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Pope appeals for immediate cessation of violence in Syria
Date: 2018-02-25 22:20:46 GMT - Italy - World - SN:97 - ID:7265294
ROME, Feb 25 (MENA) - Pope Francis made a heartfelt appeal for Syria during the Sunday Angelus, calling for an immediate cessation of violence so that people can be evacuated and given access to aid, Vatican Times reported. Pope Francis, ....
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Putin, Merkel, Macron discuss Syria situation over phone - Kremlin
Date: 2018-02-25 21:13:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:91 - ID:7265006
MOSCOW, Feb 25 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron and acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the Syria situation over the phone on Sunday, Russian TASS news agency quoted the Kremlin press office as ....
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Quake, magnitude 5.7, strikes Japan
Date: 2018-02-25 18:49:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:81 - ID:7265196
TOKYO, Feb 25 (MENA) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan's northeast at 1:28 a.m. local time on Monday, the weather agency here said, according to Xinhua. While a wide swathe ....
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Quake, magnitude 7.5, strikes Papua New Guinea
Date: 2018-02-25 18:44:47 GMT - Papua New Guinea - World - SN:80 - ID:7265194
PORT MORESBY, Feb 25 (MENA) - An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake had a depth of 21.7 miles, Euronews quoted the USGS as saying. (MENA) M I E/M A F ....
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Over 4,000 evacuated from mall near Moscow's Kremlin due to fake bomb threat
Date: 2018-02-25 16:42:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:7265002
MOSCOW, Feb 25 (MENA) – Russian law enforcement officers did not find any explosives at the Okhotny Ryad shopping mall in central Moscow after a bomb call on Sunday, a source in Moscow's emergency services told Sputnik. Earlier in the day, some ....
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British Education secretary plans crackdown on illegal schools as fears of radicalisation grow
Date: 2018-02-25 11:06:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:32 - ID:7263898
LONDON, Feb 25 (MENA) - The British education secretary, Damian Hinds, is to crack down on illegal schools amid growing concern that children are at risk of being radicalised, trafficked, abused — or simply growing up ignorant, The Times ....
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US presence in Syria aimed at solving questionnable geopolitical tasks — Russian UN envoy
Date: 2018-02-25 09:49:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:7263840
NEW YORK, Feb 25 (MENA) - The US military presence in Syria is aimed at solving "geopolitical issues of doubtful legitimacy," Russia’s UN envoy, Vasily Nebenzya, was quoted by TASS as telling the UN Security Council. "The aim of fighting with ....
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Mexican president's US visit called off after border wall row with Trump
Date: 2018-02-25 08:01:13 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:12 - ID:7263657
MEXICO CITY, Feb 25 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump and his Mexican counterpart Enrique Peña Nieto postponed plans for the leader’s first visit to the White House, after a testy phone call involving Trump’s push for a border wall, The Guardian ....
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Indian president, PM mourn Bollywood superstar Sridevi
Date: 2018-02-25 07:20:14 GMT - India - World - SN:9 - ID:7263634
NEW DELHI, Feb 25 (MENA) - Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi mourned the death of Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor who died of a heart attack at the age of 54, the BBC reported. Modi tweeted that he was ....
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Bollywood superstar dies at 54 of heart attack
Date: 2018-02-25 07:15:06 GMT - India - World - SN:8 - ID:7263636
NEW DELHI, Feb 25 (MENA) - Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor has died of a heart attack, her family says as quoted by the BBC. She was 54. The actress known simply as Sridevi passed away in Dubai, where she was attending a family ....
