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  • 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 ....

  • UN condemns Russian missile attack in Dnipro as possible war crime

    Date: 2023-01-17 07:56:16 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:11 - ID:9971880

    NEW YORK, Jan 17 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, with at least 40 dead, as a possible war crime, his spokesperson said in a statement ....

  • Tanker explodes in Thailand, dock workers missing

    Date: 2023-01-17 07:56:01 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:10 - ID:9971821

    BANGKOK, Jan 17 (MENA) - Eight workers were missing and houses damaged after an empty oil tanker caught fire and exploded at a dockyard on the Mae Klong river in Muang district on Tuesday morning, the Bangkok Post reported. The tanker, which ....

  • Taiwan tracks 8 Chinese military aircraft, 3 naval ships around country

    Date: 2023-01-17 07:26:23 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:9 - ID:9971841

    TAIPEI, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked eight Chinese military aircraft and three naval vessels around Taiwan between (6 a.m.) on Monday and (6 a.m.) on Tuesday, Taiwan News reported. Of the eight People’s ....

  • Pentagon chief likely to visit S. Korea soon; related consultations under way

    Date: 2023-01-17 07:15:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:9971820

    SEOUL, Jan 17 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States are in consultations to arrange a visit to Seoul by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Seoul's defense ministry said Tuesday, as the allies seek to bolster deterrence against growing North ....

  • UK FM to face more restrictions for supporting Kiev: Russian diplomat

    Date: 2023-01-16 22:19:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:100 - ID:9971641

    MOSCOW, Jan 16 (MENA) - UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has been sanctioned by the Russian Federation for his anti-Russian policy, but he has yet to answer for his support of Kiev and neo-Nazism, Spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry ....

  • Ukraine to receive €3 bln from EU this week: Ukrainian PM

    Date: 2023-01-16 22:19:17 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:98 - ID:9971640

    KYIV, Jan 16 (MENA) - Ukraine is set to receive €3 billion (about $3.25 billion) from the European Union this week as a part of fresh financial aid, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Monday. Ukraine and the EU signed a memorandum of ....

  • Boris Johnson set to write memoir of his time in Downing Street

    Date: 2023-01-16 20:36:46 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:96 - ID:9971617

    LONDON, Jan 16 (MENA) - Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to write a memoir about his time in Downing Street, his publisher announced. Johnson, who was ousted from the role last summer, has sold the rights to his book to ....

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