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  • Magnitude-5.8 quake strikes Maguindanao

    Date: 2022-08-13 08:41:52 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:14 - ID:9717538

    MANILA, Aug 13 (MENA) - State seismologists warned of aftershocks after a magnitude-5.8 earthquake struck Maguindanao on Saturday afternoon, Philstar newspaper reported. According to Phivolcs, the tectonic tremor hit 11 kilometers northwest of ....

  • Blinken says US concerned about charges against foreign mercenaries in DPR

    Date: 2022-08-13 08:25:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:9717468

    WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (MENA) – The United States authorities are concerned that the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) may bring charges against a Croatian citizen, three British nationals and a Swedish national who were members of ....

  • John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 589 mln

    Date: 2022-08-13 07:24:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9717433

    WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (MENA) - As many as 589,249,795 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported on Saturday. It added that about 6,433,434 have died from the virus ....

  • Typhoon Meari to make landfall on Japan's Pacific coast Aug. 13

    Date: 2022-08-13 07:18:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:9717425

    TOKYO, Aug 13 (MENA) - Typhoon Meari is expected to make landfall on Japan's Pacific coast close to Tokyo on Saturday, during the annual Bon summer holiday season, the weather agency said. The agency warned of disasters including potential ....

  • India reports 15,815 new Covid cases

    Date: 2022-08-13 06:52:35 GMT - India - World - SN:3 - ID:9717386

    NEW DELHI, Aug 13 (MENA) - India on Saturday reported 15,815 new Covid-19 cases and 68 deaths, NDTV reported. Total infections reached 44,239,372 in the country, the health ministry announced. With the new rise, the total death toll due to ....

  • Netherlands to help train Ukrainian military in Britain

    Date: 2022-08-12 18:15:53 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:65 - ID:9717128

    KYIV, Aug 12 (MENA) - The Netherlands will join the program to help train Ukrainian soldiers in the United Kingdom, announced Ukraine's Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov. "The Netherlands has joined the UK-led program of training service ....

  • Russian oil production falls less than 3% as sanctions have ‘limited’ effect - Paper

    Date: 2022-08-12 17:21:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:63 - ID:9717117

    LONDON, Aug 12 (MENA) - Russian oil production has fallen by less than 3% since the invasion of Ukraine, with a swathe of western energy sanctions having only a "limited" effect, the International Energy Agency has found, The Guardian reported on ....

  • S. Korean, US defense officials hold annual ICT cooperation meeting

    Date: 2022-08-12 15:45:41 GMT - south korea - World - SN:60 - ID:9717026

    SEOUL, Aug 12 (MENA) - Defense officials of South Korea and the United States on Friday discussed cooperation in the area of defense-related information and communication technologies (ICT) in Seoul, officials said. Park Nam-hee, director-general ....

  • UNHCR: One million people displaced by drought in Somalia

    Date: 2022-08-12 14:32:15 GMT - Somalia - World - SN:54 - ID:9716963

    MOGADISHU, Aug 12 (MENA) - A devastating drought in Somalia has reached unprecedented levels, with 1 million people now registered as displaced within the country. More than 755,000 people have been internally displaced in Somalia because of the ....

  • China sanctions Lithuanian official for visiting Taiwan

    Date: 2022-08-12 14:27:53 GMT - China - World - SN:53 - ID:9716958

    BEIJING, Aug 12 (MENA) - China's foreign ministry said on Friday it had imposed sanctions on Lithuanian Deputy Transport and Communications Minister Agne Vaiciukeviciute for visiting Taiwan, US News reported. The foreign ministry said Beijing ....

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