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Taiwan military chief among 8 people killed in Black Hawk helicopter crash
Date: 2020-01-02 09:32:26 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:12 - ID:8252534
TAIPEI, Jan 2 (MENA) - Taiwan's top military official was among eight people killed on Thursday when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed in mountains in the north of the island, CNN reported. Gen. Shen Yi-ming, 62, the Taiwan military's chief of ....
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Pompeo firmly condemns attack on US embassy in Baghdad
Date: 2020-01-02 08:45:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:8252549
WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a phone conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and firmly condemned the recent attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad, spokesperson for the Department of State Morgan ....
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Cypriot president to hold meetings with Greek, Israeli PMs Thursday
Date: 2020-01-01 21:03:18 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:52 - ID:8252280
NICOSIA, Jan 1 (MENA) - Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades will hold bilateral meetings with the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday in Athens, Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported ....
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Pompeo postpones Ukraine trip after attack on US embassy in Iraq
Date: 2020-01-01 20:06:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:8252317
WASHINGTON, Jan 1 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday postponed a trip to Ukraine, the country at the heart of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, after an attack on the American embassy in Iraq, the State ....
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Taliban kills 23 in attacks on Afghan checkpoints
Date: 2020-01-01 18:04:12 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:45 - ID:8252187
KABUL, Jan 1 (MENA) - At least 23 Afghan security forces were killed in a series of Taliban attacks across the country, Geo News quoted officials as saying Wednesday. The assaults targeted vulnerable checkpoints in at least three northern ....
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Hong Kong police, protesters clash in New Year's Day rally
Date: 2020-01-01 16:51:59 GMT - Hong Kong - World - SN:40 - ID:8252127
VICTORIA, Jan 1 (MENA) - A police-approved march attended by tens of thousands in Hong Kong on New Year's Day escalated into violence with police firing several rounds of tear gas to disperse anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous city, ....
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Canadian scientists want to plant a billion new trees by 2028 using drones
Date: 2020-01-01 12:21:46 GMT - Canada - World - SN:23 - ID:8251666
OTTAWA, Jan 1 (MENA) - A group of scientists in Canada have announced a new initiative to use drones to plant new trees cheaply and quickly in part of an effort to fight against the negative effects of climate change and deforestation, The Daily ....
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3rd person confirmed dead in Australia bushfires
Date: 2020-01-01 08:38:10 GMT - Australia - World - SN:7 - ID:8251426
CANBERRA, Jan 1 (MENA) - A third person was confirmed dead on Wednesday in devastating bushfires that engulfed Australia's southeast coast this week and a fourth was missing and feared dead, as navy ships rushed to provide supplies and assist with ....
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27 cases of viral pneumonia reported in Central China's Wuhan City
Date: 2020-01-01 06:45:50 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:8251353
BEIJING, Jan 1 (MENA) - Twenty-seven cases of viral pneumonia have been discovered in Central China's Wuhan city, after a city-wide surveillance conducted in December, local authorities said. Seven out of the 27 cases are in critical condition, ....
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AOHR slams Erdogan's support for militias in Libya's Tripoli
Date: 2019-12-31 22:21:07 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:67 - ID:8251158
LONDON, Dec 31 (MENA) - The Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) in the UK on Tuesday denounced Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's role in providing military and financial support for mercenaries fighting along with the militias of Al ....
