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  • Biden invites Japanese, S. Korean leaders for 3-way talks in U.S.

    Date: 2023-05-21 09:00:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:21 - ID:10169507

    HIROSHIMA, May 21 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden spoke briefly with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday, inviting them to the United States to hold a formal trilateral meeting. Biden commended ....

  • Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to 203,160 troops: Ukraine

    Date: 2023-05-21 06:34:40 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:10 - ID:10169238

    KIEV, May 21 (MENA) - Russia has already lost about 203,160 troops in Ukraine, since the beginning of the military operation on February 24, 2022, Ukrinform quoted the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as saying on Sunday. Between ....

  • Mexico City Airport grounds flights due to Volcanic ash

    Date: 2023-05-21 05:46:27 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:7 - ID:10169185

    MEXICO CITY, May 21 (MENA) - Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano halted flights from Mexico City's two airports on Saturday as ash fumes filled the sky, ABC news reported. Both Felipe Ángeles International Airport (FNU) and Benito Juárez International ....

  • Russians fire drones at Dnipropetrovsk region, all of them downed

    Date: 2023-05-21 05:43:17 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:6 - ID:10169179

    KIEV, May 21 (MENA) - Russian troops fired unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the Dnipropetrovsk region but Ukraine’s air defense forces destroyed all of them, according to the Ukrinform news agency. Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military ....

  • EU stresses importance of cultural and lingual diversity worldwide

    Date: 2023-05-20 13:26:58 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:39 - ID:10168421

    BRUSSELS, May 20 (MENA) - The European Union's motto of “united in diversity” shows how cultural diversity is at the very heart of the Union's foundations, EU President Ursula von der Leyen said at Session VII of the G7, 'Common Endeavor for a ....

  • U.N. chief says nuclear disarmament "possible" as G-7 meet

    Date: 2023-05-20 13:25:56 GMT - Japan - World - SN:38 - ID:10168420

    HIROSHIMA, Japan, May 20 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said realizing the Group of Seven summit theme of a world without nuclear weapons "is possible" in an interview with Kyodo News on Saturday on the sidelines of the ....

  • Twenty-one settlements come under enemy fire in Kharkiv region, civilian killed

    Date: 2023-05-20 10:40:03 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:29 - ID:10168223

    KIEV, May 20 (MENA) - Russian troops shelled at least 21 settlements in the Kharkiv region, leaving behind one civilian dead and another injured. The relevant statement was made by Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Syniehubov on ....

  • Blinken, Japanese FM underline importance of G7 in promoting peace, security

    Date: 2023-05-20 10:09:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:10168146

    HIROSHIMA/WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken held a meeting with with Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi Yoshimasa on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, to reaffirm the vital importance of ....

  • Poland receives more than 25,000 refugees from Ukraine over past 24 hours

    Date: 2023-05-20 08:15:24 GMT - Poland - World - SN:19 - ID:10167869

    WARSAW, May 20 (MENA) - A total of 25,200 refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation there, Radio Poland said on Saturday, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. Nearly ....

  • G-7 leaders urge all nations to refrain from using economic coercion

    Date: 2023-05-20 07:18:27 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:10167767

    HIROSHIMA, May 20 (MENA) - The Group of Seven leaders on Saturday urged all countries across the globe to refrain from using "economic coercion" as a tool to pursue political objectives, with some democracies adversely affected by the utilization of ....

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