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Syrian president appoints new prime minister

Damascus, Sep 14 (UNI) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has appointed Mohammad Ghazi Jalali as the country's new prime minister, state media reported on Saturday.
Jalali, 55, a civil engineer and economist, has been tasked with forming a new cabinet, according to the presidential decree. He replaces Hussein Arnous, who had been prime minister since June 2020. Arnous's government had been functioning in a caretaker role since its term ended following the parliamentary elections in July.
Jalali, who previously served as communications minister from 2014 to 2016, holds a doctorate in engineering economics from Ain Shams University in Egypt and degrees in civil engineering from Damascus University.
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Putin invites CIS leaders to BRICS outreach summit in Kazan

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08 Oct 2024 | 10:44 PM

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Norway raises terror threat level to second highest

08 Oct 2024 | 10:12 PM

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iPhone 16 not yet allowed to enter Indonesian market

08 Oct 2024 | 8:02 PM

Jakarta, Oct 8 (UNI) Indonesian Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said Tuesday that the Southeast Asian country had yet to allow Apple's newly-released mobile phone product, iPhone 16, to enter the market as the U.S.-based company had not met the import requirement.

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Two scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics

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08 Oct 2024 | 6:00 PM

Stockholm, Oct 8 (UNI) The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics went to two scientists, John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton, for their foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday.

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