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Serbs put up new roadblocks as tensions soar in Kosovo
Date: 2022-12-27 14:15:25 GMT - Serbia - World - SN:42 - ID:9941863
BELGRADE, Dec 27 (MENA) - Serbs on Tuesday erected more roadblocks in northern Kosovo and defied international demands to remove those placed earlier, a day after Serbia put its troops near the border on a high level of combat readiness. The new ....
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China expresses concern over Japan’s defense budget
Date: 2022-12-27 13:54:59 GMT - China - World - SN:39 - ID:9941862
BEIJING, Dec 27 (MENA) - Japan’s defense budget is cause for concern, while Tokyo’s commitment to a defensive strategy and peaceful development is questionable, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a briefing on Tuesday, ....
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Putin, Armenian PM discuss settlement of situation in South Caucasus
Date: 2022-12-27 13:54:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:38 - ID:9941764
MOSCOW, Dec 27 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday at a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that they would discuss the settlement of the situation in the South Caucasus, as well as Armenia-Azerbaijan ....
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Putin says he and Lukashenko have occasions to contact each other ‘every day’
Date: 2022-12-27 13:53:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:9941762
MOSCOW, Dec 27 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko held a bilateral meeting at the Russian Museum on Tuesday on the sidelines of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in St. ....
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Nine ships leave Odesa region’s ports with agricultural products for Africa, Asia, Europe
Date: 2022-12-27 09:49:39 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:22 - ID:9941313
KIEV, Dec 27 (MENA) - Nine more vessels loaded with 390,000 tons of agricultural products for African, Asian and European countries have left the Odesa region’s ports as part of the 'grain initiative', Ukrinform reported. The relevant statement ....
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Russia unable to maintain normal ties with US under Biden’s administration — Lavrov
Date: 2022-12-27 09:45:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:9941202
MOSCOW, Dec 27 (MENA) - Russia and the United States are unable maintaining a normal path of a conversation due to the confrontational course assumed by US President Joe Biden, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with ....
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China lifts COVID restrictions to int'l arrivals
Date: 2022-12-27 08:17:06 GMT - China - World - SN:12 - ID:9941156
BEIJING, Dec 27 (MENA) - China will cancel nucleic acid tests for international arrivals starting from Jan. 8, a statement on the Chinese Foreign Ministry website said on Tuesday. Inbound travelers to China are advised to take a PCR test within ....
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8.8 million Ukrainian refugees cross into Poland since Feb.
Date: 2022-12-27 08:05:22 GMT - Poland - World - SN:11 - ID:9941141
WARSAW, Dec 27 (MENA) - Some 8.8 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation in February, announced Poland's Border Guard on Tuesday. As many as 18,700 refugees crossed the ....
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Biden issues emergency declaration in western New York due to winter storm
Date: 2022-12-27 07:22:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9941037
WASHINGTON, Dec 27 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has approved an emergency declaration for western New York as the state deals with a massive winter storm that has claimed more than two dozen lives, The Hill reported. Biden issued an emergency ....
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South Korea pardons jailed ex-president Lee
Date: 2022-12-27 07:00:07 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:9941019
SEOUL, Dec 27 (MENA) - Jailed former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak received a presidential pardon on Tuesday, cutting short his 17-year sentence on corruption charges, Channel News Asia (CNA) quoted the justice minister as saying. Lee was ....
