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  • UN calls for G20 to agree dlrs 500bn annual stimulus for sustainable development

    Date: 2023-02-17 22:28:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:10025171

    NEW YORK, Feb 17 (MENA) - The UN on Friday called for a significant increase to the tune of $500 billion each year in extra financing from the world’s most developed nations, to meet the crucial 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. So far, ....

  • 6 people killed in series of shootings in Mississippi

    Date: 2023-02-17 21:38:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:72 - ID:10025152

    WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (MENA) - Six people are dead in Tate County, Mississippi, after a series of shootings on Friday, according to CNN. The shootings all happened within the Arkabutla community, Tate County Sheriff Brad Lance said. One shooting ....

  • Canada endorses special tribunal to investigate Russia

    Date: 2023-02-17 19:34:26 GMT - Canada - World - SN:62 - ID:10025018

    OTTAWA, Feb 17 (MENA) - Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Friday her country is backing plans for a "special tribunal to investigate "war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine." "There are over 60,000 related crimes linked to ....

  • UK is one of Russia’s main targets, says ex-MI6 spy

    Date: 2023-02-17 19:10:19 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:61 - ID:10025061

    LONDON, Feb 17 (MENA) - Former MI6 officer Christopher Steele said the UK is one of Russia’s "main targets" because it is a "very strong supporter" of Ukraine, Evening Standard reported. "I think clearly when it comes to when a country is at war, ....

  • Kiev’s restrictions undermine international food security — Russia’s Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2023-02-17 19:01:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:10025056

    MOSCOW, Feb 17 (MENA) - Kiev's restrictive measures against Russian fertilizer companies and its appeals to the West to join similar measures undermine international food security, TASS quoted Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as ....

  • Armenian PM meets with French president on sidelines of Munich Security Conference

    Date: 2023-02-17 18:58:23 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:59 - ID:10025051

    YEREVEN, Feb 17 (MENA) - On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan had a short meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2023. They ....

  • China urges US not to use unmanned airship for political manipulation

    Date: 2023-02-17 18:17:02 GMT - China - World - SN:56 - ID:10025004

    BEIJING, Feb 17 (MENA) - China has urged the United States "not to use the unintended entry of the Chinese civilian unmanned airship for political manipulation to smear and attack Beijing." "The United States should not have overreacted to or use ....

  • Russia, China to expand strategic partnership 'having each other’s back' — envoy

    Date: 2023-02-17 18:13:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:55 - ID:10025017

    MOSCOW, Feb 17 (MENA) - Russia and China will continue strategic interaction and good-neighborly cooperation "having each other’s back," Chinese ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui said in an interview with TASS. "In the new year, China and Russia ....

  • Scholz: We will continue finding balance between supporting Ukraine

    Date: 2023-02-17 17:50:04 GMT - Germany - World - SN:53 - ID:10025000

    BERLIN, Feb 17 (MENA) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, speaking at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2023, stressed the importance of balancing support for Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine reported. "At the cost of huge sacrifices, they defend their ....

  • Gas to remain most valuable resource with increasing demand --Putin

    Date: 2023-02-17 15:49:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:10024579

    MOSCOW, Feb 17 (MENA) - President Vladimir Putin said natural gas will remain a valuable resource with high demand for a very long time, he said on Friday at an event dedicated to the holding's 30th anniversary, Tass News Agency reported ....

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