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  • Australia renews anti-Russian sanctions imposed in 2014

    Date: 2023-08-31 20:11:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:10324399

    SYDNEY, Aug 31 (MENA) - Australia has renewed its package of anti-Russian sanctions first introduced after Crimea’s reunification with Russia in 2014, the Department of Home Affairs told TASS. The effect of "sanctions in respect of certain ....

  • UK hot weather: Nine-day mini-heatwave to blast Britain as summer makes blistering return

    Date: 2023-08-31 20:01:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:66 - ID:10324397

    LONDON, Aug 31 (MENA) - Weather forecasters have predicted that summer will make a blistering last minute return this September as temperatures soar, the Daily Express reported on Thursday. Following a lacklustre August, the mercury is set to ....

  • Global North States’ refusal to waive COVID-19 vaccine intellectual property rights violated non-discrimination guarantee: UN

    Date: 2023-08-31 15:22:40 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:50 - ID:10324117

    GENEVA, Aug 31 (MENA) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Thursday called on State parties in the global North, in particular Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the ....

  • US: Arms aid to Taiwan doesn't imply recognition of sovereignty

    Date: 2023-08-31 13:10:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:43 - ID:10323960

    WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (MENA) - The US State Department insisted that military aid to Taiwan doesn't not imply any recognition of the sovereignty of Taiwan, the Independent newspaper reported on Thursday. The US has approved for the first time a ....

  • Biden promises to continue supporting Afghan people

    Date: 2023-08-31 12:49:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:42 - ID:10323987

    WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden promised to continue supporting the Afghan people, expressing pride that the US is the largest aid donor to Afghanistan. "Two years ago, the United States ended nearly two decades of war in ....

  • Ben Wallace confirms resignation as UK defense minister in letter to PM Sunak

    Date: 2023-08-31 07:52:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:16 - ID:10323285

    LONDON, Aug 31 (MENA) - Ben Wallace confirmed his resignation as defense minister on Thursday in a letter to Rishi Sunak, offering the government his continued support while warning the British prime minister not to see defense as a “discretionary ....

  • Japanese Prime Minister criticizes latest North Korea missile launches

    Date: 2023-08-31 06:32:32 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:10323140

    TOKYO, Aug 31 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has strongly criticized the latest missile launches by North Korea, NHK reported. Kishida spoke to reporters on Thursday, the morning after North Korea fired two ballistic ....

  • Kishida vows support for fishers amid China's seafood imports ban

    Date: 2023-08-31 06:30:39 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:10323129

    TOKYO, Aug 31 (MENA) - Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has visited a wholesale market in Tokyo and vowed to draw up support measures for those affected by China's suspension of Japanese seafood imports, according to NHK. China strongly ....

  • Air defenses destroy drone southeast of Moscow — top brass

    Date: 2023-08-31 06:21:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:10323124

    MOSCOW, Aug 31 (MENA) - A drone flyting toward Moscow was shot down by air defense forces in the Voskresensk district of the Moscow Region; no one was hurt, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Thursday. He wrote on his Telegram channel "Today, ....

  • US approves first arms to Taiwan under foreign aid program

    Date: 2023-08-31 06:02:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:10323101

    WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (MENA) - President Joe Biden's administration has for the first time approved direct US military aid to Taiwan under an assistance program aimed at foreign governments, France 24 reported. The State Department informed Congress ....

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