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  • 10 killed, injured in New Year’s Eve shooting in Alabama

    Date: 2023-01-01 13:25:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:29 - ID:9948552

    WASHINGTON, Jan 1 (MENA) - One person was killed and nine others were injured in a shooting in Mobile, Alabama, Saturday night, just blocks from where people had gathered for the city’s New Year’s Eve celebration, according to CNN. Police got a ....

  • US confident of Ukraine victory in 2023 -- Ambassador

    Date: 2023-01-01 11:32:18 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:26 - ID:9948387

    KIEV, Jan 1 (MENA) - US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has said the United States is confident of Ukraine's victory in 2023, Ukrinform reported Sunday. Brink, in a tweet, stated that Russia attacked Ukraine in the early hours of the new ....

  • ‘Atmospheric river’ dumps heavy rain, snow across California

    Date: 2023-01-01 10:44:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:9948257

    WASHINGTON, Jan 1 (MENA) - A powerful storm brought drenching rain or heavy snowfall to much of California on Saturday, snarling traffic and closing highways as the state prepared to usher in a new year, according to the Associated Press. In the ....

  • Ukraine’s Armed Forces repel Russian attacks near nine settlements

    Date: 2023-01-01 07:40:13 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:9948002

    KIEV, Jan 1 (MENA) - The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled Russian attacks near nine settlements on December 31. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a morning update published on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. Over the ....

  • UN Secretary General mourns Pope Benedict XVI

    Date: 2023-01-01 07:39:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9948008

    NEW YORK, Jan 1 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed sadness at the death of Pope Benedict XVI. In a statement, Guterres said, “It is with great sadness that I have learned of the passing of His Holiness Pope Emeritus ....

  • N.Korea announces test-fire of super-large multiple rocket launchers held

    Date: 2023-01-01 06:50:12 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:6 - ID:9947958

    PYONYAND, Jan 1 (MENA) - The Second Economic Commission in the DPRK conducted on the morning of December 31, 2022, a test-fire of the super-large multiple rocket launchers being presented to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea to ....

  • Japan joins U.N. Security Council as new nonpermanent member

    Date: 2023-01-01 06:49:40 GMT - Japan - World - SN:5 - ID:9947965

    TOKYO, Jan 1 (MENA) - Japan joined the U.N. Security Council as a nonpermanent member Sunday, starting a two-year stint amid growing calls for the world body's reform following its failure to halt Russia's aggression in Ukraine. Tokyo takes a ....

  • Russia extends ban on rice exports till June 30, 2023

    Date: 2022-12-31 21:53:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:84 - ID:9947893

    MOSCOW, Dec 31 (MENA) - The Russian government has extended a ban on the export of rice and rice cereals from Russia until June 30, 2023. The decree signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was published on Saturday, according to ....

  • US will always promote human rights - Biden

    Date: 2022-12-31 17:55:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:9947731

    WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (MENA) - Washington will always promote human rights and the values enshrined in the UN Charter in the United States and around the world, US President Joe Biden said Saturday. "The future will be won by the countries that ....

  • Philippine president 1st head of state to visit China in 2023

    Date: 2022-12-31 17:42:48 GMT - China - World - SN:65 - ID:9947653

    BEIJING, Dec 31 (MENA) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. is set to be the first world leader to visit Beijing in 2023, ABS-CBN News quoted the Chinese Foreign Ministry as saying Saturday. During China's Foreign Ministry press conference, ....

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