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Ukrainian officials: Attack on Zaporizhzhia hotel used by the UN kills one, injures 16
Date: 2023-08-11 05:19:05 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:3 - ID:10295329
KIEV, Aug 11 (MENA) - A Russian missile struck a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday evening, leaving one dead and 16 injured, Ukrainian officials said. National police said an Iskander missile hit the city at 7:20 p.m. ....
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6.0 magnitude earthquake hits Japan's Hokkaido: Report
Date: 2023-08-11 05:15:04 GMT - Japan - World - SN:2 - ID:10295325
TOKYO, Aug 11 (MENA) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Hokkaido in Japan on Friday, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake's epicenter was 46 km (28.58 miles) below the Earth's surface, GFZ said. (MENA) R R N/ ....
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'Hunt them down and lock them up': UK minister demands police crackdown after Oxford Street chaos
Date: 2023-08-10 21:59:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:10295279
LONDON, Aug 10 (MENA) - Police must "hunt down and lock up" those behind the disorder on Oxford Street and central London, home secretary Suella Braverman has demanded. Young people scuffled with officers after calls on TikTok for a "mass ....
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Poll says 17% of displaced Ukrainians not planning to return to country
Date: 2023-08-10 21:26:45 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:76 - ID:10295251
KYIV, Aug 10 (MENA) - Nearly 17 percent of Ukrainian citizens who fled the country due to Russian aggression have already decided not to go back to Ukraine after the war ends. That’s according to Olha Aivazovska, political programs coordinator at ....
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Russia confident of neighbors, dialogue unaffected by EU sanctions: diplomat
Date: 2023-08-10 20:00:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:75 - ID:10295206
MOSCOW, Aug 10 (MENA) - The EU obsessively attempts to sow discord in Russia's relations with other CIS countries, but Moscow is confident in its neighbors and that the EU's efforts will not affect cooperation with them, Russian Deputy Foreign ....
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Save lives, UN agencies appeal, after yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean
Date: 2023-08-10 20:00:04 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:74 - ID:10295207
NEW YORK, Aug 10 (MENA) - Three UN agencies on Thursday appealed for greater access to safe and regular pathways for migration and asylum in the European Union after another deadly shipwreck claimed dozens of lives in the Mediterranean. The ....
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UN experts demand information on 9 imprisoned human rights defenders in China
Date: 2023-08-10 18:50:32 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:73 - ID:10295182
NEW YORK, Aug 10 (MENA) – UN-appointed independent rights experts have called on the Chinese Government to provide information about nine Tibetan human rights defenders serving prisoner sentences of up to 11 years. The experts sounded the ....
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Guterres concerned about health and safety of Niger’s detained President
Date: 2023-08-10 18:50:18 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:72 - ID:10295181
NEW YORK, Aug 10 (MENA) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres has voiced concern about the reported “deplorable living conditions” of the President of Niger in arbitrary detention, his spokesperson said in a note to journalists published. ....
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Indonesia gives Fiji aid to renovate cyclone-hit school
Date: 2023-08-10 18:06:58 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:70 - ID:10295129
JAKARTA, Aug 10 (MENA) – Indonesia has provided financial aid to Fiji for the rehabilitation of Queen Victoria School (QVS), which was damaged by tropical cyclone Winston, ANTARA reported. The Indonesian Agency for International Development ....
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Lithuania considers joining G7 declaration on military assistance to Ukraine
Date: 2023-08-10 18:06:44 GMT - Lithuania - World - SN:69 - ID:10295128
VILNIUS, Aug 10 (MENA) – Lithuania is considering to join the declaration by G7 countries, made in Vilnius last month, pledging to keep supplying military assistance to Ukraine. Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė told the radio Žinių Radijas on ....
