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German Union calls on security workers at most major German airports to strike on Thursday
Date: 2024-02-01 09:12:00 GMT - Germany - World - SN:17 - ID:10560333
BERLIN, Feb 1 (MENA) - A union has called on security staff at most of Germany's major airports to stage a one-day strike on Thursday as it steps up pressure on employers in a pay dispute, according to abc news. The ver.di union announced the ....
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Russia's military death toll in Ukraine rises to about 386,230
Date: 2024-02-01 07:50:50 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:11 - ID:10560203
KIEV, Feb 1 (MENA) - The Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 386,230 Russian personnel in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to February 1, 2024, including 1,000 occupiers in the past day alone. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ....
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ANA planes collide at Osaka airport, no one hurt
Date: 2024-02-01 07:48:51 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:10560199
TOKYO, Feb 1 (MENA) - Two All Nippon Airways airplanes experienced a minor collision on Thursday at an airport straddling Osaka and Hyogo prefectures in western Japan, but none of the passengers or crew was injured, the airport operator said. The ....
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US: We continue to supply Ukraine with new weapons
Date: 2024-01-31 20:27:42 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:75 - ID:10559968
KIEV, Jan 31 (MENA) - US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said Wednesday her country continues to supply Ukraine with new weapons systems. Nuland added, in statements aired by Ukrinform news agency in a conference in ....
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Fed leaves interest rates unchanged, delaying anticipated rate cuts
Date: 2024-01-31 20:14:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:10559965
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (MENA) - The US Federal Reserve left rates unchanged on Wednesday, delaying highly anticipated rate cuts that the central bank expects to make sometime this year, ABC News reported. The fed funds rate remains between 5.25% and ....
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CIA director: Cutting aid to Ukraine would be mistake of ‘historic proportions’
Date: 2024-01-31 19:23:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:10559908
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (MENA) - CIA Director William Burns warned of a dire outcome if the U.S. halted military aid to Ukraine, saying it would be a mistake of “historic proportions” in a Foreign Affairs magazine op-ed Wednesday. “I have spent much ....
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US imposes sanctions targeting Myanmar's military regime
Date: 2024-01-31 18:24:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:67 - ID:10559799
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (MENA) - The United States announced fresh sanctions Wednesday taking aim at entities and individuals with links to Myanmar's military regime, shortly after the junta extended a state of emergency and further delayed ....
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US Patriot missile system shot down Russian military plane – Putin
Date: 2024-01-31 16:51:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:10559691
MOSCOW, Jan 31 (MENA) – Russian investigators have concluded that a US Patriot air defense system was used to shoot down an Il-76 military transport plane that crashed near the border with Ukraine last week, the Moscow Tiems quoted Russian President ....
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Washington Post: Behind Biden’s Middle East crises is the long tail of Trump’s legacy
Date: 2024-01-31 10:55:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:10558908
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (MENA) - As the Joe Biden administration grapples with a spiraling set of crises in the Middle East, the Republican presidential front-runner, Donald Trump, has seized on the moment to score political points, according to an ....
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Myanmar demands greater focus urges UN rights chief, three years after coup
Date: 2024-01-31 09:35:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:10558819
NEW YORK, Jan 31 (MENA) - Three years after the military deposed the elected Government in Myanmar, the ever-deteriorating human rights crisis in the country is now in freefall, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights was quoted by UN News as ....