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  • EU provides €25 million for Palestinian Authority payment of January salaries

    Date: 2024-03-09 07:41:35 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:6 - ID:10616928

    BRUSSELS, March 9 (MENA) - The European Union has made a contribution of around €25 million to help the Palestinian Authority pay the January salaries and pensions of its civil servants. This contribution targets mainly employees in the social ....

  • Rocket launch by private Japanese firm Space One postponed

    Date: 2024-03-09 06:55:56 GMT - Japan - World - SN:1 - ID:10616862

    TOKYO, March 9 (MENA) - Private Japanese rocket launch company Space One Co. has postponed the launch of its small rocket scheduled for Saturday due to a ship entering the downrange hazard area, Kyodo News reported. The Tokyo-based company ....

  • France condemns Israel's approval to building nearly 3,500 housing units in WB

    Date: 2024-03-08 19:54:56 GMT - France - World - SN:50 - ID:10616494

    PARIS, March 8 (MENA) - France strongly condemned the Israeli authorities' recent decision to approve plans for nearly 3,500 new housing units in West Bank settlements, according to a statement released by the French Foreign Ministry. "We call on ....

  • Cameron: UK to join US, other allies in creating maritime corridor to deliver aid directly to Gaza

    Date: 2024-03-08 17:56:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:45 - ID:10616515

    LONDON, March 8 (MENA) – UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Friday London will join Washington and other allies in creating a maritime corridor to deliver aid directly to Gaza. In an interview with the BBC, Cameron said: "We need 500 trucks ....

  • Indian delegation visits Kabul, meets Taliban foreign minister

    Date: 2024-03-08 17:54:44 GMT - India - World - SN:44 - ID:10616534

    NEW DELHI, March 8 (MENA) - An Indian diplomatic delegation has visited Kabul and held talks with Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and former Afghan president Hamid Karzai, the New Indian Express reported. "The delegation was led by MEA ....

  • Chinese minister: New energy vehicles account for 77.6 pct of China's public transport system

    Date: 2024-03-08 17:05:32 GMT - China - World - SN:38 - ID:10616564

    BEIJING, March 8 (MENA) - The use of new energy vehicles accounts for 77.6 percent of China's public transport system, Chinese Minister of Transport Li Xiaopeng said Friday on the sidelines of the ongoing "two sessions," Xinhua said. Talking ....

  • Saudi FM speaks by telephone with Brazilian counterpart

    Date: 2024-03-08 16:58:33 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:37 - ID:10616558

    RIYADH, March 8 (MENA) - Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah spoke by telephone Friday with Federative Republic of Brazil Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauro Vieira. The two ministers discussed bilateral ....

  • United Nations Mission: Iraq has made great strides to advance women's rights

    Date: 2024-03-08 16:37:17 GMT - Iraq - World - SN:35 - ID:10616520

    BAGHDAD, March 8 (MENA) - The United Nations Mission confirmed on Friday that Iraq has made great strides to advance women's rights. A statement from the mission received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA) said: “On International Women’s Day, we ....

  • UAE, Rwanda hold first Joint Economic Committee to enhance cooperation in industry, energy, education, space technology

    Date: 2024-03-08 16:23:40 GMT - United Arab Emirates - World - SN:33 - ID:10616513

    ABU DHABI, March 8 (MENA) - Noura Al Kaabi, the UAE Minister of State, met with Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, in relation to the holding of the first session of the Joint Economic Committee between the UAE and Rwanda in the ....

  • 35,900 Ukrainians cross border into Poland in past 48 hrs

    Date: 2024-03-08 10:24:09 GMT - Poland - World - SN:15 - ID:10616025

    WARSAW, March 8 (MENA) - About 35,900 Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Poland in the past 48 hours, the Polish Border Guards revealed Friday. Meanwhile, nearly 31,100 Ukrainians crossed from Poland back into Ukraine on Wednesday and ....

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