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Despite growing risks, humanitarians uphold commitment to serve #NoMatterWhat 2 last New York
Date: 2023-08-17 14:29:13 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:51 - ID:10304196
The UN and its humanitarian partners aim to help almost 250 million people in crises around the world this year, or 10 times more than in 2003. Efforts have grown but so have the dangers they face, including rising geopolitical tensions, blatant ....
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Despite growing risks, humanitarians uphold commitment to serve #NoMatterWhat
Date: 2023-08-17 14:28:29 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:50 - ID:10304136
NEW YORK, Aug 17 (MENA) - Conflict and insecurity in countries such as South Sudan and its neighbor to the north are set to make 2023 another year of high death tolls and and injuries for aid workers in the field, the UN warned in a statement on ....
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OIC, China probe promoting bilateral cooperation
Date: 2023-08-17 13:59:43 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:44 - ID:10304188
RIYADH, Aug 17 (MENA) - A delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) visited China Thursday upon an invitation from Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Deng Li. The delegation, led by Ambassador Dya-Eddine Bamakhrama, ....
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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 ....