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  • Ukraine first lady headlines first big day at Davos meeting: AP

    Date: 2023-01-17 11:54:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:9972252

    DAVOS, Jan 17 (MENA) - Ukraine’s first lady will give a rare international address as the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in the snowy Swiss town of Davos gets into full swing on Tuesday, part of a push by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and ....

  • Washington Post: Worry overshadows Davos Forum amid global financial crisis

    Date: 2023-01-17 11:34:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:9972258

    DAVOS/WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) - A decade ago, political power brokers and corporate bigwigs gathered here in the Swiss Alps under an upbeat theme. It was a time for “resilient dynamism,” declared the organizers of the 2013 meeting of the World ....

  • John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide surpass 667 mln

    Date: 2023-01-17 11:17:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:33 - ID:9972253

    WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) – As many as 667,358,939,098 people have been reported to be infected with coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Tuesday. It added that about 6,725,202 have died from the virus worldwide. The US ....

  • California rainstorm leaves 20 persons dead

    Date: 2023-01-17 09:50:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:9972155

    CALIFORNIA, Jan 17 (MENA) - At least 20 people have died as a result of the rainstorms in California, Governor Gavin Newsom’s office said. It has been a "very difficult time in the state of California," Lt. Gov Eleni Kounalakis told CNN. "To ....

  • Russia carries out two mass rocket strikes on Ukraine killing at least 30 people: The Guardian

    Date: 2023-01-17 09:09:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:22 - ID:9972018

    LONDON, Jan 14 (MENA) - Russia has carried out two mass rocket strikes on Ukraine on Saturday, devastating an apartment block in the south-central city of Dnipro, where at least 30 people have died and scores were injured, according to The Guardian ....

  • PH daily average of new Covid cases down by 6%

    Date: 2023-01-17 08:41:10 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:19 - ID:9972003

    MANILA, Jan 17 (MENA) - The country’s daily average of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases went down by 6 percent from January 9 to 15, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. In its latest case bulletin, the DOH noted the daily ....

  • 'Politicization of sports': Envoy castigates Russian flag ban at Australian Open

    Date: 2023-01-17 08:27:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:9971981

    MELBOUNE, Jan 17 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador to Australia Alexey Pavlovsky lashed out at the Australian Open’s ban on Russian and Belarusian flags, blasting the move as just another example of the unacceptable politicization of sports, TASS news ....

  • Poland receives 9.230 refugees from Ukraine

    Date: 2023-01-17 08:10:45 GMT - Poland - World - SN:15 - ID:9971942

    WARSAW, Jan 17 (MENA) – Some 9.230 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said, citing figures from Polish Border Guard. Poland received on Monday about ....

  • Russian, Iranian foreign ministers mutually agree to postpone talks

    Date: 2023-01-17 07:57:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:9971882

    MOSCOW, Jan 17 (MENA) - Talks between Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian, scheduled for Tuesday in Moscow, have been postponed by mutual consent, TASS news agency quoted the Russian Foreign ....

  • China population: 2022 marks first decline in 60 years

    Date: 2023-01-17 07:57:01 GMT - China - World - SN:13 - ID:9971855

    BEIJING, Jan 17 (MENA) - China's population has declined for the first time in six decades, with the national birth rate for 2022 falling to a record low and the nation’s deepening demographic crisis threatening far-reaching implications for ....

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