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Magnitude-4.6 earthquake rattles seattle area awake
Date: 2019-07-12 13:51:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:33 - ID:8021264
WASHINGTON, July 12 (MENA) - A magnitude-4.6 earthquake awakened people across the Seattle area just before 3:00 a.m. (local time) on Friday. Several smaller aftershocks also hit the region, The Time reported. The epicenter was near Three ....
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Merkel to meet Moldovan PM Tuesday
Date: 2019-07-12 13:01:26 GMT - Germany - World - SN:31 - ID:8021161
BERLIN, July 12 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will receive Moldovan Prime Minister Maia Sandu on Tuesday at the headquarters of the Federal Chancellery in Berlin. The two sides are scheduled to discuss ways to enhance bilateral ....
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UK says it does not want to increase tension with Iran
Date: 2019-07-12 12:43:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:29 - ID:8021151
LONDON, July 12 (MENA) - Britain is not seeking to escalate the situation with Iran, UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Friday, as tensions continue between London and Tehran over a seized Iranian tanker and the passage of vessels through the ....
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4 people, 749 villages affected as heavy rain continues in India's Assam
Date: 2019-07-12 12:04:36 GMT - India - World - SN:27 - ID:8021090
NEW DELHI, July 12 (MENA) - The flood situation in Assam turned extremely grim on Thursday, with more than 4.23 people affected in 17 of the 27 districts of the state, NDTV reported. Dhemaji and Lakhimpur in Upper Assam and Bongaigaon and ....
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24 dead after train collision in Pakistan
Date: 2019-07-12 11:12:36 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:26 - ID:8020944
ISLAMABAD, July 12 (MENA)- The death toll of the collision between a passenger train and a stationary freight train at a railway station in Punjab region, south Pakistan, stands at 24, while more than 90 others were injured, Pakistani officials ....
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12 persons dead after bus falls into valley in northern Pakistan
Date: 2019-07-12 09:19:56 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:18 - ID:8020827
ISLAMABAD, July 12 (MENA)- Pakistani police announced on Friday that at least 12 persons were dead as their bus flipped over in a valley in Upper Kohistan, northern Pakistan. All victims belong to a single family, including six children, ....
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Suicide bombing leaves 45 dead and wounded in Afghanistan
Date: 2019-07-12 07:31:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:8020763
KABUL, July 12 (MENA) - A suicide bomber attacked a wedding party in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar on Friday, killing five people and injuring 40 others, reported ToloNews network. Spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar, Atahullah ....
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Brazilian president considers appointing his son ambassador to US
Date: 2019-07-12 06:58:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:8020723
NEW YORK, July 12 (MENA) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed that he is considering offering his son, federal representative Eduardo Bolsonaro, the post of ambassador to the United States, reported Xinhua news agency on Friday. "I ....
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France to tax Facebook, Google in spite of US trade threat
Date: 2019-07-11 18:21:22 GMT - France - World - SN:92 - ID:8020403
PARIS, July 11 (MENA) – The French Senate passed a bill on Thursday to impose a 3% tax on global tech companies with at least 750 million euros ($845 million) in worldwide revenue and digital sales totaling 25 million euros in France, Bloomberg ....
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Russia, Bolivia believe meddling in Venezuela’s affairs is inadmissible: Putin
Date: 2019-07-11 17:10:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:88 - ID:8020412
MOSCOW, July 11 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales have pointed to the inadmissibility of outside interference in Venezuela’s affairs and expressed hope that dialogue between the Venezuelan authorities ....
