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35% turnout on first day of Russian elections
Date: 2024-03-16 06:59:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:1 - ID:10625650
MOSCOW, March 16 (MENA) - The Central Election Commission of Russia announced early Saturday that on the first day of voting (Friday), 35 percent of Russian citizens participated in the presidential election. With the beginning of the three-day ....
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US, Austria stress partnership in supporting humanitarian needs in Ukraine
Date: 2024-03-15 21:37:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:10625566
WASHINGTON, March 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Austrian President Van der Bellen on Friday emphasized the strength of the US-Austria partnership in supporting humanitarian needs in Ukraine and continuing to enforce the ....
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20 killed, 73 wounded in Russian missile attack on Ukraine's Odesa
Date: 2024-03-15 20:29:45 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:56 - ID:10625527
KIEV, March 15 (MENA) - At least 20 people were killed and 73 others were injured in a Russian missile attack on the coastal city of Odesa in southern Ukraine, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said on Telegram. "The death toll from an enemy ....
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Blinken: US condemns all acts of anti-Muslim hate, violence
Date: 2024-03-15 18:13:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:48 - ID:10625364
WASHINGTON, March 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States condemns all acts of anti-Muslim hate and violence. "We reaffirm our commitment to advocate for individuals’ ability to live in accordance with the ....
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Japan:3 lower house by-elections to be held on April 28
Date: 2024-03-15 14:50:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:44 - ID:10625239
TOKYO, March 15 (MENA) - Three by-elections to fill vacant seats in the House of Representatives will be held on April 28, it was announced Friday, with a political funds scandal eroding public trust in Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling Liberal ....
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Air defenses of Russia’s battlegroup Center shot down 22 Ukrainian drones in past day
Date: 2024-03-15 11:01:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:23 - ID:10624807
MOSCOW, March 15 (MENA) - Air defense units of Russia’s battlegroup Center shot down 22 Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours, the group’s chief spokesman Alexander Savchuk has told TASS. "Battlegroup Center continues to fulfill its combat ....
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Australia resumes funding for UNRWA, pledges more Gaza aid
Date: 2024-03-15 08:12:32 GMT - Australia - World - SN:18 - ID:10624623
CANBERRA, March 15 (MENA) – Australia will restore funding to the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians, weeks after the agency lost hundreds of millions of dollars in support following Israeli allegations that some of its Gaza-based staff ....
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Presidential election begins in Russia
Date: 2024-03-15 07:46:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:10624591
MOSCOW, March 15 (MENA) – A presidential vote has begun in Russia, TASS reported, adding over the next three days, Russians will elect their president for the next six years. It will be the first presidential vote to employ the latest ....
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EU's Borrell warns coming months 'decisive' for Ukraine war
Date: 2024-03-15 07:44:43 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:16 - ID:10624633
BRUSSELS, March 15 (MENA) - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned Thursday that the Ukraine war could be decided in the coming months, urging during a visit to Washington for allies to rush aid to Kyiv, Barron's reported. "It's this ....
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2 dead in Ukrainian strike on Russia's Belgorod region – Governor
Date: 2024-03-15 07:41:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:10624629
MOSCOW, March 15 (MENA) - Two people died and 19 others were injured on Thursday in western Russia's Belgorod region as the country faced widespread drone attacks for a third day in a row, The Moscow Times quoted officials as saying. Russian air ....