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UNICEF: More than two million children displaced by brutal conflict in Sudan as violence spreads to new areas 2 last Geneva
Date: 2023-08-24 15:01:05 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:56 - ID:10314458
With the beginning of the rainy season, many houses have been destroyed by floods resulting in more families fleeing their areas. Moreover, the risk of disease outbreaks such as cholera, dengue, Rift Valley Fever and chikungunya, is significantly ....
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UNICEF: More than two million children displaced by brutal conflict in Sudan as violence spreads to new areas
Date: 2023-08-24 15:00:46 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:55 - ID:10314378
GENEVA, Aug 24 (MENA) - At least two million children have been forced from their homes since the conflict in Sudan erupted four months ago – an average of more than 700 children newly displaced every hour, UNICEF said in a report Thursday. As ....
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China, Russia deliver broadsides against West at BRICS Summit: The Wall Street Journal
Date: 2023-08-24 12:33:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:10313980
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (MENA) - Russia and China used a summit of countries known as the Brics this week to air their grievances against Western powers, present themselves as defenders of developing economies and set out the case for an alternative ....
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BRICS President says bloc is in 1st phase of membership expansion
Date: 2023-08-24 10:17:38 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:27 - ID:10313862
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 24 (MENA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, whose country presided over the fifth summit of BRICS, said member states reached a consensus on the first phase of expansion process, stressing that further phases will follow. ....
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S. Korea arrests 14 protesters seeking to enter Japan embassy
Date: 2023-08-24 08:55:40 GMT - south korea - World - SN:20 - ID:10313514
SEOUL, Aug 24 (MENA) - South Korean police arrested on Thursday at least 14 people who entered a building housing the Japanese embassy in Seoul during a protest against Tokyo's release of water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, according to Channel ....
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China suspends imports of all Japanese aquatic products
Date: 2023-08-24 07:35:50 GMT - China - World - SN:13 - ID:10313483
BEIJING, Aug 24 (MENA) - China's General Administration of Customs announced Thursday that the country will suspend the imports of all aquatic products, including edible aquatic animals, originating from Japan starting from Aug. 24 to prevent risks ....
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Guterres: UN committed to territorial integrity of Ukraine
Date: 2023-08-24 06:56:29 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:10 - ID:10313429
KIEV/NEW YORK, Aug 24 (MENA) - The United Nations is committed to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated this in his ....
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Japan begins releasing Fukushima treated radioactive water into sea
Date: 2023-08-24 05:26:39 GMT - Japan - World - SN:1 - ID:10313340
TOKYO, Aug 24 (MENA) - Japan started discharging treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea Thursday, according to the Japanese news agency Kyodo. The Japanese government announced earlier in the ....
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Pentagon official says could not confirm Russia's reports on death of Wagner boss
Date: 2023-08-23 22:10:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:75 - ID:10313262
WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (MENA) - A Pentagon official said they could not confirm the reports from Russia that Wagner mercenary group’s Yevgeny V. Prigozhin had been killed in an airplane crash, or why the jet went down. In a statement reported by ....
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Moscow confirms death of Wagner chief in plane crash
Date: 2023-08-23 21:15:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:10313249
MOSCOW, Aug 23 (MENA) - Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was aboard a plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, killing all 10 people on board, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency. The crash immediately raised suspicions since the ....
