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UN chief says Int'l community is way off course on climate change
Date: 2018-12-03 15:29:36 GMT - Poland - World - SN:70 - ID:7697508
WARSAW, Dec 3 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the world is "way off course" to prevent catastrophic climate change. Guterres was delivering a speech at the COP24 climate summit in Katowice city in Poland, the UN said in a ....
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UN: More than 1 bln people with disabilities live in world
Date: 2018-12-03 13:10:36 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:52 - ID:7697179
CAIRO, Dec 3 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that more than 1 billion people in the world live with some form of disability, the United Nations website said in a press release. In his message on the occasion of the ....
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WB promises USD 200 bn in 2021-25 climate cash
Date: 2018-12-03 08:36:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:7696710
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (MENA) - The World Bank on Monday unveiled dlrs 200 billion in climate action investment for 2021-25, adding this amounts to a doubling of its current five-year funding, The Economic Times reported. The World Bank said the ....
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Trump: China agrees to reduce tariffs on US autos
Date: 2018-12-03 08:28:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:7696740
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (MENA) - US President Trump announced on Sunday that China had agreed to "reduce and remove" tariffs on US-produced vehicles imported into the country, The Hill reported on Monday. "China has agreed to reduce and remove tariffs ....
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Ban Ki-moon urges North Korea to take denuclearization steps
Date: 2018-12-03 07:29:31 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:7696633
TOKYO, Dec 3 (MENA) - Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to take concrete steps toward complete denuclearization and gain the trust of the international community if he wants sanctions lifted, The ....
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UN: Humanitarian Response Plans require more than $20 bln in 2019
Date: 2018-12-02 22:32:20 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:78 - ID:7696236
GENEVA, Dec 2 (MENA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs expected that the Humanitarian Response Plans will require more than $20 billion for the fourth year in a row. The Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) for 2019 will ....
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Russian Embassy to US flies flag at half-staff to honor late president George H.W. Bush
Date: 2018-12-02 14:30:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:7696062
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (MENA) - The flag above the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC has been flown at half-staff in connection with the death of US President George H.W. Bush, the embassy said. "George Bush Sr. was an outstanding politician, he ....
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Senior Afghan Taliban commander killed in air strike
Date: 2018-12-02 14:19:06 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:49 - ID:7696048
KABUL, Dec 2 (MENA) - A top commander of the Taliban has been killed in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand in a joint operation by Afghan and US Special Forces, The New York Times reported Sunday. Abdul Manan, who was in charge of ....
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NATO FMs to discuss security situation in Afghanistan
Date: 2018-12-02 13:16:33 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:42 - ID:7695811
KABUL, Dec 2 (MENA) - The NATO Foreign Ministers would discuss a range of issues, including the security situation in Afghanistan, the peace process and the Geneva conference, the alliance said. The foreign ministers would meet on December 4-5 to ....
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Riot debris covers Paris streets; 133 injured, 412 arrested
Date: 2018-12-02 10:44:05 GMT - France - World - SN:24 - ID:7695491
PARIS, Dec 2 (MENA) - Paris police said Sunday that 133 people had been injured and 412 had been arrested as protesters trashed the streets of the capital during France’s worst urban riot in years, ABC News reported. French President Emmanuel ....
