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George Washington Bridge reopened after bomb squad investigated suspicious package
Date: 2019-08-23 07:16:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8073550
WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (MENA) - The upper and lower levels of the George Washington Bridge have reopened after more than 90 minutes of closure while police investigated a suspicious package, according to the bridge's Twitter page. Both levels were ....
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US will enforce sanctions over Iran tanker, official says
Date: 2019-08-23 07:12:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:8073552
WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (MENA) - The United States will aggressively enforce its sanctions to prevent the private sector from assisting an Iranian oil tanker that is traveling through the Mediterranean and that Washington wants seized, the Voice of ....
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Philippine president to visit China on Wednesday
Date: 2019-08-23 06:49:25 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:8073585
BEIJING, Aug 23 (MENA) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will make a visit to China from August 28 to September 1, said the Chinese Xinhua news agency on Friday. The visit is paid at the invitation from his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, ....
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WHO: Plastic particles in drinking water pose 'low' risk
Date: 2019-08-22 15:20:48 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:42 - ID:8072991
GENEVA, Aug 22 (MENA) - Microplastics contained in drinking water pose a "low" risk to human health at current levels, but more research is needed to reassure consumers, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. Studies over the past ....
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Paris hospital fire: One killed and eight injured as horrific blaze rips through building
Date: 2019-08-22 08:24:26 GMT - France - World - SN:12 - ID:8072225
PARIS, Aug 22 (MENA) - At least one was killed and eight were injured in a horrific blaze occurred in the Henri Mondor hospital in the Paris suburb of Creteil. The fire happened in the residential tower of the hospital, which is where the staff ....
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Residents set fire to Taliban’s stronghold in Parwan
Date: 2019-08-22 08:12:01 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:8072186
KABUL, Aug 22 (MENA) - A group of local residents torched a stronghold of the Taliban in the central province of Parwan, the Afghan Tolo news reported, quoting a local official. The stronghold was located in Qala-e-Qorhir village in Shinwari ....
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Pompeo expresses appreciation of Denmark
Date: 2019-08-22 08:03:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8072204
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (MENA) - US State Secretary Mike Pompeo expressed appreciation for Denmark’s cooperation as one of the United States’ allies and Denmark’s contributions to address shared global security priorities, US Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus ....
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UN chief to visit Japan next week, meet Abe
Date: 2019-08-22 06:31:41 GMT - Japan - World - SN:2 - ID:8072108
NEW YORK, Aug 22 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres will visit Japan next week to attend a Tokyo-hosted development conference on Africa and meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other officials, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric ....
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6 Indian soldiers killed as Pakistan army responds to cross-LoC firing
Date: 2019-08-21 11:31:10 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:24 - ID:8071189
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (MENA) - Six soldiers of the Indian army, including an officer, were killed and many others injured when Pakistan army troops gave a "befitting response" to recent Indian ceasefire violations in Tatta Pani sector along the Line of ....
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Greece refuses to facilitate Iranian oil tanker's passage to Syria
Date: 2019-08-21 10:04:52 GMT - Greece - World - SN:16 - ID:8070921
ATHENS, Aug 21 (MENA) - Greece will not facilitate an Iranian tanker sailing in the Mediterranean to deliver oil to Syria, The Star reported Wednesday quoting Greek deputy foreign minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis as saying. "We want to send a ....
