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More than 60 migrants feared dead at sea off Cape Verde coast
Date: 2023-08-17 13:58:51 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:43 - ID:10304130
GENEVA/WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (MENA) - More than 60 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants was found off Cape Verde in West Africa, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Thirty-eight people, including children, ....
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Germany: Flooding disrupts flights at Frankfurt Airport
Date: 2023-08-17 13:51:24 GMT - Germany - World - SN:42 - ID:10304128
BERLIN, Aug 17 (MENA) - A deluge on the runway meant some people were unable to disembark from planes that had already landed, Deutsche Welle reported. Some 70 flights were cancelled in total, as central Germany saw heavy rains and lightning ....
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Ukrainian forces shell Donetsk with cluster munitions
Date: 2023-08-17 12:02:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:35 - ID:10304012
MOSCOW, Aug 17 (MENA) - The authorities in Donetsk said that the Ukrainian forces shelled districts in Donetsk with cluster munitions, Russia Today channel reported. In a statement Thursday, the authorities stressed the troops in Kiev shelled as ....
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S. Korea's president leaves for US to attend three-way summit with American, Japanese counterparts
Date: 2023-08-17 11:10:42 GMT - south korea - World - SN:31 - ID:10303864
SOUEL, Aug 17 (MENA) - South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol left for the US Thursday to attend a trilateral summit with US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on ways to improve security cooperation in the face of North ....
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S. Korea welcomes US sanctions against arms trade between N. Korea, Russia
Date: 2023-08-17 10:56:55 GMT - south korea - World - SN:30 - ID:10303856
SEOUL, Aug 17 (MENA) - South Korea's foreign ministry on Thursday welcomed sanctions announced by the United States this week against three entities involved in illicit arms deals between North Korea and Russia, Yonhap News Agency reported. "Our ....
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China hails efforts in removing crude oil from abandoned tanker off Yemeni coast
Date: 2023-08-17 10:28:46 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:26 - ID:10303761
NEW YORK, 17 August (MENA) - China commended the efforts of the United Nations (UN) and others involved in offloading crude oil from a tanker abandoned off Yemen's western coast to avert potential environmental hazards, Xinhua reported ....
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Moscow demands that US stops 'hunting down' Russians in third countries — envoy
Date: 2023-08-17 08:31:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:10303549
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (MENA) - Russia demands that the US stops hunting down Russian nationals in third states and considers the repatriation of all compatriots imprisoned in the US its priority, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov ....
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U.S., Japan, South Korea summit to include agreement on new hotline
Date: 2023-08-17 07:45:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:10303477
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (MENA) - A summit the United States will host this week with Japan and South Korea is expected to yield an agreement to set up a hotline for urgent communications between the leaders of the three countries, Kyodo news agency ....
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33,500 Ukrainians cross border with Poland over past 24 hrs
Date: 2023-08-17 07:36:48 GMT - Poland - World - SN:14 - ID:10303417
WARSAW, Aug 17 (MENA) - About 33,500 Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Poland over the past 24 hours, the Polish Border Guards revealed Thursday. Meanwhile, nearly 31,600 Ukrainians returned home from Poland on Wednesday. More than 14.68 ....
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S. Korea delivers relief supplies to Hawaii over wildfire damage
Date: 2023-08-17 07:22:02 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:10303423
SEOUL, Aug 17 (MENA) - South Korea has provided Hawaii with food and other emergency supplies to help cope with a series of devastating wildfires that recently ravaged the island of Maui, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported, quoting Seoul's ....
