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Australian PM slated for an official visit to Philippines in Sept

Date: 2023-08-18 06:37:25 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:12 - ID:10304818

MANILA, Aug 18 (MENA) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to embark on an official visit to the Philippines next month, Malacañang said on Friday. The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said Albanese will be in the country ....

N. Korea preparing ICBM launch or other provocations for S. Korea-US-Japan summit: spy agency

Date: 2023-08-18 06:30:21 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:10304797

SEOUL, Aug 18 (MENA) – North Korea is preparing to carry out various military provocations, including the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), on the occasion of the upcoming trilateral summit among South Korea, the United States ....

Woman sentenced to 22 years for trying to mail ricin to Trump

Date: 2023-08-18 06:29:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:10304804

WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (MENA) – A French Canadian woman who admitted mailing a ricin-laced letter to President Donald Trump at the White House shortly before the 2020 election was sentenced to 22 years in prison, The Washington Post reported. Pascale ....

Xi to attend 15th BRICS Summit, visit South Africa

Date: 2023-08-18 06:12:46 GMT - China - World - SN:9 - ID:10304795

BEIJING, Aug 18 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 15th BRICS Summit to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa and pay a state visit to South Africa from August 21 to 24, at the invitation of President of the Republic of South ....

11 Chinese, Russian navy ships sail near Japan's southern islands

Date: 2023-08-18 06:10:05 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:10304791

TOKYO, Aug 18 (MENA) - A total of 11 Chinese and Russian navy ships sailed through waters near Japan's southern islands of Okinawa Prefecture on Thursday, prompting the Japanese government to express "grave concerns" over what it calls a show of ....

Biden trying to meet North Korean leader without preconditions: official

Date: 2023-08-18 06:01:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:10304788

WASHINGTON/TOKYO, Aug 18 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "without preconditions" to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, a senior White House official said Thursday. "They ....

£90m boost to Ukraine's air defense capability as new contracts signed

Date: 2023-08-18 05:58:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:6 - ID:10304784

LONDON, Aug 18 (MENA) - Three contracts to deliver air defense equipment to Ukraine worth more than £90m have been signed by the Ministry of Defense on behalf of the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU), the UK government said in a press ....

74 dead due to heavy rain in India's Himachal Pradesh

Date: 2023-08-18 05:26:04 GMT - India - World - SN:2 - ID:10304755

NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (MENA) - The death count from the monsoon rains in Himachal Pradesh climbed to 74 on Thursday, as rescue workers pulled out another body from the rubble of a Shiva temple in Shimla while two more were killed in Chamba, NDTV ....

WHO summit aims to unlock power of traditional medicine through science

Date: 2023-08-17 22:06:12 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:76 - ID:10304661

NEW YORK, Aug 17 (MENA) - The first global Traditional Medicine Summit convened by UN health agency WHO, kicked off on Thursday in the Indian city of Gandhinagar focused on sharing evidence and best practices in this field. Speaking at the event ....

Russia, Germany need to maintain communication despite differences - new envoy in Moscow

Date: 2023-08-17 20:27:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:75 - ID:10304590

MOSCOW, Aug 17 (MENA) – The new German ambassador to Russia, Alexander Lambsdorff, has called for maintaining communication between Moscow and Berlin despite tensions in their relations, Tass reported. He made the statement in a video message ....