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Pentagon pulling 'certain forces and capabilities,' including air defenses, from Middle East
Date: 2021-06-18 22:59:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:9017693
WASHINGTON, June 18 (MENA) - The Biden administration is withdrawing "certain forces and capabilities," mostly air defense systems, from the Middle East, the Pentagon confirmed Friday, according to The Hill. "The secretary of Defense directed the ....
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UN adopts resolution condemning Myanmar’s military junta
Date: 2021-06-18 22:39:57 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:87 - ID:9017687
NEW YORK, June 18 (MENA) - The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution Friday condemning Myanmar’s military leaders and calling for a halt in arms sales to the country, the Washington Post reported. The move comes after calls for ....
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Stocks drop as Wall Street’s unease stretches to a fourth day
Date: 2021-06-18 21:10:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:9017624
NEW YORK, June 18 (MENA) - Stocks had their biggest daily decline in over a month on Friday, capping a week of turbulence on Wall Street as investors struggled to calibrate their expectations for inflation and interest rates, the New York Times ....
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Russia’s FMBA develops test system to detect key coronavirus mutations
Date: 2021-06-18 20:25:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:79 - ID:9017545
MOSCOW, June 18 (MENA) - Russia's Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) has developed a rapid test for major coronavirus mutations, including the Indian variant, the FMBA said on its website on Friday. "By now, Russia’s FMBA has developed a ....
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Russia to restore, expand air service with several countries as of June 28 — Deputy PM
Date: 2021-06-18 19:16:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:73 - ID:9017482
MOSCOW, June 18 (MENA) - Russia restores air service with several countries, including Italy, Cyprus, North Macedonia, Belgium, Ireland, Bulgaria and Jordan, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova announced Friday. Besides, Russia plans ....
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António Guterres secures second term as UN Secretary-General
Date: 2021-06-18 18:48:12 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:70 - ID:9017441
NEW YORK, June 18 (MENA) - António Guterres was on Friday re-appointed to a second term as UN Secretary-General, pledging as his priority, to continue helping the world chart a course out of the COVID-19 pandemic. On his Twitter account, Guterres ....
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China condemns US FCC vote to advance ban on Chinese equipment
Date: 2021-06-18 17:43:48 GMT - China - World - SN:65 - ID:9017381
BEIJING, June 18 (MENA) - China on Friday said that it firmly opposes a US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) vote to advance a plan to ban equipment from Chinese firms including Huawei in US telecoms networks, Xinhua reported. "China will ....
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Russia to exit Open Skies Treaty on December 18
Date: 2021-06-18 17:42:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:64 - ID:9017376
MOSCOW, June 18 (MENA) - Russia will completely withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies on December 18, 2021, TASS news agency quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying in a statement Friday. "Russia has notified all the member states about ....
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Top US general dismisses warnings of imminent Chinese invasion of Taiwan
Date: 2021-06-18 17:41:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:63 - ID:9017382
LONDON, June 18 (MENA) - America’s most senior general has dismissed warnings of an imminent Chinese invasion of Taiwan, insisting that the People’s Liberation Army was not yet capable of annexing the island, the Financial Times reported ....
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Delta variant now accounts for 99% of all UK cases
Date: 2021-06-18 17:02:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:60 - ID:9017319
LONDON, June 18 (MENA) - The Delta variant, first identified in India, now accounts for almost all of the UK's coronavirus cases, according to Public Health England, according to Sky News on Friday. Some 33,630 cases of the variant were ....
