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  • Helicopter crash in Kiev kills 16 people, including two children

    Date: 2023-01-18 10:11:09 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:40 - ID:9973951

    KIEV, Jan 18 (MENA) - Sixteen people, including two children, were killed as a result of a helicopter crash in Brovary, in Kiev region on Wednesday morning, Interfax-Ukraine reported quoting police sources. Some 22 victims are in the hospital, of ....

  • Japan, US ink deal on open communications network amid China threat

    Date: 2023-01-18 10:10:23 GMT - Japan - World - SN:39 - ID:9974010

    SEOUL, Jan 18 (MENA) - Japan and the United States have signed an agreement to develop and promote a new communications network that does not rely on specific companies' infrastructure, the government said Wednesday, amid China's increasing presence ....

  • No obstacle in purchase of Russian oil, says Nikolay Shulginov

    Date: 2023-01-18 10:08:39 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:38 - ID:9973990

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 18 (MENA) - Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation said negotiations underway for finalizing an agreement over the past 6 years, trade turnover between Russia, Pakistan has almost doubled. A high level delegation of the ....

  • Japan gov't to discuss downgrading Covid-19 classification

    Date: 2023-01-18 10:03:40 GMT - Japan - World - SN:37 - ID:9973816

    TOKYO, Jan 18 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and some members of his Cabinet will discuss later in the week whether to reclassify the novel coronavirus to the same category as common infectious diseases such as seasonal influenza, ....

  • Putin approves Russia's withdrawal from Council of Europe agreements

    Date: 2023-01-18 09:44:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:33 - ID:9973948

    MOSCOW, Jan 18 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted a draft law to the State Duma [Russian Parliament] on the termination of international agreements of the Council of Europe with respect to the Russian Federation, according to TASS ....

  • Putin says Russia's economy beat expectations: Washington Post

    Date: 2023-01-18 09:22:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:29 - ID:9973824

    WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (MENA) - The actual dynamics of the Russian economy turned out to be better than many expert forecasts, said Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to The Washington Post. Citing data from the Ministry of Economic ....

  • Ukraine interior min, his deputy killed in helicopter crash near Kyiv region

    Date: 2023-01-18 08:46:35 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:25 - ID:9973846

    KIEV, Jan 18 (MENA) - Ukraine's interior minister and his deputy have been killed in a helicopter crash near a kindergarten outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev, The Moscow Times quoted Ukrainian authorities as saying Wednesday. Ukrainian Interior ....

  • Magnitude 7.1 earthquake off Indonesia sparks Tsunami Warning

    Date: 2023-01-18 08:44:39 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:24 - ID:9973858

    JAKARTA, Jan 18 (MENA) - A 7.1-magnitude quake that struck near Indonesia’s Sulawesi island isn’t expected to cause tsunami waves, Bloomberg reported. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has withdrawn an earlier warning for tsunami waves. ....

  • Ukraine urges world leaders to intensify war efforts on first day at Davos

    Date: 2023-01-18 08:21:02 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:9973665

    LONDON, Jan 18 (MENA) - Ukraine has urged world leaders to intensify efforts to remove Russian troops from its soil, according to an editorial published in The Guardian. With the war clouding the outlook for the global economy in 2023, Ukraine’s ....

  • Ukranian official: Sumy region struck by Russian projectiles 37 times over past day

    Date: 2023-01-18 08:09:39 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:20 - ID:9973678

    KIEV, Jan 18 (MENA) - Russian troops launched mortar strikes on three communities in the Sumy region with 37 explosions reported, Ukrinform said Wednesday quoting a statement by Sumy Regional Military Administration Head Dmytro Zhyvytskyi on ....

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