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Malaysia condemns Quran burning demo in Sweden
Date: 2023-01-23 08:45:25 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:16 - ID:9981431
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 (MENA) - Malaysia strongly condemns the burning of the Quran at a demonstration led by a Swedish far-right politician in Stockholm, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. He said immediate action must be taken against the ....
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PM warns Japan on brink of social dysfunction amid falling birthrate
Date: 2023-01-23 08:39:32 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:9981522
TOKYO, Jan 23 (MENA) - Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned Monday that Japan is "on the brink" of losing its social function due to its rapidly declining birthrate, pledging to focus on child-rearing policies as the most pressing agenda item this ....
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Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to 121,480
Date: 2023-01-23 08:13:01 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:13 - ID:9981492
KIEV, Jan 23 (MENA) - The Ukrainian defense forces eliminated about 121,480 Russian invaders from February 24, 2022, to January 23, 2023, including 720 soldiers over the past day, Ukrinform News Agency reported quoting a statement by the General ....
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Taiwan tracks 9 Chinese military aircraft, 4 naval ships around country
Date: 2023-01-23 07:19:27 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:10 - ID:9981448
TAIPEI, Jan 23 (MENA) - The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked nine Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Sunday (Jan. 22) and 6 a.m. on Monday (Jan 23), Taiwan News reported. In response, Taiwan ....
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President Biden orders flags to half-staff after Monterey Park shooting
Date: 2023-01-23 07:04:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9981426
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden issued a proclamation Sunday night ordering American flags on federal government property to be flown at half-staff, to honor the victims after a gunman allegedly shot 20 people, 10 fatally, at a ....
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Ukrainian forces repel Russian attacks on 11 regions – General Staff
Date: 2023-01-23 06:37:49 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:9981400
KIEV, Jan 23 (MENA) - The Ukrainian Armed Forces have repelled Russian attacks near 11 settlements in two regions and launched seven strikes on the positions of the Russian forces. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in its ....
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Russian FM arrives in South Africa on working visit
Date: 2023-01-23 06:31:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:5 - ID:9981391
MOSCOW, Jan 23 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday arrived in South Africa on a working visit, TASS news agency reported. The minister’s plane has landed at the South African Air Force Base Waterkloof. He is expected to meet ....
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Ukraine war lands Europe’s leaders in a battle of wills - Paper
Date: 2023-01-22 22:31:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:9981292
NEW YORK, Jan 22 (MENA) – Europe is winning its energy war with Russia. The region’s economy and politics are proving more stable than its leaders feared earlier in their confrontation with Moscow, the Wall Street Journal said in a commentary on ....
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Over 1,200 cultural infrastructure objects damaged in Ukraine during Russia's military operation
Date: 2023-01-22 22:29:05 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:72 - ID:9981281
KYIV, Jan 22 (MENA) - The Russian military operation in Ukraine has led to damaging over 1,200 objects of cultural infrastructure, including more than 500 cultural monuments, in Ukraine, Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine ....
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Swedish PM condemns Quran burning
Date: 2023-01-22 20:17:41 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:67 - ID:9981224
STOCKHOLM, Jan 22 (MENA) - Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristerssonhas condemned as "deeply disrespectful" the weekend burning of a Quran in front of Turkey’s embassy in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, The Local reported Sunday. "Freedom of ....