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7 Chinese defense firms in world’s top 20
Date: 2018-08-24 21:16:05 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:7546147
LONDON, Aug 24 (MENA) – Chinese weapons makers are among the world’s biggest defense companies, accounting for seven of the top 20 by revenue, South China Morning Post quoted a report issued by a London-based think tank. In its first such ....
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Former Turkish lawmaker seeking political asylum in Greece
Date: 2018-08-24 19:04:03 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:61 - ID:7546072
ATHENS, Aug 24 (MENA) - A pro-Kurdish former lawmaker convicted of insulting Turkey's president is requesting asylum in Greece after illegally crossing the border, The New York Times reported. A police official said Turkish national Leyla Birlik, ....
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Trump says Pompeo won't go to North Korea
Date: 2018-08-24 19:00:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:7546069
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Friday nixed plans for US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to travel to North Korea to hold a next round of denuclearization talks, citing insufficient progress on the issue, CNN reported. "I ....
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US imposes sanctions on 3 Daesh recruiters
Date: 2018-08-24 18:11:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:7546028
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (MENA) - The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on three men from Southeast Asia who it says were recruiters for Daesh terrorist group and appeared in a beheading video for the militant group, The Daily Mail ....
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Brazil health ministry says 4 million kids need vaccinations
Date: 2018-08-24 17:47:43 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:56 - ID:7546018
BRASILIA, Aug 24 (MENA) - Brazil's health officials say more than 4 million children still need to be vaccinated against measles, ABC news reported. More than 1,380 people have been infected in an outbreak linked to cases imported from ....
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McCain discontinuing treatment for brain cancer, family says
Date: 2018-08-24 17:02:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:7545988
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (MENA) – US Senator John McCain, who was diagnosed with brain cancer last year, has made the decision to discontinue medical treatment, CNN quoted his family as saying in a statement on Friday. "Last summer, Senator John McCain ....
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Finnish PM mourns Kuopio's bus victims
Date: 2018-08-24 15:59:56 GMT - Finland - World - SN:48 - ID:7545917
HELSINKI, Aug 24 (MENA) - Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila offered on Friday his condolences to the families of victims who were killed in a traffic accident in the city of Kuopio. Sipila tweeted "sad news from Kuopio," and expressed his ....
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Zimbabwe court upholds president's election win
Date: 2018-08-24 15:16:14 GMT - Zimbabwe - World - SN:45 - ID:7545871
HARARE, Aug 24 (MENA) - Zimbabwe's constitutional court has upheld President Emmerson Mnangagwa's narrow victory in last month's historic election after the opposition alleged vote-rigging, ABC news reported on Friday. That means the ....
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UNHCR warns against escalation of violence in DRC amid Ebola crisis
Date: 2018-08-24 15:02:00 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:43 - ID:7545742
GENEVA, Aug 24 (MENA) - The UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the latest escalation of violence in already volatile and Ebola-hit North Kivu province in east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic ....
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Typhoon leaves damage in western Japan, 13 injured
Date: 2018-08-24 14:59:03 GMT - Japan - World - SN:42 - ID:7545828
TOKYO, Aug 24 (MENA) - Typhoon "Cimaron" passed through western Japan to the Sea of Japan early Friday, leaving at least 13 people injured and disrupting traffic before being downgraded to an extratropical cyclone off northeastern Japan in the ....
