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5.7-magnitude earthquake hits southern Sumatra in Indonesia: EMSC
Date: 2022-07-20 06:53:41 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:9 - ID:9678274
JAKARTA, July 20 (MENA) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck southern Sumatra in Indonesia, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Wednesday. The quake was at a depth of 60km, Channel News Asia quoted EMSC as ....
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New Zealand reports 10,716 new Covid cases
Date: 2022-07-20 06:49:13 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:8 - ID:9678266
WELLINGTON, July 20 (MENA) - New Zealand recorded 10,716 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1,530,186, according to TVNZ. The death tally reached 1,837 in the country, the ....
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1 dead, 12 injured in Tianjin gas explosion in north China
Date: 2022-07-20 06:40:11 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:9678251
BEIJING, July 20 (MENA) - One person has died in a gas explosion that injured 12 others at a six-story residential building in the Chinese port city of Tianjin. Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday a trapped person pulled out late Tuesday had weak ....
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Biden signs executive order on Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad
Date: 2022-07-19 21:34:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:9678101
WASHINGTON, July 19 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday that codifies a 2020 law dealing with Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad, ABC News reported. Drawing on the 2020 Robert Levinson Hostage ....
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UN meeting calls for scaling up climate resilience across food systems to counter rising hunger
Date: 2022-07-19 16:34:53 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:65 - ID:9677795
NEW YORK, July 19 (MENA) - Scaling up climate resilience across food systems is among the actions needed to counter rising hunger and malnutrition, UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid said at a special meeting to address the global food ....
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Russian forces fire up to 40 rockets at Nikopol
Date: 2022-07-19 08:55:12 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:21 - ID:9676644
KYIV, July 19 (MENA) - Russian forces fired up to 40 rockets at Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukrinform quoted Valentyn Reznichenko, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, as saying in a Telegram post. “Russian troops ....
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Japan renews focus on nuclear deterrence
Date: 2022-07-19 08:22:49 GMT - Japan - World - SN:17 - ID:9676534
TOKYO, July 19 (MENA) - Nuclear deterrence is taking center stage in Japan's security policy after Russia's threat to use nuclear weapons in its war against Ukraine, Kyodo reported Tuesday. Tokyo re-emphasized the centrality of the US nuclear ....
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Costs of Ukraine war pose tests for European leaders: The Guardian
Date: 2022-07-19 08:03:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:14 - ID:9676533
LONDON, July 19 (MENA) - Patrick Wintour, the diplomatic editor of The Guardian, said that the costs of Ukraine war pose tests for European leaders. It may be about to get worse – much worse, added Wintour in an editorial published by The ....
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More than 480,000 people advised to evacuate in Japan amid heavy rains
Date: 2022-07-19 07:51:24 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:9676500
TOKYO, July 19 (MENA) - Record torrential rain continued to fall in wide areas of southwestern Japan on Tuesday, prompting local authorities to issue evacuation orders for more than 480,000 people and partially disrupting public transportation, ....
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Sri Lanka names candidates running in presidential election
Date: 2022-07-19 07:45:31 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:11 - ID:9676486
COLOMBO, July 19 (MENA) - Sri Lanka's Parliament on Tuesday nominated three MPs to contest Presidential elections slated to be held on Wednesday, ABP reported. Three candidates vying to become Sri Lanka's next president are: Dullas Alahapperuma ....
