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Russia: US seeks to drag out conflict in Ukraine by supplying it with new weapons
Date: 2022-07-09 22:10:00 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:9664382
MOSCOW, July 9 (MENA) - The United States keeps supplying Ukraine with more weapons, including High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), because it wants to drag out the conflict at any cost, the Russian Embassy in the United States was ....
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8 DPR soldiers killed, injured in 24 hours
Date: 2022-07-09 22:09:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:59 - ID:9664381
MOSCOW, July 9 (MENA) - Three service members of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) have been killed and five more wounded in the past 24 hours, fighting the Ukrainian forces, Eduard Basurin, deputy chief of the DPR People’s Militia, was quoted by ....
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Sri Lankan PM house set on fire by protestors
Date: 2022-07-09 21:15:31 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:58 - ID:9664358
COLOMBO, July 9 (MENA) - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's private residence in Colombo has been set on fire by the protestors, the Daily Mirror Newspaper reported on Saturday. A group of protestors entered his house a short while ....
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Sri Lankan speaker: President to resign on Wednesday
Date: 2022-07-09 18:20:05 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:51 - ID:9664291
COLOMBO, July 9 (MENA) - Sri Lankan Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed him that he will resign from the presidency on Wednesday, the Daily Mirror Newspaper of Sri Lanka reported on Saturday. According ....
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Sri Lankan gov't delegation's visit to Moscow postponed as unrest escalates
Date: 2022-07-09 17:58:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:9664240
MOSCOW, July 9 (MENA) - The Sri Lankan government delegation’s visit to Moscow, scheduled for July 10-16, has been put off due to the situation in that island country, a source at Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry told TASS on Saturday. "Taking into ....
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Sri Lanka's PM deplores attack on journalists covering ongoing protests
Date: 2022-07-09 17:58:10 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:48 - ID:9664239
COLOMBO, July 9 (MENA) - Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil'Wickremesinghe has expressed grave regret over assaulting journalists who were covering protests near his private residence. Freedom of media is paramount to democracy in Sri Lanka, the ....
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New Zealand registers first monkeypox case
Date: 2022-07-09 15:13:47 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:43 - ID:9664155
WELLINGTON, July 9 (MENA) - New Zealand has registered its first case of monkeypox tonight, NZ Herald reported. The person is in their 30s, lives in Auckland and has recently returned from overseas travel in a country with reported cases of ....
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Singapore reports 8,659 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2022-07-09 13:33:39 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:31 - ID:9664062
SINGAPORE, July 9 (MENA) - Singapore reported 8,659 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, Channel News Asia quoted the Singaporean Ministry of Health as saying. Only one fatality was recorded, taking the death toll from coronavirus to 1,428, the ....
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Pope 'deeply saddened' by 'senseless' assassination of Shinzo Abe
Date: 2022-07-09 13:24:40 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:30 - ID:9664076
VATICAN, July 9 (MENA) - Pope Francis has offered his "heartfelt condolences" to the loved ones of Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan, in the wake of his assassination on Friday, CNN reported. Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal ....
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Canadian PM greets Muslims on Eidul Adha
Date: 2022-07-09 13:08:57 GMT - Canada - World - SN:26 - ID:9663986
OTTAWA, July 9 (MENA) – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greeted the Muslims in Canada and worldwide on Eidul Adha. “Today, Muslims in Canada and around the world mark the end of the annual Hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca, one of the five ....