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Russian death toll in Ukraine up to 209,940: Ukraine armed forces
Date: 2023-06-04 06:57:32 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:11 - ID:10192120
KIEV, June 4 (MENA) - Ukraine’s Defense Forces eliminated 209,940 Russian forces from February 24, 2022 to June 4, 2023, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. Also, Ukraine’s forces destroyed 3,837 (+8) ....
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Senior US State Department official arrives in China
Date: 2023-06-04 06:44:10 GMT - China - World - SN:10 - ID:10192074
BEIJING, June 4 (MENA) - A senior US State Department official arrived in Beijing on Sunday with meetings planned for the coming week as Washington seeks to boost communication with China, CNA reported. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian ....
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Japan, S. Korea to further discuss preventing radar lock-on incidents
Date: 2023-06-04 06:26:44 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:10192069
TOKYO, June 4 (MENA) - The defense ministers of Japan and South Korea on Sunday agreed to accelerate talks on ways to prevent radar lock-on incidents between their forces, with an alleged case in 2018 having undermined confidence between the ....
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Russian air defense forces down four Russian cruise missiles, three combat drones
Date: 2023-06-04 06:09:48 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:8 - ID:10192053
KIEV, June 4 (MENA) - The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed four Russian cruise missiles and three combat drones, according to Ukrinform News Agency on Sunday. "The Russian army continues launching attacks on the territory of Ukraine at night with ....
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Japan, China agree to operate defense hotline properly
Date: 2023-06-04 06:08:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:10192054
TOKYO, June 4 (MENA) - Japan and China on Saturday agreed they will operate their defense hotline properly, amid disagreements over Taiwan and intrusions by Chinese vessels into waters near the Tokyo-controlled, Beijing-claimed Senkaku Islands in ....
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UN chief deeply saddened by loss of life, injury in India train crash
Date: 2023-06-04 05:50:31 GMT - India - World - SN:4 - ID:10192036
NEW DELHI, June 4 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed sadness at the loss of lives in the tragic train accident in Odisha that has killed over 280 people and injured hundreds more, The Telegraph India reported. The crash ....
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2 dead, 35 injured after heavy rain pounds Japan
Date: 2023-06-03 22:04:36 GMT - Japan - World - SN:56 - ID:10191942
TOKYO, June 3 (MENA) – Two people died and at least 35 people were injured after heavy rain pounded wide areas of Japan, local authorities said Saturday, with landslides and river flooding occurring in many parts in the country's east, Kyodo News ....
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Ukraine’s Air Force launches 11 strikes on Russian forces
Date: 2023-06-03 21:42:32 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:54 - ID:10191900
KYIV, June 3 (MENA) – Ukraine’s Air Force launched 11 strikes on Russian personnel clusters during the day, Ukrinform quoted the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Saturday. "During the day, the aircraft of the defense forces ....
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Biden signs debt ceiling deal into law, averting historic default
Date: 2023-06-03 21:42:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:10191899
WASHINGTON, June 3 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden signed into law Saturday a bill to suspend the nation’s debt limit through January 1, 2025, to avert a first-ever US default, the CNN reported. Suspending the debt limit through early 2025 takes ....
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Erdogan sworn in as he begins third term as Turkey's president
Date: 2023-06-03 15:18:32 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:39 - ID:10191602
ANKARA, June 3 (MENA) - Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on Saturday sworn in for a third term as president, promising to serve "impartially" after winning a historic runoff election to extend his two-decade rule, France 24 reported. The ....