Tuesday in London, calling the French president's comment last month that American indifference to the ....
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WHO warns measles resurgent as Samoa deaths rise
Date: 2019-12-03 09:23:39 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:18 - ID:8214003
GENEVA, Dec 3 (MENA) - The World Health Organization warned of a "slide back" in global efforts to eliminate measles Tuesday, as the death toll from an outbreak that has killed dozens of children in Samoa continued to climb, France 24 reported. ....
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2019 concludes a decade of exceptional global heat and high-impact weather
Date: 2019-12-03 09:11:44 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:16 - ID:8214043
GENEVA, Dec 3 (MENA) - The year 2019 concludes a decade of exceptional global heat, retreating ice and record sea levels driven by greenhouse gases from human activities. Average temperatures for the five-year (2015-2019) and ten-year (2010-2019) ....
