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Sri Lankan gov't delegation's visit to Moscow postponed as unrest escalates
Date: 2022-07-09 17:58:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:9664240
MOSCOW, July 9 (MENA) - The Sri Lankan government delegation’s visit to Moscow, scheduled for July 10-16, has been put off due to the situation in that island country, a source at Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry told TASS on Saturday. "Taking into ....
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Sri Lanka's PM deplores attack on journalists covering ongoing protests
Date: 2022-07-09 17:58:10 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:48 - ID:9664239
COLOMBO, July 9 (MENA) - Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil'Wickremesinghe has expressed grave regret over assaulting journalists who were covering protests near his private residence. Freedom of media is paramount to democracy in Sri Lanka, the ....
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New Zealand registers first monkeypox case
Date: 2022-07-09 15:13:47 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:43 - ID:9664155
WELLINGTON, July 9 (MENA) - New Zealand has registered its first case of monkeypox tonight, NZ Herald reported. The person is in their 30s, lives in Auckland and has recently returned from overseas travel in a country with reported cases of ....
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Singapore reports 8,659 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2022-07-09 13:33:39 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:31 - ID:9664062
SINGAPORE, July 9 (MENA) - Singapore reported 8,659 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, Channel News Asia quoted the Singaporean Ministry of Health as saying. Only one fatality was recorded, taking the death toll from coronavirus to 1,428, the ....
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Pope 'deeply saddened' by 'senseless' assassination of Shinzo Abe
Date: 2022-07-09 13:24:40 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:30 - ID:9664076
VATICAN, July 9 (MENA) - Pope Francis has offered his "heartfelt condolences" to the loved ones of Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan, in the wake of his assassination on Friday, CNN reported. Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal ....
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Canadian PM greets Muslims on Eidul Adha
Date: 2022-07-09 13:08:57 GMT - Canada - World - SN:26 - ID:9663986
OTTAWA, July 9 (MENA) – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greeted the Muslims in Canada and worldwide on Eidul Adha. “Today, Muslims in Canada and around the world mark the end of the annual Hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca, one of the five ....
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Sri Lanka leader flees as protesters storm home
Date: 2022-07-09 12:47:37 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:25 - ID:9663924
COLOMBO, July 9 (MENA) - Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by an unprecedented economic crisis, stormed and overran the compound, France 24 reported. Huge crowds ....
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Sri Lanka prime minister summons emergency party leaders meeting after street unrest
Date: 2022-07-09 11:23:28 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:15 - ID:9663867
COLOMBO, July 9 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister on Saturday summoned an emergency meeting of political party leaders after protesters stormed the president's house in the commercial capital Colombo amid growing anger over the government's ....
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Body of assassinated former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe arrives back in Tokyo
Date: 2022-07-09 07:51:20 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:9663632
TOKYO, July 9 (MENA) – The body of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived back at his home in Tokyo on Saturday, a day after he was assassinated in a daylight shooting, sending a nation unaccustomed to gun violence into a state of shock ....
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US seeks to drag out conflict in Ukraine by supplying it with new weapons – Russian Embassy
Date: 2022-07-09 07:39:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:8 - ID:9663599
MOSCOW, July 9 (MENA) – The United States keeps supplying Ukraine with more weapons, including High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), because it wants to drag out the conflict at any cost, TASS reported. The Russian Embassy in the ....
