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Genoa bridge collapse leaves 22 people killed, Italian minister says
Date: 2018-08-14 15:14:59 GMT - Italy - World - SN:67 - ID:7533436
ROME, Aug 14 (MENA) - At least 22 people have died after a motorway bridge collapsed in the northern Italian city of Genoa, The Guardian reported. An 80-metre section of the Morandi Bridge on the A10 motorway came down in an industrial area of ....
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24 killed, 14 injured in bus crash in Ecuador
Date: 2018-08-14 15:12:18 GMT - Ecuador - World - SN:65 - ID:7533374
QUITO, Aug 14 (MENA) - At least 24 people were killed and another 19 injured when a bus careened into another vehicle at high speed and overturned on a highway near Ecuador's capital, local officials were quoted by ABC news as saying on Tuesday. ....
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EU Commission calls for long-term solution to migration crisis
Date: 2018-08-14 15:02:01 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:62 - ID:7533162
BRUSSELS, Aug 14 (MENA) - The European Commission urged Tuesday the member states to bear their responsibilities to reach a long-term solution to the immigration crisis. The EU call came after the operators of the migrant ship Aquarius on Monday ....
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Italy motorway bridge collapses near Genoa
Date: 2018-08-14 11:38:50 GMT - Italy - World - SN:39 - ID:7532891
ROME, Aug 14 (MENA) - A motorway bridge collapsed on Tuesday near the northern Italian port city of Genoa, euronews reported. Local police and fire brigade officials said that no dead or injured had so far been reported. Italian television ....
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Moscow regrets US suspension of cooperation within open skies treaty
Date: 2018-08-14 10:55:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:34 - ID:7532768
MOSCOW, Aug 14 (MENA) - Moscow deeply regrets Washington's decision to suspend cooperation with Russia under the Open Skies Treaty in accordance with the new US defense budget. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Sputnik that ....
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Counter-terror police lead investigation in Westminster crash
Date: 2018-08-14 09:48:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:27 - ID:7532702
LONDON, Aug 14 (MENA) - Counter-terror police are investigating a car crash into the security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament, injuring at least two people, The Independent reported. Armed police swarmed the scene and the male driver ....
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Westminster tube station closed over car crash outside parliament building
Date: 2018-08-14 09:46:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:26 - ID:7532665
LONDON, Aug 14 (MENA) - Westminster Underground station, close to Parliament, was closed after a number of people were injured when a car collided with security barriers outside London's Parliament building, CBC reported. The building was ....
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Quetta coal mine incident takes 12 lives
Date: 2018-08-14 08:06:44 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:17 - ID:7532519
ISLAMABAD, Aug 14 (MENA) - Bodies of 10 of the 14 laborers trapped in a coal mine in Quetta's Sanjadi area have been recovered so far following a gas explosion last night — rescue teams told DawnNewsTV. In addition to this, five rescue workers ....
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Floods cause 4 bln yuan of losses in Heilongjiang
Date: 2018-08-14 07:46:18 GMT - China - World - SN:16 - ID:7532501
BEIJING, Aug 14 (MENA) - Floods triggered by heavy rain have resulted in direct economic losses of over 4 billion yuan (580 million US dollars) in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday, quoting local ....
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Taliban militants overrun Afghan army base
Date: 2018-08-14 07:44:47 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:7532523
KABUL, Aug 14 (MENA) - Taliban militants overran large parts of an army base in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 10 soldiers, wounding 15 and capturing dozens more in fighting over the past two days, euronews reported Tuesday. The ....