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  • 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, ....

  • UK PM Sunak ‘saddened’ by death of ‘great theologian’ Benedict

    Date: 2022-12-31 11:06:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:28 - ID:9946976

    LONDON, Dec 31 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Saturday that he was “saddened” by the death of former pope Benedict XVI at the age of 95, calling him a “great theologian,” according to Al Arabiya English news website. “I am saddened ....

  • Former Pope Benedict XVI, the first to resign in centuries, dies aged 95

    Date: 2022-12-31 09:57:00 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:23 - ID:9946875

    VATICAN CITY, Dec 31 (MENA) - Former pope Benedict XVI, who became the first pontiff to resign in some 600 years, has died aged 95, Sky News said. Pope Francis, who replaced him as head of the Catholic Church, had asked the faithful to pray for ....

  • UK, France and Spain rush in new Covid controls for arrivals from China 3 last London

    Date: 2022-12-31 09:28:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:9946837

    The unilateral responses revived memories of the chaotic days of March 2020, when the global spread of the virus became clear and national governments moved at drastically different speeds to impose border controls and national lockdowns. Italy, ....

  • UK, France and Spain rush in new Covid controls for arrivals from China 2 London

    Date: 2022-12-31 09:26:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:20 - ID:9946830

    And from January 8 the UK Health Security Agency will carry out Covid tests on a sample of passengers arriving in England from mainland China at their point of arrival. Health secretary Steve Barclay said it was right for the UK to take “a ....

  • UK, France, Spain rush in new Covid controls for arrivals from China

    Date: 2022-12-31 09:23:34 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:19 - ID:9946826

    LONDON, Dec 31 (MENA) - The UK, Spain, and France have joined other countries imposing new controls on travelers from China as Covid-19 cases surge after Beijing scrapped pandemic restrictions, Financial Times reported. Nations including the US, ....

  • Russian forces prepare air defense over Moscow

    Date: 2022-12-31 09:09:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:9946769

    MOSCOW, Dec 31 (MENA) – The Russian Defense Ministry has reported that on New Year's Eve, almost 2,000 servicemen will be on duty at combat posts that make up the missile defense system of Moscow, TASS news agency reported. About 20,000 ....

  • Poland receives 8.817 mn refugees from Ukraine

    Date: 2022-12-31 09:00:25 GMT - Poland - World - SN:16 - ID:9946797

    WARSAW, Dec 31 (MENA) - Some 8.817 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency Saturday. Poland received ....

  • Ukraine Army eliminates about 105,960 Russian troops

    Date: 2022-12-31 08:44:42 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:15 - ID:9946776

    KIEV, Dec 31 (MENA) - Russia has already lost about 105,960 troops in Ukraine (+710 over the past day). The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent ....

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