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Nuclear powers upgrade arsenals as numbers fall: SIPRI
Date: 2019-06-17 10:13:37 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:22 - ID:7983787
STOCKHOLM, June 17 (MENA) - Nuclear powers are continuing to modernize their arsenals despite an overall decrease in the number of nuclear warheads, Deutsche Welle quoted a Sweden-based peace research institute as saying Monday. Nine ....
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100 children die of encephalitis in India's Bihar
Date: 2019-06-17 09:46:37 GMT - India - World - SN:18 - ID:7983623
NEW DELHI, June 17 (MENA) - Around 100 children have died from encephalitis in Muzaffarpur city in the state of Bihar, in east India, over the last 16 days, NDTV news channel reported on Monday. Nearly 300 children have been admitted to the ....
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Myanmar: UN threatens to withdraw aid over 'policy of apartheid' against Rohingya
Date: 2019-06-17 09:35:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:15 - ID:7983700
LONDON, June 17 (MENA) - The United Nations in Myanmar has warned it will withdraw support in Rakhine state to avoid complicity in a government “policy of apartheid” for Rohingya Muslims. A letter seen by the Guardian, sent from UN resident ....
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Power cut hits all of Argentina and Uruguay, utility says
Date: 2019-06-16 15:13:10 GMT - Argentina - World - SN:46 - ID:7982792
BUENOS AIRES, June 16 (MENA) - A "massive failure" in an electrical interconnection system has left Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay completely without power, a utility distributor said Sunday, the CNN reported. Parts of Chile and southern Brazil ....
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Trump accuses NYT of 'virtual act of treason' for report on US cyber attacks against Russia: paper
Date: 2019-06-16 10:06:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:7982315
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - President Donald Trump accused the New York Times of committing a "virtual act of treason" in response to a report that said the U.S. is ramping up attacks on Russian power grid. In a pair of tweets Saturday evening, ....
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WDCD 2019 to be celebrated on Monday
Date: 2019-06-16 09:41:25 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:14 - ID:7982241
CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - The 25th anniversary of the Convention and the World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) will be celebrated on Monday under the rubric “Let’s Grow the Future Together”. The United Nations Convention to Combat ....
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Natural disasters affect nearly 10 mln people in China in May
Date: 2019-06-16 07:41:51 GMT - China - World - SN:9 - ID:7982123
BEIJING, June 16 (MENA) - Natural disasters affected about 9.89 million people in China last month, with 43 killed, four missing and 127,000 relocated, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management. Destroying houses and damaging crops, ....
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Flights resume at Newark Airport after United flight skids off runway
Date: 2019-06-16 06:59:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:7982077
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - Flights have resumed Newark International Airport on Saturday afternoon after a United Airlines plane skidded off the runway upon landing and all flights were temporarily grounded, the ABC News quoted the Federal ....
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Man arrested for jumping White House fence
Date: 2019-06-16 06:10:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:7982059
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - The Secret Service arrested a man who climbed over a fence onto White House grounds shortly after 9 p.m. Friday, ABC news reported. Dayton Hershey, 21, of Paradise, Pa., was detained immediately after crossing a ....
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German pilot killed as plane crashes in Poland
Date: 2019-06-15 20:12:55 GMT - Poland - World - SN:52 - ID:7981873
WARSAW, June 15 (MENA) - A German pilot of a small stunt plane was killed Saturday after his aircraft plunged into the Vistula River during a performance at an air show in central Poland, firefighters were quoted by ABC news as saying. Edward ....
