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  • Ukraine resuming electricity exports - Energy Ministry

    Date: 2023-04-07 19:19:47 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:51 - ID:10103211

    KIEV, April 7 (MENA) - Ukraine’s Energy Minister German Galushchenko signed an executive document greenlighting the process of resuming electricity exports amid the surplus of generating capacity. That’s according to the Ministry’s press service, ....

  • Polish agriculture min.: Ukraine proposes to suspend its grain exports

    Date: 2023-04-07 17:16:05 GMT - Poland - World - SN:43 - ID:10103080

    WARSAW, April 7 (MENA) - Poland's agriculture minister has announced that Ukraine has proposed to limit or even stop its grain exports to Poland, The First News reported. The import of grain from Ukraine has caused Polish farmers to protest. They ....

  • FAO: Benchmark for world food commodity prices fall 20.5%

    Date: 2023-04-07 13:46:51 GMT - Italy - World - SN:34 - ID:10102802

    ROME, April 7 (MENA) - The benchmark index of international food commodity prices declined for the 12th consecutive month in March, driven by declines in world quotations for cereals and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the ....

  • Russian, Turkish FMs discuss Akkuyu NPP, gas pipeline

    Date: 2023-04-07 13:02:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:30 - ID:10102642

    MOSCOW, April 7 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed during a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu the construction of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and TurkStream gas pipeline, according to TASS News ....

  • UK, France reiterate importance of the CTBT

    Date: 2023-04-06 20:36:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:75 - ID:10102068

    LONDON, April 6 (MENA) - The UK and France reiterated the importance of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in a joint statement released Thursday to mark the 25th anniversary of their ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban ....

  • Japan, US, Mekong power partnership action plan announced

    Date: 2023-04-06 20:00:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:10102069

    WASHINGTON, April 6 (MENA) - At the Friends of the Mekong Senior Officials Meeting in Vientiane, Lao PDR, the United States and Japan, together with Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam, released the Japan-U.S.-Mekong Power Partnership (JUMPP) ....

  • IMF head expects less than 3% global economic growth in 2023

    Date: 2023-04-06 18:56:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:72 - ID:10102025

    WASHINGTON, April 6 (MENA) - The International Monetary Fund chief said Thursday the world economy is expected to grow less than 3% this year, down from 3.4% last year, increasing the risk of hunger and poverty globally. Kristalina Georgieva said ....

  • French pension reform protests marred by violent clashes

    Date: 2023-04-06 18:43:08 GMT - France - World - SN:70 - ID:10101982

    PARIS, April 6 (MENA) - Protests against pension reform were marred by clashes between radical groups of protesters and French police in Paris on Thursday that saw a famous restaurant set partially ablaze and dozens of police officers injured. ....

  • Poland receives 21,200 refugees from Ukraine over past 24 hours

    Date: 2023-04-06 08:27:55 GMT - Poland - World - SN:15 - ID:10100854

    WARSAW, April 6 (MENA) – A total of 21,000 refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation there, Radio Poland said on Thursday, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. Nearly ....

  • Taiwan is first red line must not be crossed in China-US ties - Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2023-04-06 08:13:08 GMT - China - World - SN:12 - ID:10100719

    BEIJING, April 6 (MENA) – The Taiwan question is at the very core of China's core interests and the first red line that must not be crossed in China-US relations, Xinhua quoted the Spokesperson of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying. ....

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