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  • Japan Cabinet OKs bills to extend nuclear reactor life beyond 60 yrs

    Date: 2023-02-28 15:03:05 GMT - Japan - World - SN:59 - ID:10042867

    TOKYO, Feb 28 (MENA) - The Cabinet on Tuesday approved bills that will allow nuclear reactors in Japan to be operated beyond the current limit of 60 years, as part of efforts to cut carbon emissions while ensuring adequate national energy supply, ....

  • About 149,240 Russian troops killed since start of military operation in Ukraine

    Date: 2023-02-28 09:30:36 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:22 - ID:10041986

    KYIV, Feb 28 (MENA) - Russia has already lost about 149,240 troops in Ukraine, Ukrinform reported Tuesday quoting the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Between February 24, 2022 and February 28, 2023, Russia's total combat losses ....

  • Blinken arrives in Astana on official visit

    Date: 2023-02-28 09:12:23 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:16 - ID:10041983

    ASTANA, Feb 28 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Astana on an official visit, Kazinform reported Tuesday. This is the first visit of Blinken to Kazakhstan. He has already had talks with Deputy Prime Minister – ....

  • Over 60 Russian attacks repelled in eastern Ukraine

    Date: 2023-02-28 09:11:51 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:15 - ID:10041950

    KYIV, Feb 28 (MENA) - Russian troops are focusing efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Shakhtarsk directions, according to a report by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that was carried ....

  • Two Russian UAVs shot down over Dnipropetrovsk region

    Date: 2023-02-28 09:06:06 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:13 - ID:10041947

    KYIV, Feb 28 (MENA) - Ukrainian troops have shot down two Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the Dnipropetrovsk region. The relevant statement was made by Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Head Serhii Lysak on Telegram, an ....

  • Russia doubles number of warships deployed off Crimea coast

    Date: 2023-02-28 05:22:35 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:2 - ID:10041822

    KYIEV, Feb 28 (MENA) - Russia’s navy has doubled the number of vessels deployed in the Black Sea, including two submarine missile carriers with eight Kalibr cruise missiles on board. That’s according to Operational Command South, Ukrinform news ....

  • Blinken pledges $444M in additional US aid to Yemen

    Date: 2023-02-27 22:52:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:103 - ID:10041760

    WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday pledged more than $444 million in additional aid to Yemen as it faces what the secretary called “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis” of conflict, economic instability, ....

  • Yellen visits Ukraine and pledges even more US economic aid

    Date: 2023-02-27 22:52:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:102 - ID:10041759

    KIEV, Feb 27 (MENA) – US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen met with Finance Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko, the US Department of Treasury said in a press release. Secretary Yellen commended Minister Marchenko’s work to stabilize ....

  • Int'l aid helped Ukraine stabilize its energy sector - Ukraine’s energy min.

    Date: 2023-02-27 21:59:08 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:99 - ID:10041714

    KYIV, Feb 27 (MENA) - The aid provided by international partners to Ukraine’s energy sector has allowed the Ukrainian energy system to stand against Russian attacks and stabilize performance, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko ....

  • Sunak agrees Northern Ireland protocol deal with EU

    Date: 2023-02-27 21:58:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:98 - ID:10041706

    LONDON, Feb 27 (MENA) - The British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has unveiled an agreement with the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, after four months of negotiations, The Guardian reported Monday. The deal with the EU aims to ....

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