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South Korean gov't designated June 3 as date of next presidential election
Date: 2025-04-08 06:36:37 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:11129545
SEOUL, April 8 (MENA) - The South Korean government has formally designated June 3 as the date of the next presidential election, KBS World Radio reported. The date was set at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, four days after the Constitutional Court ....
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US forces to deploy large reconnaissance drones in southern Japan
Date: 2025-04-08 06:33:42 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:11129540
TOKYO, April 8 (MENA) - US forces will deploy large reconnaissance drones in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, Kyodo news agency quoted Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani as saying Tuesday. MQ-4C Triton aircraft are expected to ....
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Japan economy chief Akazawa to take charge of tariff talks with US
Date: 2025-04-08 06:33:31 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:11129535
TOKYO, April 8 (MENA) - Japan's economy minister Ryosei Akazawa will take charge of tariff talks with the United States, Kyodo news agency quoted the government as saying on Tuesday. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and US President Donald Trump ....
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OPEN// Bulgarian chamber of commerce head takes part in WTCA's Global Economic Forum in Marseille
Date: 2025-04-07 23:15:20 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:91 - ID:11129478
SOFIA, April 7 (MENA) - President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Tsvetan Simeonov is representing Interpred World Trade Center Sofia at the Global Business Forum of the World Trade Centers Association (WTCA), which takes ....
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2025 IsDB Annual Meetings to be held in Algiers in May
Date: 2025-04-07 18:04:14 GMT - Algeria - World - SN:68 - ID:11128951
ALGIERS, April 7 (MENA) - The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group announced that its 2025 Annual Meetings will be held in Algiers from 19 to 22 May 2025, at the Abdelatif Rahal International Conference Center. The event will take place under ....
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Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN agencies warn
Date: 2025-04-07 16:01:52 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:42 - ID:11129007
GENEVA/ NEW YORK, April 7 (MENA) - Women today are more likely than ever to survive pregnancy and childbirth according to a major new report released on Monday, but United Nations (UN) agencies highlight the threat of major backsliding as ....
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Trump's top economic adviser says 50 countries have reached out to negotiate tariffs
Date: 2025-04-07 15:50:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:11128950
WASHINTON, April 7 (MENA) - White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett defended US President Donald Trump's tariffs, refuting the idea they will cost American consumers more, ABC News said on Monday. “So, the fact is, the ....
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WHO: 500,000 babies die every year in Eastern Mediterranean region
Date: 2025-04-07 10:22:28 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:14 - ID:11128164
CAIRO, April 7 (MENA) - Dr Asmus Hammerich, Director for non-communicable diseases and mental health (NMH) at the World Health Organization's Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office said that 500,000 babies die in the Eastern Mediterranean region ....
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OPEN// Bulgarian citizens in US advised to postpone travel around Kentucky due to floods
Date: 2025-04-06 21:10:30 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:55 - ID:11127829
SOFIA, April 6 (MENA) - A state of emergency has been declared in the US state of Kentucky due to heavy rainfall that has caused flooding in the western part of the state, the Crisis Center of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on its ....
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The Guardian sheds light on anti-Trump demonstrations in US cities
Date: 2025-04-06 10:30:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:17 - ID:11126895
LONDON, April 6 (MENA) - Crowds of people angry about the way Donald Trump is running the country marched and rallied in scores of American cities on Saturday in the biggest day of demonstrations yet by an opposition movement trying to regain its ....