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Egypt Astronomy Institute plays down fear over crash of out-of-control Chinese rocket on inhabited area
Date: 2021-05-07 19:09:19 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:2 - ID:8946976
The National Research Institute Of Astronomy & Geophysics said on Friday the possibility that the Chinese rocket, that went out of control, lands at an inhabited area is very weak because water covers two thirds of total earth surface. The Long ....
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India records highest daily rate of coronavirus infections worldwide
Date: 2021-04-27 06:34:02 GMT - India - International - SN:2 - ID:8930462
In the past 24 hours, a total of 323,144 new infections came to light in India, pushing the case count to 17,636,307, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. With 2,771 new deaths, the death toll has climbed to 197,894, ....
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US Senate backs bill targeting hate crimes against Asian Americans
Date: 2021-04-23 18:00:32 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:6 - ID:8924993
The US Senate has voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill intended to improve federal, state and local law enforcement’s ability to respond to hate crimes, especially those targeting Asian Americans, The Financial Times reported. The Senate’s 94-1 ....
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Lithuania expels two Russian diplomats in move of solidarity with Czech Republic
Date: 2021-04-23 17:35:13 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:8924962
Lithuania expelled two Russian diplomats in a move of solidarity with the Czech Republic, the Russian news agency Tass reported on Friday, quoting Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis. "A Russian Embassy representative was summoned ....
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Ukraine expels senior Russian diplomat
Date: 2021-04-17 19:27:11 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:11 - ID:8914719
Ukraine decided on Saturday to expel a senior Russian diplomat in response to Russia's detention of an Ukrainian consul in St. Petersburg. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denounced the Russian move against its diplomat, describing it as illegal. ....
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Mi-2 helicopter crash-lands in southern Russia, killing pilot
Date: 2021-04-17 19:22:37 GMT - Russia - International - SN:10 - ID:8914711
A Mi-2 helicopter crash-landed in the Krasnodar Region in southern Russia, killing a pilot, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry reported on Saturday. "As a result of the helicopter’s crash-landing in the area of the 52nd kilometer of the ....
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US forces withdrawing from Afghanistan likely to return to stateside bases
Date: 2021-04-17 11:55:08 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:8913961
The Pentagon said that most if not all US forces who will be withdrawn from Afghanistan will likely be returning to stateside bases. "We have a robust capability in the Central Command area of operations as it is," Pentagon chief spokesman John ....
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Coronavirus: 72 new cases reported in Afghanistan in 24 hours
Date: 2021-04-17 11:52:48 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:4 - ID:8913956
The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 72 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,124 samples tested in the past 24 hours, Tolo News reported. The ministry also reported 10 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period. No ....
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Biden says 'premature' to know if Iran talks will succeed
Date: 2021-04-17 11:19:28 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:8913877
US President Joe Biden said it was too early to know whether indirect talks underway with Iran would succeed in reviving a nuclear accord, Al Arabiya News website reported. Biden said the United States does "not think that it's at all helpful" ....
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Japan PM to leave for Washington Thursday
Date: 2021-04-13 08:52:23 GMT - Japan - International - SN:7 - ID:8907238
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will leave for the US on Thursday on a four-day trip to meet President Joe Biden, Kyodo reported Tuesday. The Japanese and US leaders are scheduled to hold talks on Friday in Washington, in Biden's first ....
