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  • Police say lightning kills 10 children in remote Uganda town

    Date: 2020-08-28 11:58:26 GMT - Uganda - World - SN:32 - ID:8564959

    KAMPALA, Aug 28 (MENA) - Ten children have been killed in a lightning strike in a remote Ugandan town near the Congo border, ABC News reported. The children, whose ages ranged from 9 to 16, were sheltering from the rain in a grass-thatched house ....

  • Japan to export first new defense radar system to Philippines

    Date: 2020-08-28 11:41:56 GMT - Japan - World - SN:29 - ID:8564925

    TOKYO, Aug 28 (MENA) - Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has signed a contract with the Philippines to deliver an air radar system, marking the first export of a new, complete defense product since Japan’s long-held arms trade ban was eased in 2014, the ....

  • Indonesia records 3,003 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-08-28 10:36:01 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:26 - ID:8564843

    JAKARTA, Aug 28 (MENA) - Health authorities confirmed 3,003 new COVID-19 cases in Indonesia on Friday, bringing the official nationwide count to 165,887, the Jakarta Post reported. It was the second day in a row for Indonesia to record its ....

  • Tokyo reports 226 new cases of coronavirus

    Date: 2020-08-28 10:26:39 GMT - Japan - World - SN:25 - ID:8564836

    TOKYO, Aug 28 (MENA) - The Tokyo metropolitan government on Friday reported 226 new cases of the coronavirus, a decrease of 24 from Thursday, the Japan Today reported. The number is the result from 5,338 tests conducted on August 25. The tally ....

  • Blasts in Kandahar Kill 13 Civilians: Official

    Date: 2020-08-28 10:06:37 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:24 - ID:8564837

    KABUL, Aug 28 (MENA) - At least 13 civilians were killed in two explosions in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, today, Tolo News quoted the provincial governor’s spokesman Bahir Ahmadi as saying. The two explosions targeted civilian ....

  • Austria registers 229 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2020-08-28 09:55:03 GMT - Austria - World - SN:21 - ID:8564786

    VIENNA, Aug 28 (MENA) - The Austrian Health Ministry said Friday that 229 new coronavirus cases have been registered in the country over the past 24 hours. In a statement, the ministry added that the total number of the COVID-19 cases in Austria ....

  • Japan PM resigns due to health reasons

    Date: 2020-08-28 09:48:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:20 - ID:8564763

    TOKYO, Aug 28 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday he will step down as Japan's leader as he needs to be treated for a flare-up of the intestinal disease, Kyodo News Agency reported. Abe said he had been able to keep the ....

  • Ukraine reports 2,438 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-08-28 09:35:58 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:18 - ID:8564714

    KIEV, Aug 28 (MENA) - Ukraine has reported 2,438 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 114,497, according to data provided by the coronavirus epidemic monitoring system of the National Security and Defense Council of ....

  • Coronavirus cases in Bulgaria hit 15,000

    Date: 2020-08-28 09:18:55 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:17 - ID:8564712

    SOFIA, Aug 28 (MENA) - A total of 7,639 PCR tests were conducted in Bulgaria in the past day, of which 157 proved positive, The Sofia Globe reported Friday. To date, 15,908 cases of new coronavirus have been confirmed in the country, according ....

  • Norwegian envoy summoned by Russian Foreign Ministry over expulsion of diplomat

    Date: 2020-08-28 09:10:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:8564724

    MOSCOW, Aug 28 (MENA) - Norwegian Ambassador in Moscow Rune Resaland has been summoned by the Russian Foreign Ministry over the decision of Norway to expel a Russian diplomat, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS news ....

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