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Meta annual study reveals behavioral insights on Egypt observers, shoppers during Ramadan
Date: 2023-02-01 13:57:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:9997637
CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) - Ramadan is a global moment observed by almost two billion people. Falling on the ninth month of the lunar Islamic calendar, it’s a time widely associated with fasting, prayer, and reflection - culminating with the celebratory ....
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Canada potentially downgrading ties with Moscow cannot be excluded, envoy says
Date: 2023-02-01 12:51:12 GMT - Canada - World - SN:56 - ID:9997247
OTTAWA, Feb 1 (MENA) - Russia does not rule out that Canada could decide to downgrade the level of diplomatic relations, but Moscow will not initiate a similar move, Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov told TASS news agency. "Nothing can ....
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Death toll from suicide attack on Pakistani mosque rises to 100
Date: 2023-02-01 11:35:15 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:51 - ID:9997160
ISLAMABAD, Feb 1 (MENA) - The death toll from the suicide attack on a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area a day earlier rose to 100 on Tuesday after more bodies were recovered from the attack site, Dawn Newspaper reported Wednesday. Lady ....
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Austrian president arrives in Kiev
Date: 2023-02-01 10:35:52 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:40 - ID:9997030
KIEV, Feb 1 (MENA) - Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen arrived in Kiev on a visit on Wednesday, according to Ukrinform News Agency. "Arrived in Kyiv. After almost one year of war, Ukraine is not forgotten. Together with President ....
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Spain planning to send four to six Leopard tanks to Ukraine
Date: 2023-02-01 10:35:13 GMT - Spain - World - SN:39 - ID:9996982
MADRID, Feb 1 (MENA) - Spain is planning to send between four and six Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine, according to government sources. The final figure will depend on the condition of the 53 tanks that have been stored for a decade at the Logistics ....
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S. Korea, US, Japan jointly urge N. Korea to abandon nuclear program at UN Conference
Date: 2023-02-01 10:24:55 GMT - south korea - World - SN:36 - ID:9996804
SEOUL, Feb 1 (MENA) - South Korea, the United States and Japan have jointly urged North Korea to abandon its nuclear program and stop its missile provocations at the UN Conference on Disarmament, KBS World reported. Ambassador Yoon Seong-mee, ....
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Alaska gold, copper mine blocked over environmental worries
Date: 2023-02-01 09:35:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:30 - ID:9996827
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (MENA) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an unusually strong step Tuesday and blocked a proposed mine heralded by backers as the most significant undeveloped copper and gold resource in the world because of concerns ....
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Japan, NATO vow to continue sanctions on Russia, ahead of G-7 summit
Date: 2023-02-01 09:33:18 GMT - Japan - World - SN:29 - ID:9996801
TOKYO, Feb 1 (MENA) - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg pledged Wednesday to continue imposing punitive sanctions on Russia over its war in Ukraine, around three months before Japan hosts the ....
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US defense secretary arrives in Philippines, seeks to speed up EDCA implementation
Date: 2023-02-01 09:15:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:26 - ID:9996788
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Manila on Tuesday night with Washington set on further bolstering its defense partnership with its treaty ally, the Philippines, according to media reports. Austin, who flew ....
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Poland receives 9.553 mln refugees from Ukraine so far
Date: 2023-02-01 08:15:23 GMT - Poland - World - SN:19 - ID:9996654
WARSAW, Feb 1 (MENA) - A total of 9.553 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said on Wednesday, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. Nearly ....