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UN warns planet 'on the brink' after warmest decade on record
Date: 2024-03-19 15:45:21 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:62 - ID:10630612
NEW YORK, March 19 (MENA) - Global temperatures "smashed" heat records last year, as heatwaves stalked oceans and glaciers suffered record ice loss, the United Nations said Tuesday. Reacting to the report, UN chief Antonio Guterres said it showed ....
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US Congress announces deal to avoid shutdown
Date: 2024-03-19 15:20:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:10630567
WASHINGTON, March 19 (MENA) - US Congressional leaders and President Joe Biden announced a deal Tuesday to fund the government ahead of a weekend deadline, breaking an impasse regarding money for the Department of Homeland Security, which had held ....
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Putin accuses West of sponsoring terrorism in Russia's backyard
Date: 2024-03-19 14:37:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:10630487
MOSCOW/KYIV, March 19 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of using radical groups against Russia, TASS News Agency reported on Tuesday. "The West practiced the use of all types of cross-border, radical terrorist groups ....
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N. Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides drill of artillery units in Western Area
Date: 2024-03-19 09:28:24 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:26 - ID:10629803
PYONGYANG, March 19 (MENA) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has guided a firing drill of artillery units in Western Area, which are in charge of an important firing, equipped with super-large multiple rocket launchers, one of the core striking ....
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KF-21 fighter succeeds in 1st aerial refueling test
Date: 2024-03-19 09:22:54 GMT - south korea - World - SN:25 - ID:10629801
SEOUL, March 19 (MENA) - South Korea's homegrown fighter jet under development successfully underwent its first aerial refueling test Tuesday, the state arms procurement agency said, in a major step to vet the advanced fighter's capabilities for ....
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Afghan foreign ministry summons Pakistani amb. over airstrikes in Khost, Paktika
Date: 2024-03-19 09:17:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:24 - ID:10629836
KABUL, March 19 (MENA) - The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned and handed over its protest letter to the resident ambassador of Pakistan in Kabul over airstrikes in the provinces of Khost and Paktika, which resulted in the deaths of ....
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White House: US to host summit with Japan, the Philippines
Date: 2024-03-19 09:10:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:10629748
WASHINGTON, March 19 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden will host President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan on April 11 at the White House for the first trilateral US-Japan-Philippines leaders’ ....
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UK deputy PM presses for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Date: 2024-03-19 09:07:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:10629804
LONDON, March 19 (MENA) - The UK’s deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, has called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, the Guardian reported Tuesday. Speaking in Seoul in an interview, Dowden said the British government was “continuously” ....
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Ukraine: Russian army death toll climbs to 432,390
Date: 2024-03-19 08:39:05 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:17 - ID:10629743
KIEV, March 19 (MENA) - Russia's overall combat losses in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and March 19, 2024 amounted to about 432,390 troops, including 840 killed or wounded in action in the past 24 hours, Ukrinform quoted the General Staff of ....
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China calls for int'l efforts to promote nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation
Date: 2024-03-19 08:37:26 GMT - China - World - SN:16 - ID:10629767
BEIJING, March 19 (MENA) - A Chinese envoy has called for joint efforts of the international community to promote nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, Xinhua reported Tuesday. The complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear ....
