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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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Dutch premier pledges to send Patriot defense system to Ukraine
Date: 2023-01-18 07:24:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9973600
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (MENA) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the Netherlands plans to send a Patriot system to Ukraine, joining the US and Germany in bolstering the Ukrainian military arsenal, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The Netherlands has ....
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US imposes visa restrictions against 25 people for ‘undermining democracy’ in Belarus
Date: 2023-01-18 06:51:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9973607
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (MENA) - US authorities impose visa restrictions against 25 people over their alleged involvement in "undermining democracy" in Belarus, TASS news agency quoted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as saying in a ....
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Ukrainian troops begin Patriot missile training: Pentagon
Date: 2023-01-18 06:50:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9973597
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (MENA) - Around 100 Ukrainians have arrived in the USA to train how to use a Patriot missile system, the Pentagon’s top spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. "Training has begun … that training will last for several months and ....
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US defense chief to visit South Korea, Philippines within weeks
Date: 2023-01-18 06:43:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9973596
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will visit South Korea and the Philippines within a few weeks to step up cooperation with the two countries, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday. Austin will meet with senior ....
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The world's oldest person, a French nun, dies at 118
Date: 2023-01-18 06:24:06 GMT - France - World - SN:6 - ID:9973569
PARIS, Jan 18 (MENA) - French nun Sister André, the world’s oldest known person, died on Tuesday at the age of 118 in the southern city of Toulon, CNN reported. The city’s mayor, Hubert Falco, announced the news of her death on Twitter, writing ....
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US climate envoy launches "Giving to Amplify Earth Action" initiative at DAVOS 2023
Date: 2023-01-17 21:54:13 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:94 - ID:9973405
DAVOS, Jan 17 (MENA) - US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry launched Tuesday a new global climate initiative dubbed "Giving to Amplify Earth Action" (GAEA) at the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos. The ....
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Europe looks to challenge US, China with green industrial revolution
Date: 2023-01-17 21:51:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:93 - ID:9973467
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) - The EU plans to fight for its place in the clean energy race, The Hill reported. Ursula von der Leyen, head of the European Commission, announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday that the ....
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Kerry: 2% of money committed by global philanthropies goes toward climate action
Date: 2023-01-17 21:08:41 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:92 - ID:9973243
DAVOS, Jan 17 (MENA) - US climate envoy John Kerry says that despite nearly a $1 trillion committed by global philanthropies for various causes over the last few years, only 2% of this amount goes toward climate action. He said Tuesday during a ....
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There is no end in sight for the global cost of living crisis : experts say at Davos 2023
Date: 2023-01-17 20:10:03 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:83 - ID:9973284
DAVOS, Jan 17 (MENA) - Inflation is likely to have reached its peak in 2022 but there is no end in sight for the cost of living crisis, experts said during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 here on Tuesday. "We do believe that, in ....
