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  • Boris Johnson resigns as foreign secretary

    Date: 2018-07-09 15:00:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:51 - ID:7480760

    LONDON, July 9 (MENA) - Boris Johnson has resigned as foreign secretary, becoming the third minister in 24 hours to walk out of the government rather than back Theresa May’s plans for a soft Brexit, said the Guardian. The prime minister hammered ....

  • Chinese president to open 8th CASCF meeting Tuesday

    Date: 2018-07-09 07:28:02 GMT - China - World - SN:10 - ID:7479690

    BEIJING, July 9 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will open on Tuesday the eighth ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF). This was announced by Deputy Director of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Department of ....

  • Global (1):BYE BYE WORLD Launches Crowdfunding Project for BIG CLAPPER, Clapping Robot That Effectively Attracts Customers with Charming, Realistic Applause

    Date: 2018-07-09 06:54:42 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:7479724

    TOKYO, July 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- BYE BYE WORLD Inc., headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, launched a crowdfunding project on July 6 for BIG CLAPPER, a clapping robot that generates excitement no matter when or where. (Photo: ....

  • 40,000 cybercrimes committed in Russia in 2018

    Date: 2018-07-08 22:03:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:90 - ID:7479597

    MOSCOW, July 8 (MENA) - Russia's Interior Ministry registered about 40,000 cybercrimes in the country since the beginning of 2018, TASS news agency quoted Deputy Interior Minister Igor Zubov as saying. "About 40,000 cybercrimes have been ....

  • Mass protests in Macedonia against changing country's name

    Date: 2018-07-08 21:50:27 GMT - Macedonia - World - SN:89 - ID:7479596

    SKOPJE, July 8 (MENA) - Several thousand people held an anti-government protest in Macedonia over economic policies and a deal with Greece to change the country's name to North Macedonia, ABC news reported on Sunday. Participants at the event in ....

  • Italy's far-right government asks EU to block refugee ships from its ports

    Date: 2018-07-08 20:57:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:7479554

    ROME, July 8 (MENA) - Italy's interior minister has said the country will seek commitments from European Union partners to have refugees who are rescued at sea by ships from anti-trafficking and border control missions taken to other countries, The ....

  • At least 85 dead in Japan floods, landslides

    Date: 2018-07-08 20:40:23 GMT - Japan - World - SN:81 - ID:7479543

    TOKYO, July 8 (MENA) - The Japanese authorities warned that the death toll may rise in floods and landslides caused by record rainfall in the western part of the country. Up 85 people are dead and 6 remain in critical condition. At least 58 are ....

  • 20 dead, 300 injured in Turkey train derailment

    Date: 2018-07-08 20:35:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:80 - ID:7479504

    MOSCOW, July 8 (MENA) - Up to 20 people were killed and 300 others wounded, injured after five train carriages came off the tracks in Turkey's northwestern province of Tekirdag, not far from the Greek border, a Sputnik quoted a Turkish security ....

  • Strike, curfew shuts Kashmir on rebel's death anniversary

    Date: 2018-07-08 20:08:16 GMT - India - World - SN:78 - ID:7479550

    NEW DELHI, July 8 (MENA) - Police and soldiers fanned out across much of Indian-controlled Kashmir to enforce a security lockdown on Sunday as separatists challenging Indian rule called for a shutdown and protests on the second anniversary of the ....

  • 4 boys confirmed rescued from Thai cave with another operation planned in 10 hours

    Date: 2018-07-08 18:03:26 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:66 - ID:7479357

    LONDON, July 8 (MENA) - Four of the boys have been rescued from the Tham Luang caves in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, with nine people still trapped underground, The Guardian reported. “Our operation was more successful than we expected,” ....

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