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  • Jeremy Corbyn-shaped problem in looming London selection battles

    Date: 2023-08-21 21:12:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:80 - ID:10309997

    LONDON, Aug 21(MENA) - Sir Keir Starmer faces a series of highly contentious selection battles in London Labour strongholds ahead of the general election, according to Evening Standard. His most high-profile problem comes in Islington North, ....

  • British PM fails to guarantee he will stop small boats by next election

    Date: 2023-08-21 21:09:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:79 - ID:10309999

    LONDON, Aug 21 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak failed to guarantee he will be able to stop small boat crossings in the English Channel by the next general election as he acknowledged the complexity of the issue, according to Evening ....

  • Biden administration urges US citizens to leave Belarus immediately

    Date: 2023-08-21 18:45:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:10309896

    WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - The Biden administration has urged US citizens in Belarus to depart the country immediately and warned against travel there, according to a statement carried by The Hill newspaper on Monday. The updated travel warning ....

  • Serial killer nurse sentenced to whole-life jail term after murdering 7 babies in UK

    Date: 2023-08-21 15:57:34 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:60 - ID:10309716

    LONDON, Aug 21 (MENA) - The serial killer nurse Lucy Letby will never be released from prison after a judge sentenced her to a rare whole-life term for the “sadistic” murder of seven babies, the Guardian newspaper reported on Monday. Letby, 33, ....

  • UN chief expresses solidarity with terror victims

    Date: 2023-08-21 15:18:55 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:54 - ID:10309541

    NEW YORK, Aug 21 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General António Guterres expressed on Monday solidarity with terrorism victims. In a message on the occasion of the international day of remembering the victims and survivors of terrorism he said ....

  • Villages evacuated NE Greece as wildfire rages

    Date: 2023-08-21 08:26:51 GMT - Greece - World - SN:20 - ID:10308863

    ATHENS, Aug 21 (MENA) - More than 10 villages have been evacuated as a large wildfire rages for a third day on Monday near Alexandroupolis, north-eastern Greece, according to Greek Reporter. The wildfire has already destroyed several homes but ....

  • Australia to buy long-range missiles from US

    Date: 2023-08-21 08:06:25 GMT - Australia - World - SN:19 - ID:10308808

    SYDNEY, Aug 21 (MENA) - Australia has locked in a deal to buy potent long-range weapons from the United States, officials said Monday, as the country looks to counter China’s rising military power. Defence industry minister Pat Conroy said the ....

  • Magnitude 5.1 quake strikes Southern California during tropical storm

    Date: 2023-08-21 06:31:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:10308638

    WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit Southern California north of Los Angeles on Sunday, rocking much of the region as residents hunkered down for the approach of Tropical Storm Hilary, CNN reported. There were no immediate ....

  • China launches new satellite for Earth observation

    Date: 2023-08-21 06:02:50 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:10308608

    BEIJING, Aug 21 (MENA) - China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Monday. The satellite, Gaofen-12 04, was launched by a Long March-4C carrier rocket at 1:45 a.m. ....

  • Ukraine's army: 25 combat engagements with Russians in past day

    Date: 2023-08-21 05:58:32 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:10308599

    KYIV, Aug 21 (MENA) - Over the past day, more than 25 combat engagements with the Russian army took place, while the offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is ongoing, Ukrinform news agency reported. This is stated in the morning ....

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