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North Korea has carried out its sixth nuclear test, South Korea says
Date: 2017-09-03 06:14:26 GMT - south korea - World - SN:5 - ID:6972898
SEOUL, Sept 3 (MENA) - The South Korean military has concluded that North Korea carried out its sixth nuclear test on Sunday, ABC news reported. A seismic tremor detected at 12.36pm, emanating from the Punggye-ri underground nuclear test site in ....
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Powerful Hurricane Irma could be next weather disaster in US
Date: 2017-09-02 21:23:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:54 - ID:6972830
WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (MENA) – While much attention remains on Texas and the destruction left by Hurricane Harvey and its historic rainfall, powerful Hurricane Irma is rapidly intensifying in the open Atlantic and poses a major threat to the Caribbean ....
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Moscow denies dismissing trade mission staff in Washington
Date: 2017-09-02 19:41:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:6972758
MOSCOW, Sept 2 (MENA) - The staff at the Russian trade mission in Washington were not dismissed, they will continue their work at the Russian Embassy in the US, Interfax quoted the Russian Embassy's press secretary Nikolai Lakhonin as saying on ....
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600 homes evacuated due to Los Angeles wildfire
Date: 2017-09-02 19:09:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:48 - ID:6972774
WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (MENA) – Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said a wildfire burning through mountains just north of downtown is the largest in city history, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. Only one home has burned and no one has been ....
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Pope Francis urges Korean religious leaders to counter hate rhetoric
Date: 2017-09-02 19:01:49 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:47 - ID:6972761
VATICAN CITY, Sep 2 (MENA) - Pope Francis told Korean religious leaders to counter what he called the "narrative of fear" and "rhetoric of hatred", ABC News network reported Saturday. Greeting the leaders who are making an interreligious ....
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China launches emergency response for Typhoon Mawar
Date: 2017-09-02 18:14:07 GMT - China - World - SN:45 - ID:6972722
BEIJING, Sep 2 (MENA) - Chinese authorities activated a level III emergency response on Saturday for the approaching Typhoon Mawar, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said in a statement, Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. ....
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Russia’s new ambassador to US seeks promoting relations
Date: 2017-09-02 17:38:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:42 - ID:6972686
MOSCOW, Sept 2 (MENA) – Russia’s new Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said in an interview with the Russian television he is focused on development of the Russian-US relations and considers it necessary to stabilize them, Tass reported on ....
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Satellite images show massive fire destruction in Myanmar -- rights group
Date: 2017-09-02 16:52:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:41 - ID:6972676
NEW YORK, Sept 2 (MENA) - New satellite imagery shows several hundred buildings burned in Myanmar's Rakhine State, Human Rights Watch said Saturday. Imagery from the Rohingya Muslim village of Chein Khar Li in Rathedaung township shows 700 ....
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UNICEF: 16 million children affected by South Asia floods
Date: 2017-09-02 16:03:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:6972650
NEW YORK, Sept 2 (MENA) - Nearly 16 million children are "in urgent need of life-saving support" as a result of the catastrophic flooding that has ravaged South Asia, according to the United Nations Children's Fund. "Children have lost their ....
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Putin not to participate in 72nd session of UNGA: Kremlin
Date: 2017-09-02 10:16:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:6972171
MOSCOW, Sept 2 (MENA) - Russia’s President Vladimir Putin does not plan this year participating in the session of the UN General Assembly due in September, the president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov was quoted by TASS news agency as saying on ....
