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  • North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea says

    Date: 2022-10-28 08:08:22 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:9845671

    SEOUL, Oct 28 (MENA) – North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missile into waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Friday, CNN quoted South Korean military officials as saying, adding to tensions in the region. The missiles were ....

  • Ukraine shoots down 79% of enemy drones: Military Official

    Date: 2022-10-27 22:15:19 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:75 - ID:9845523

    KYIV, Oct 27 (MENA) - Ukrainian air defense forces successfully down 79% of incoming strike drones, Ukrinform news agency reported. Brigadier General Oleksii Hromov, presented the fresh statistics at a Kyiv briefing on the security situation in ....

  • No special message to Zelensky sent by Putin via Guinea-Bissau president — Kremlin

    Date: 2022-10-27 22:14:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:74 - ID:9845524

    MOSCOW, Oct 27 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin did not convey any special message on possible dialogue between Moscow and Kiev to his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky via President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo, Tass News ....

  • US, Bangladesh labor working group convenes to further shared economic prosperity

    Date: 2022-10-27 22:14:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:9845525

    WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (MENA) - United States-Bangladesh Labor Working Group convened Thursday to further shared economic prosperity, according to a statement issued by the US Department of State. US Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and ....

  • Tuberculosis deaths increased during COVID-19 pandemic - WHO

    Date: 2022-10-27 16:38:57 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:58 - ID:9845179

    GENEVA, Oct 27 (MENA) - An estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2021, an increase of 4.5% from 2020, The World Health Organization (WHO) reported Thursday. Some 1.6 million people died from TB (including 187,000 among ....

  • Egypt's Consul in Chicago meets with Egyptian professors at University of Wisconsin

    Date: 2022-10-27 08:17:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:9843864

    WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (MENA) – Egypt's Consul General in Chicago and the Midwestern United States Ambassador Sameh Abul Enein paid a visit to University of Wisconsin, where he met with Egyptian professors and scientists working there. The consul ....

  • 76% of N Korea's missile tests since 1984 successful according to new data

    Date: 2022-10-27 08:09:29 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:9843967

    SEOUL, Oct 27 (MENA) - More than three quarters of North Korea's missile tests conducted since 1984 were deemed to be successful, new data revealed on Thursday. The US-based James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies produced the data on ....

  • UN chief says countries must prioritize climate or face catastrophe

    Date: 2022-10-26 23:58:22 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:93 - ID:9843735

    NEW YORK, Oct 26 (MENA) - Countries must re-prioritise climate change or the world faces catastrophe, the UN chief has told BBC News. Secretary General António Guterres was speaking in New York ahead of a major climate conference in ....

  • China rejects Japan so-called exclusive economic zone in waters east of Taiwan

    Date: 2022-10-26 16:45:28 GMT - China - World - SN:71 - ID:9843347

    BEIJING, Oct 26 (MENA) – China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday that China does not recognize Japan's so-called exclusive economic zone and its exercise of jurisdiction in waters east of China's Taiwan region, Xinhua ....

  • OIC signs MoU with Russian ministry of science, higher education

    Date: 2022-10-26 08:49:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:20 - ID:9841975

    RIYADH, Oct 26 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation co-signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote development and ....

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