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Heavy rain forecast for Japan as repair work from typhoon continues
Date: 2019-10-18 07:47:51 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:8150220
TOKYO, Oct 18 (MENA) - Japan's weather agency warned Friday of a secondary disaster in wide areas of the country already flooded by Typhoon Hagibis, as heavy downpours were forecast to hit over the weekend while recovery efforts continue, reported ....
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Brazilian president visits China from October 24 to 26
Date: 2019-10-18 07:20:22 GMT - China - World - SN:11 - ID:8150179
BEIJING, Oct 18 (MENA) - Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro will pay a state visit to China from October 24 to 26, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Friday. The visit is paid at an invitation of Chinese ....
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One of Guzman's sons escapes arrest in Mexico
Date: 2019-10-18 06:36:58 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:10 - ID:8150131
MEXICO CITY, Oct 18 (MENA) - One of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's sons has escaped arrest after security forces were surrounded by heavily armed cartel fighters, reported Sky News channel on Friday. Ovidio Guzman, who is accused of drug trafficking ....
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US energy secretary expected to resign
Date: 2019-10-17 22:21:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:65 - ID:8150055
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (MENA) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has told President Donald Trump he will step down, a day before a deadline set by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives for him to turn over documents in the impeachment probe, ....
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EU calls for sanctions against Turkey over incursion into Syria
Date: 2019-10-17 18:25:29 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:53 - ID:8149879
BRUSSELS, Oct 17 (MENA) - President of the European Union Parliament David Sassoli suggested that the EU should enforce stricter sanctions to include existing arms deals, and should suspend all talks with Turkey about potential membership to the ....
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Three killed, scores injured in Philippine earthquake
Date: 2019-10-17 06:49:08 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:7 - ID:8148573
MANILA, Oct 17 (MENA) - At least three people were killed and dozens injured when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the southern Philippines late on Wednesday, authorities said on Thursday. The earthquake knocked out power and communications and ....
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Trump claims Turkish incursion into Syria “has nothing to do with us”
Date: 2019-10-16 18:44:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:8148191
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump said that Turkey's incursion of northern Syria "has nothing to do with us" and added that former US allies -- the Kurds -- are "not angels," CNN reported Wednesday. He also claimed the Kurds ....
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Western countries do not want to involve Russia, China in cyber counterterrorism efforts, says Lavrov
Date: 2019-10-16 12:33:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:50 - ID:8147412
MOSCOW, Oct 16 (MENA) - Western states do not want to involve Russia and China in the process of establishing counterterrorism guidelines for IT companies, TASS quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying during an international session ....
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Twitter lays out rules for world leaders amid pressure to rein in Trump
Date: 2019-10-16 11:43:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:8147311
CALIFORNIA, Oct 16 (MENA) - Twitter has published additional information about how it plans to act if a world leader tweets something that violates its rules, The Guardian reported. ....
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Japan allocates dlrs 6.5 mn from reserves to tackle Typhoon Hagibis damage
Date: 2019-10-16 11:17:28 GMT - Japan - World - SN:32 - ID:8147235
TOKYO, Oct 16 (MENA) - Japan will disburse about ¥710 million (dlrs 6.5 million) from reserves in the fiscal 2019 budget to deal with the aftermath of the most powerful typhoon to hit the country in decades, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said ....
