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  • 131 dead as search continues for China earthquake survivors

    Date: 2023-12-20 07:20:49 GMT - China - World - SN:5 - ID:10498896

    BEIJING, Dec 20 (MENA) - Chinese state-run media say 131 people died in the massive earthquake that struck the country's inland province of Gansu on Monday. The victims include those killed in neighboring Qinghai Province. Search operations ....

  • China, Russia, Iran and Cuba all tried to meddle in 2022 US congressional elections : report

    Date: 2023-12-19 21:56:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:85 - ID:10498703

    WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (MENA) - Foreign government efforts to target the 2022 US midterm elections appeared to grow compared with the 2018 elections, according to a declassified intelligence assessment, with a “diverse and growing group of foreign ....

  • UN: JCPOA represents the best option to ensure its peacefulness

    Date: 2023-12-19 11:18:31 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:27 - ID:10497524

    NEWYORK, Dec 19 (MENA) - UN Political Affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo said the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) represents the best available option to ensure that the Iranian nuclear program remains exclusively peaceful. She said it ....

  • 21,500 Ukrainians cross border into Poland over past 24 hrs

    Date: 2023-12-19 09:09:04 GMT - Poland - World - SN:20 - ID:10497430

    WARSAW, Dec 19 (MENA) - About 21,500 Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Poland over the past 24 hours, the Polish Border Guards revealed Tuesday. Meanwhile, nearly 27,900 people crossed from Poland into Ukraine on Monday. More than 17.8 ....

  • Chinese president urges all-out search efforts after 6.2-magnitude earthquake

    Date: 2023-12-19 09:04:30 GMT - China - World - SN:19 - ID:10497404

    BEIJING, Dec 19 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged all-out search and rescue efforts and proper arrangements for affected people to ensure the safety of people's lives and property after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Jishishan ....

  • At least 116 dead in northwest China earthquake

    Date: 2023-12-19 08:22:34 GMT - China - World - SN:15 - ID:10497335

    BEIJING, Dec 19 (MENA) - At least 116 people were killed when an earthquake collapsed buildings in northwest China, state media reported Tuesday, as rescue workers raced to start digging through rubble in freezing conditions. At least 105 were ....

  • UN delays vote calling for Gaza ceasefire as US objects to resolution wording

    Date: 2023-12-19 07:50:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:12 - ID:10497210

    LONDON, Dec 19 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council has postponed a vote calling for a sustainable cessation of hostilities in Gaza to give more time for diplomats to meet US objections to the wording of the draft resolution, the Guardian ....

  • Yoon says N. Korea will learn its provocations only bring 'greater pain

    Date: 2023-12-19 07:48:39 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:10497262

    SEOUL, Dec 19 (MENA) - South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday North Korea will come to realize its provocations will only bring "greater pain," as he referred to its series of missile launches. "North Korea launched a short-range ....

  • Russia's military death toll in Ukraine rises to 348,300

    Date: 2023-12-19 07:47:55 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:10497256

    KIEV, Dec 19 (MENA) - Ukraine's defense forces killed about 348,300 Russian troops between February 24, 2022 and December 19, 2023, including 1,140 in the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a post on ....

  • Russia keeps over 60,000 troops in Bakhmut sector: Ukraine's military spox

    Date: 2023-12-18 23:00:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:10497071

    MOSCOW, Dec 18 (MENA) - Russia currently keeps 62,000 troops on the Bakhmut axis, and their number remains almost unchanged, Volodymyr Fitio, a spokesperson for the command of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, said on Monday. "There are currently ....

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