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S. Korea, US kick off combined Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise
Date: 2022-08-22 07:12:00 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:9732286
SEOUL, Aug 22 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States began a regular combined military exercise Monday, reviving large-scale field training suspended four years ago as the allies push to bolster defense against evolving North Korean nuclear and ....
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India reports 9,531 Covid cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2022-08-22 07:11:48 GMT - India - World - SN:6 - ID:9732287
NEW DELHI, Aug 22 (MENA) - India on Monday logged 9,531 fresh coronavirus infections that pushed its tally to 44,348,960, while the number of active cases came down to 97,648, NDTV reported, quoting the Union Health Ministry data. The death count ....
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German chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives in Canada for 3-day visit
Date: 2022-08-22 05:19:58 GMT - Canada - World - SN:1 - ID:9732223
MONTEREAL, Aug 22 (MENA) - German chancellor Olaf Scholz has officially begun a three-day visit to Canada, Global News reported Monday. Scholz, who took over from Angela Merkel in December last year, touched down in Montreal this evening for a ....
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Droughts hurt world’s largest economies -- WSJ
Date: 2022-08-21 23:02:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:9732185
NEW YORK, Aug 21 (MENA) - Severe droughts across the Northern Hemisphere—stretching from the farms of California to waterways in Europe and China—are further snarling supply chains and driving up the prices of food and energy, adding pressure to a ....
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Japan reports 226,171 coronavirus cases in one day
Date: 2022-08-21 22:06:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:78 - ID:9732136
TOKYO, Aug 21 (MENA) - Japan reported 226,171 cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, taking the tally of infections to 17,205,939, public broadcaster NHK reported Sunday. Health authorities said 226 deaths have also been registered during the ....
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New York reports 1st known case of monkeypox in a child
Date: 2022-08-21 21:40:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:76 - ID:9732131
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) – The New York State Department of Health reported its first known case of monkeypox in a child in New York, ABC News reported. One child under the age of 18 has tested positive for monkeypox. The age of the child or the ....
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Jill Biden tests negative for COVID-19, leaves isolation
Date: 2022-08-21 21:08:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:9732132
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - US First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 and left isolation five days after first testing positive, her office was quoted by CBS News as saying on Sunday. "After isolating for five days and receiving ....
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Russia's air defense systems down 9 Ukrainian drones
Date: 2022-08-21 20:14:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:9731944
MOSCOW, Aug 21 (MENA) - Russian air defense systems have destroyed nine Ukrainian drones and intercepted one missile fired from the Olkha multiple rocket launcher overnight, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov told reporters ....
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Ukraine denies involvement in murder of Russian Darya Dugina
Date: 2022-08-21 15:21:02 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:45 - ID:9731583
KIEV, Aug 21 (MENA) - Kiev is not involved in the car blast of Russian journalist and political analyst Darya Dugina, advisor to the Ukrainian presidential office Mikhail Podolyak said. “Ukraine definitely has nothing to do with this, because we ....
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AP: Global economy in growing danger 6 months after Russia-Ukraine crisis
Date: 2022-08-21 13:58:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:9731395
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - Six months after Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, the consequences are posing a devastating threat to the global economy, AP said in a report published on Sunday. "High food prices and ....