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Japanese PM Kishida reshuffles Cabinet
Date: 2022-08-10 07:20:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:9712919
TOKYO, Aug 10 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has officially announced the lineup of his new Cabinet. He hopes the shakeup will help him address challenges at home, including COVID-19 and soaring prices as well as tensions in ....
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Russian shelling kills 21 in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region
Date: 2022-08-10 06:53:07 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:6 - ID:9712931
KIEV, Aug 10 (MENA) - Russian shelling has killed 21 people in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region overnight, governor Valentyn Reznychenko said on Wednesday. Eleven people were killed in the district of Nikopol and 10 in the town of ....
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Any attempts to isolate Russians have no prospects, Kremlin warns
Date: 2022-08-09 20:07:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:68 - ID:9712686
MOSCOW, Aug 9 (MENA) - Attempts to isolate Russians or Russia are a futile process, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday, commenting on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's interview with the Washington Post, in which he ....
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Biden signs documents welcoming Finland, Sweden into NATO alliance
Date: 2022-08-09 19:25:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:9712757
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden signed ratification documents on Tuesday bringing Finland and Sweden one step closer to joining the NATO alliance. ″[Russian President Vladimir] Putin thought he could break us apart,” Biden said ....
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One year after Afghan war, Biden struggles to find footing
Date: 2022-08-09 13:44:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:9711964
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (MENA) - The 12 months since the chaotic end to the U.S. war in Afghanistan haven’t been easy for Joe Biden, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. The new president was flying high early in the summer of 2021, the American ....
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S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases rise to nearly 4-month high
Date: 2022-08-09 10:45:49 GMT - south korea - World - SN:28 - ID:9711465
SEOUL, Aug 9 (MENA) - South Korea's new COVID-19 cases jumped to a nearly four-month high Tuesday amid a resurgence of infections driven by a highly infectious omicron variant, Yonhap news agency reported. The country added 149,897 new COVID-19 ....
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US treats its visa obligations at UN seriously — mission on Lavrov’s visit
Date: 2022-08-09 10:44:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:26 - ID:9711542
NEW YORK, Aug 9 (MENA) - The US is serious about its obligations on issuing visas within the framework of its agreement with the UN, a representative of the US Mission to the United Nations told TASS on Monday replying to a question as to whether ....
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US condemns Daesh attacks on Shia community in Kabul
Date: 2022-08-09 10:42:06 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:25 - ID:9711447
KABUL, Aug 9 (MENA) - Amid increased fighting in Afghanistan during the final days of Muharram, the United States has “strongly condemned” the attacks claimed by Daesh during Ashura which targeted Hazara and Shia-majority areas in Kabul, Republic ....
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UN urges more funds toward crisis in Ukraine
Date: 2022-08-09 09:15:41 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:18 - ID:9711309
NEW YORK, Aug 9 (MENA) - The United Nations released a revised humanitarian appeal for more funds toward the crisis in Ukraine, the VOA reported. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said in New York that ....
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Russia launches Iranian satellite amid Ukraine war concerns
Date: 2022-08-09 08:09:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:9711154
MOSCOW, Aug 9 (MENA) - An Iranian satellite launched by Russia blasted off from Kazakhstan early Tuesday and went into orbit amid controversy that Moscow might use it to improve its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine, France 24 reported. ....
