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  • Indonesia inks MoU on importing one mln tons rice from India

    Date: 2023-06-15 20:13:38 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:79 - ID:10212085

    JAKARTA, June 15 (MENA) – Indonesia's Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan informed on Thursday that he has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on importing one million tons of rice from India to anticipate the impact of the El Niño phenomenon this ....

  • US announces $920m in additional humanitarian assistance for Syria

    Date: 2023-06-15 20:13:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:10212084

    WASHINGTON, June 15 (MENA) – Under Secretary for US Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya announced $920 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Syria at the Brussels VII Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and ....

  • Archbishop: UK should take global lead in crackdown on ‘evil’ human traffickers

    Date: 2023-06-15 20:13:13 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:10212083

    LONDON, June 15 (MENA) – Britain should lead an international crackdown on “evil” human traffickers, the Archbishop of Canterbury has told Parliament. The Most Rev Justin Welby has pressed for the UK to head the fight against the global criminal ....

  • Russia managed to cope with unprecedented pressure of the West: Finance MInister

    Date: 2023-06-15 20:12:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:10212081

    MOSCOW, June 15 (MENA) - Russia has managed to cope with the unprecedented pressure applied by the collective West, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in an interview with the Izvestiya Studio on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International ....

  • Russia concerned by reports of US meddling in Nagorno-Karabakh dialogue - Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2023-06-15 18:15:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:74 - ID:10212031

    MOSCOW, June 15 (MENA) – Moscow is concerned over media reports that the US is trying to impose its services as a mediator in the dialogue between Baku and Stepanakert, the Russian Foreign Ministry told TASS on Thursday. Earlier, the ....

  • Yoon vows to respond firmly to N. Korea's reckless provocations

    Date: 2023-06-15 07:03:57 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:10210688

    SEOUL, June 15 (MENA) - President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Thursday to respond firmly to North Korea's provocations as he marked the anniversary of a 1999 inter-Korean naval skirmish near the maritime border, according to the Korean news agency ....

  • Russia’s military death toll in Ukraine rises to 217,910

    Date: 2023-06-15 06:49:59 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:10 - ID:10210666

    KIEV, June 15 (MENA) - The Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 217,910 Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to June 15, 2023, including 580 Russians in the past day alone. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said ....

  • Around 17,000 flee homes as Mayon unrest continues

    Date: 2023-06-15 06:30:56 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:9 - ID:10210633

    MANILA, June 15 (MENA) - Some 17,000 people living near Mayon volcano have moved to evacuation centers as it continued to erupt, the Albay local government said on Thursday. Albay Governor Grex Lagman said 17,941 people or 5,016 families have ....

  • Food prices set to rise again after destruction of Ukrainian dam, UN warns

    Date: 2023-06-14 21:28:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:10210437

    LONDON, June 14 (MENA) - The collapse of a key Ukrainian dam last week is going to have consequences of food prices around the world, according to a top United Nations official. The consequences of the dam’s destruction also stretch far beyond ....

  • Russia ready to seriously increase food supplies to countries in need: Lavrov

    Date: 2023-06-14 20:26:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:77 - ID:10210408

    MOSCOW, June 14 (MENA) - Russia is actively working on coping with the global food crisis and it is ready to seriously increase the volumes of food supplies to countries in need, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the 46th session of the Council ....

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