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  • Food prices set to rise again after destruction of Ukrainian dam, UN warns

    Date: 2023-06-14 21:28:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:10210437

    LONDON, June 14 (MENA) - The collapse of a key Ukrainian dam last week is going to have consequences of food prices around the world, according to a top United Nations official. The consequences of the dam’s destruction also stretch far beyond ....

  • Russia ready to seriously increase food supplies to countries in need: Lavrov

    Date: 2023-06-14 20:26:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:77 - ID:10210408

    MOSCOW, June 14 (MENA) - Russia is actively working on coping with the global food crisis and it is ready to seriously increase the volumes of food supplies to countries in need, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the 46th session of the Council ....

  • India interested in increasing supplies of its products to Russian market — envoy

    Date: 2023-06-14 19:47:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:10210394

    MOSCOW, June 14 (MENA) - India is interested in expanding trade with Russia and increasing supplies of its products for making trade turnover between the countries more balanced, TASS news agency quoted India’s Ambassador to Moscow Pavan Kapoor as ....

  • Blinken to visit China, UK this week

    Date: 2023-06-14 16:20:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:10210157

    WASHINGTON, June 14 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China and the UK on Friday. While in Beijing, Secretary Blinken will meet with senior PRC officials where he will discuss the importance of maintaining open lines of ....

  • Ukraine's defense forces shoot down three missiles, nine Shahed drones overnight

    Date: 2023-06-14 07:52:11 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:13 - ID:10208807

    KIEV, June 14 (MENA) - Ukraine's defense forces destroyed three Kalibr cruise missiles and nine Shahed-136/131 attack drones overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform said Wednesday. Russian troops also launched a ....

  • Russia's military death toll in Ukraine rises to 217,330

    Date: 2023-06-14 07:26:16 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:11 - ID:10208818

    KIEV, June 14 (MENA) - Ukraine's defense forces killed about 217,330 Russian invaders between February 24, 2022 and June 13, 2023, including 680 in the past day alone, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a post on Facebook, ....

  • 4.3 magnitude earthquake hits Jammu & Kashmir's Katra

    Date: 2023-06-14 07:20:16 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:10208844

    NEW DELHI, June 14 (MENA) - An earthquake of 4.3 magnitude hit Katra town in Jammu-Kashmir in the wee hours of Wednesday, NDTV reported. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake occurred at 2:20 at a depth of 10 km, 81 km ....

  • 2 dead, 1 injured in shooting incident at SDF firing range in Japan

    Date: 2023-06-14 05:31:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:5 - ID:10208694

    TOKYO, June 14 (MENA) - Two Self-Defense Forces members died and another was seriously injured after being shot by a trainee member with a rifle at an SDF firing range in Gifu, central Japan, on Wednesday, Kyodo news agency quoted police and other ....

  • Int'l organizations not arenas for geopolitical games: China on US rejoining UNESCO

    Date: 2023-06-13 22:17:59 GMT - China - World - SN:79 - ID:10208323

    BEIJING, June 13 (MENA) - A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson stressed Tuesday that international organizations are not arenas for geopolitical games. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks at a regular press conference when asked to ....

  • US hits dlrs 40 bln in weapons pledged to Ukraine

    Date: 2023-06-13 20:18:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:69 - ID:10208577

    WASHINGTON, June 13 (MENA) - The Biden administration on Tuesday announced an additional dlrs 325 million in security assistance for Ukraine, including more rockets, artillery and armored vehicles, bringing total weapons pledged to the country amid ....

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