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Ghana's president to lead delegation to Russia-Africa summit in Sochi -Ambassador
Date: 2019-08-15 16:27:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:50 - ID:8064485
MOSCOW, Aug 15 (MENA) - President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo will head his country's delegation at the Russia-Africa summit in October in Sochi, Ghana's Ambassador to Russia Akyaa Opoku Ware told Sputnik on Thursday. "This is a very important event ....
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Gibraltar court orders release of Iranian tanker despite U.S. intervention
Date: 2019-08-15 16:25:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:49 - ID:8064569
LONDON, Aug 15 (MENA) - Gibraltar’s Supreme Court ordered the release of an Iranian tanker that the British overseas territory impounded in July, according to a copy of the ruling, CNN reported. The decision could prompt Tehran to free a ....
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FOX News poll finds majority of voters 'unhappy' with the way things are going in the US
Date: 2019-08-15 15:12:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:8064454
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (MENA) - A new FOX News poll finds a majority of voters are "unhappy" with the way things are going in this country. According to the poll released on Wednesday, respondents weighed in on a variety of subjects from mass shootings ....
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Pakistan says 5 killed by Indian fire in Kashmir
Date: 2019-08-15 15:10:26 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:43 - ID:8064450
ISLAMABAD, Aug 15 (MENA) - Pakistan’s military and police say “unprovoked firing” by India across the heavily militarized Line of Control in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir has killed three soldiers and two civilians in separate ....
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Spain to take some Open Arms migrants, seeks EU deal
Date: 2019-08-15 14:29:54 GMT - Spain - World - SN:41 - ID:8064424
MADRID, Aug 15 (MENA) - Spain is willing to take some of around 150 migrants on a rescue ship that has been blocked from docking in Italy, under a broader deal being negotiated with other European nations, authorities in Madrid said on Thursday as ....
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7,000 evacuated after powerful typhoon hits western Japan
Date: 2019-08-15 10:50:52 GMT - Japan - World - SN:24 - ID:8064024
TOKYO, Aug 15 (MENA) - A powerful typhoon made landfall in western Japan on Thursday with over 7,000 residents evacuating their homes following the weather agency's warning of record rainfall, Kyodo reported. Typhoon Krosa made landfall near ....
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Former Ugandan MP Byanyima lands top UN job
Date: 2019-08-15 09:27:07 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:14 - ID:8063868
GENEVA, Aug 15 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Winifred “Winnie” Karagwa Byanyima of Uganda as the next Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the UN reported on its ....
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Pakistan FM says UN Security Council meeting on Kashmir is victory for his country
Date: 2019-08-15 08:47:41 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:12 - ID:8063867
ISLAMABAD, Aug 15 (MENA) - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood has described the UN’s decision to call a Security Council meeting on Kashmir a "victory" for Pakistan. Talking on SAMAA TV’s program Naya Din on Thursday, Qureshi said that ....
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Airliner crash-lands on cornfield near Moscow, at least 10 hurt
Date: 2019-08-15 08:04:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:8063852
MOSCOW, Aug 15 (MENA) - Ten people, including three children, were injured in a crash-landing of a passenger plane shortly after takeoff from the Ramenskiy airport east of Moscow, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said in a website statement. The ....
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Two dead as training plane crashes in northern Iran - authorities
Date: 2019-08-15 08:02:49 GMT - Iran - World - SN:10 - ID:8063853
TEHRAN, Aug 15 (MENA) - A light training aircraft crashed on Thursday in northern Iran, killing two people on board, said Ali Hemmati, the deputy governor of the Garmsar city district of the Semnan province. "It was a two-seat training aircraft. As ....
