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EU’s external borders in 2022: Number of irregular border crossings highest since 2016
Date: 2023-01-13 12:34:10 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:42 - ID:9966457
BRUSSELS, Jan 13 (MENA) – In 2022, around 330,000 irregular border crossings were detected at EU’s external border; the highest number since 2016 and an increase of 64% from the previous year, according to preliminary calculations revealed by ....
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Diplomat says Moscow, Minsk continue to form Union State defense space daily
Date: 2023-01-13 12:07:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:9966462
MOSCOW, Jan 13 (MENA) - Russia and Belarus form the common defense space of the Union State every day, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Second CIS Department Alexey Polishchuk told TASS in an interview on Friday. When answering the ....
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France hopes to supply Ukraine with AMX-10 RC tanks by March
Date: 2023-01-13 10:57:59 GMT - France - World - SN:33 - ID:9966286
PARIS, Jan 13 (MENA) – French-made AMX-10 RC tanks are to be delivered to Ukraine within two months, Ukrinform quoted French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu as saying. "Issuing a statement following talks with his Ukrainian counterpart ....
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Russian forces shell Kherson region 49 times in past 24 hrs
Date: 2023-01-13 10:57:11 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:32 - ID:9966315
KIEV, Jan 13 (MENA) - Russian invaders shelled the Kherson region 49 times on Thursday, killing one person and injuring two others. According to Ukrinform, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Yaroslav Yanushevych, said this ....
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Russian forces shell Nikopol district with heavy artillery
Date: 2023-01-13 10:56:48 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:31 - ID:9966291
KIEV, Jan 13 (MENA) - Russian troops shelled Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region with heavy artillery on Thursday, Ukrinform reported on Friday. "At night, the Russians fired heavy artillery at the district. Marhanets community suffered. A ....
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US official visits Poland, Germany in Biden administration push to combat anti-Semitism
Date: 2023-01-13 10:07:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:9966221
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) – US Second gentleman Doug Emhoff is set to visit Krakow, Poland, and Berlin this month as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to combat antisemitism, The Hill reported. Emhoff will travel to Krakow on Jan. 26 and ....
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US lauds Sweden's support for Ukraine throughout Russia's war
Date: 2023-01-13 10:00:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:9966218
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke by phone with his Swedish counterpart, Minister for Defense Pål Jonson to thank him for Sweden's significant support for Ukraine throughout Russia's war. The two ....
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Ukrainian invasion of Belarus or Russia would trigger collective response, diplomat warns
Date: 2023-01-13 09:56:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:25 - ID:9966222
MOSCOW, Jan 13 (MENA) - The use of force by Kiev against Russia or Belarus or a Ukrainian invasion of either of the two Union countries would be enough to trigger a collective response, a senior Russian diplomat told TASS. Commenting on potential ....
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Japan to start releasing treated water from Fukushima this year
Date: 2023-01-13 09:22:02 GMT - Japan - World - SN:22 - ID:9966177
TOKYO, Jan 13 (MENA) – Japan plans to start releasing more than a million tonnes of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean this year, France24 quoted a top government spokesman as saying Friday. The plan has ....
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Russia agrees on Kazakhstan's supply of 300,000 tonnes of oil to Germany
Date: 2023-01-13 09:16:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:9966188
MOSCOW, Jan 13 (MENA) – KazTransOil will transit 300,000 tonnes of Kazakh oil to Germany in the first quarter of 2023, Interfax reported. "JSC KazTransOil has received confirmation from the Energy Ministry of the Russian Federation for the ....