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Magnitude 5.3 earthquake rocks parts of Luzon, Visayas in Philippine
Date: 2022-12-07 07:07:42 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:9 - ID:9910202
MANILA, Dec 7 (MENA) - A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook parts of Luzon and Visayas, including Metro Manila, on Wednesday afternoon, according to ABS-CBN News. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the quake ....
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Explosion at Indonesia police station wounds 3 officers
Date: 2022-12-07 06:13:55 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:5 - ID:9910134
JAKARTA, Dec 7 (MENA) - At least three police officers were wounded in an explosion at a police station Wednesday in West Java province, and authorities are investigating the source of the blast, The Jakarta Post reported. Metro TV cited ....
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UN chief sounds alarm at key UN biodiversity event in Montreal
Date: 2022-12-06 23:10:04 GMT - Canada - World - SN:94 - ID:9910075
MONTREAL, Dec 6 (MENA) - The UN’s key biodiversity conference, COP15, began on Tuesday in Montreal, Canada, where negotiators will set new targets and goals aimed at arresting the alarming destruction of nature, due by human activity. The ....
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WB report says debt-service payments killing poor countries
Date: 2022-12-06 21:46:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:9909739
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (MENA) - The World Bank has disclosed that the external debt of developing countries – low as well as middle-income economies – has accumulated to dlrs 9 trillion at the end of 2021 with about 60% of the poorest countries already ....
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OIC condemns Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif bus blast
Date: 2022-12-06 19:41:14 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:76 - ID:9909920
RIYADH, Dec 6 (MENA) - The Secretariat General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned in the strongest terms the deplorable Tuesday's bombing of a government bus carrying employees of a petroleum company in Mazar-i-Sharif, the ....
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Japan should hold talks with North Korea to ease tensions, expert says
Date: 2022-12-06 17:18:20 GMT - Japan - World - SN:68 - ID:9909675
TOKYO, Dec 6 (MENA) - Japan should hold negotiations with North Korea as part of its efforts to ease tensions in the region, an expert, quoted by Japan Times, has said. “It’s important to provide North Korea, by continuing negotiations, with ‘a ....
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Taiwan weapons developer among world's top 100 arms producers in 2021 - Survey
Date: 2022-12-06 15:52:04 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:63 - ID:9909606
TAIPEI, Dec 6 (MENA) - The National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) was named for the first time as one of the world's top 100 arms producers in a survey published Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research ....
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TSMC to unveil plans for 2nd Arizona fab - US official
Date: 2022-12-06 15:50:27 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:61 - ID:9909605
ARIZONA, US, Dec 6 (MENA) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is set to unveil plans for a second fab in Arizona on Tuesday, part of an expanded US$40 billion investment in the US state, according to a White House official. Brian ....
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Visiting Polish lawmaker eyes Taiwan investment, direct flights
Date: 2022-12-06 15:18:50 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:58 - ID:9909609
TAIPEI, Dec 6 (MENA) - Visiting Polish parliamentarian Waldemar Andzel on Tuesday expressed the hope that Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturers will consider investing in the Central European nation during a meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen in ....
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Japanese fighter jets land in Philippines for 1st time since WWII
Date: 2022-12-06 13:52:59 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:53 - ID:9909344
MANILA, Dec 6 (MENA) - Two Japanese fighter jets landed in the Philippines on Tuesday for the first time since World War II, as part of cooperation between Japan's Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) and the Philippine Air Force, Kyodo news agency ....
