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8 killed in flash floods in Kentucky
Date: 2022-07-29 06:34:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9694032
WASHINGTON, July 29 (MENA) - At least eight people died and others were rescued from rooftops on Thursday after heavy rains across southeastern Kentucky touched off what the governor said was "one of the worst, most devastating flooding events" in ....
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Biden’s call with Xi Jinping focuses on areas of US-China cooperation, not just tension
Date: 2022-07-28 20:01:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:85 - ID:9693799
WASHINGTON, July 28 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden’s call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping focused on areas of potential cooperation between the US and China, the White House said in a statement on Thursday. The call was a part of the Biden ....
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Tsunami could kill 149,000 in Hokkaido in worst-case quake scenario
Date: 2022-07-28 11:13:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:44 - ID:9692536
TOKYO, July 28 (MENA) - Damage estimates released Thursday by the Hokkaido government show tsunami could kill 149,000 people in the event a major earthquake hits off Japan's northernmost main island, surpassing a central government prediction by ....
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Pentagon allows wounded Ukrainian soldiers to be treated at U.S. military facility
Date: 2022-07-28 11:12:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:43 - ID:9692600
WASHINGTON, July 28 (MENA) - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has allowed wounded Ukrainian soldiers to be treated at a U.S. military facility in Germany, U.S. European Command (EUCOM) told The Hill newspaper. “Secretary Austin recently approved ....
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Japan reports 233,094 new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2022-07-28 11:11:47 GMT - Japan - World - SN:41 - ID:9692604
TOKYO, July 28 (MENA) - Japan reported 233,094 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, taking the total number of infections to 12,154,000 cases, NHK reported. The death tally reached 32,321 following the detection of 114 new fatalities in the country. ....
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S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 90,000
Date: 2022-07-28 08:16:59 GMT - south korea - World - SN:19 - ID:9692258
SEOUL, July 28 (MENA) - South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 90,000 on Thursday, cooling from the steep rise earlier in the week but continuing the worrisome uptrend weighing on efforts to restore normalcy, according to the Korean news agency ....
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New Zealand reports 7,939 new Covid cases
Date: 2022-07-28 07:07:23 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:12 - ID:9692150
WELLINGTON, July 28 (MENA) - New Zealand recorded 7,939 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1,597,516, according to TVNZ. The death tally reached 1,455 in the country, the ....
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2nd Japan case of monkeypox confirmed in Tokyo
Date: 2022-07-28 07:00:47 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9692135
TOKYO, July 28 (MENA) - Japan has confirmed its second case of monkeypox in a man in his 30s in Tokyo who had traveled to North and Central America, a Tokyo metropolitan government official said Thursday. The man tested positive on Wednesday and ....
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India continues upward trend with 20,557 new Covid cases; 44 deaths in 24 hours
Date: 2022-07-28 06:56:54 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:9692126
NEW DELHI, July 28 (MENA) - India on Thursday reported an upward trend in the daily Covid-19 cases with 20,557 fresh infections in the last 24 hours - taking the total tally to 43,959,321, The Hindustan Times reported. The active caseload in the ....
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US contributes dlrs 500 m to EBRD Ukraine response
Date: 2022-07-28 06:33:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:8 - ID:9692102
LONDON, July 28 (MENA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the US have joined forces to respond to the impact of the Russian military operation in Ukraine. With a contribution of dlrs 500 million to the EBRD Crisis ....