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  • Guterres to visit Ukraine, Turkey Thursday

    Date: 2022-08-17 11:49:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:34 - ID:9724994

    NEW YORK, Aug 17 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will meet with the leaders of Ukraine and Turkey this week, officials announced Wednesday. A deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey last month has allowed a tentative restart ....

  • No. of suicides in Japan increased 8,000 due to pandemic: study

    Date: 2022-08-17 08:13:53 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:9724620

    TOKYO, Aug 17 (MENA) - The coronavirus pandemic led to 8,000 more suicides in Japan between March 2020 and June 2022 than would have been expected without it, Kyodo reported Wednesday quoting a recent study. Women in their 20s saw the largest ....

  • Russia: Work resumed in Kursk Nuclear Power Plant at full capacity

    Date: 2022-08-17 07:58:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:9724529

    MOSCOW, Aug 17 (MENA) - Rosatom State Atomiс Energy Corporation ROSATOM announced on Wednesday that work was resumed in the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant at full capacity, RT reported. The Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB) said on Tuesday that ....

  • India reports 9,062 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2022-08-17 07:30:23 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:9724532

    NEW DELHI, Aug 17 (MENA) - India reported 9,062 new Covid-19 cases and 36 coronavirus related-deaths in the past 24 hours, NDTV reported Wednesday. Total infections reached 44,286,256 in the country, the Health Ministry announced. With the new ....

  • Trump thanks FBI, DOJ after passports they 'Stole' are returned

    Date: 2022-08-17 06:54:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9724482

    WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (MENA) - Former US President Donald Trump has thanked the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for returning passports that he said they "stole" during last week's raid of his home. In a Truth Social post, the former ....

  • North Korea fires two cruise missiles toward Yellow Sea

    Date: 2022-08-17 06:24:36 GMT - south korea - World - SN:4 - ID:9724445

    SEOUL, Aug 17 (MENA) - North Korea fired two cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Wednesday, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing a South Korean military official. "(The military) has detected two cruise missiles launched by North Korea from ....

  • Independent journalist found slain in northern Mexico

    Date: 2022-08-17 06:02:26 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:2 - ID:9724416

    MEXICO CITY, Aug 17 (MENA) - An independent journalist found dead in northern Mexico was killed by a blow to the head, authorities said Wednesday. Prosecutors in the border state of Sonora announced earlier that the body of Juan Arjón López had ....

  • Biden says "Inflation Reduction Act one of the most significant laws in US history"

    Date: 2022-08-16 22:57:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:89 - ID:9724328

    WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden signed a sweeping $750 billion health care, tax and climate bill into law at the White House on Tuesday, CNN reported. During a signing ceremony in the State Dining Room, Biden called the ....

  • US disease control agency adds Russia to Covid-19 travel warning list

    Date: 2022-08-16 22:31:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:9724336

    WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added Russia to its coronavirus travel warning list, classifying the country as level 3 of 4 in pandemic severity, the CDC said on its website Tuesday. “Make sure ....

  • Putin lashes out at West’s 'vanishing' hegemony, outlines Russia’s goals

    Date: 2022-08-16 20:53:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:80 - ID:9724297

    MOSCOW, Aug 16 (MENA) - Western countries are desperately clinging to their "vanishing hegemony" but the unipolar world order is becoming a thing of the past, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his address to the audience of the 10th Moscow ....

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