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Aid pours into Pakistan; deaths from floods cross 1,200 mark
Date: 2022-09-02 09:16:11 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:23 - ID:9751321
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2 (MENA) – Planes carrying fresh supplies are surging across a humanitarian air bridge to flood-ravaged Pakistan as the death toll surged past 1,200, officials said Friday, with families and children at special risk of disease and ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 603 mn
Date: 2022-09-02 08:33:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:9751335
WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (MENA) - Some 603,714,197 people are reported to have been infected with the coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said. In a latest update Friday, the JHU said 6,497,472 people have died from the virus ....
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Russian, Ukrainian top diplomats invited to UNSC meeting on Ukraine Sep 22 — French envoy
Date: 2022-09-02 08:12:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:9751300
NEW YORK, Sept 2 (MENA) - The September 22 session of the United Nations Security Council, which will focus on Ukraine, will be held as a ministerial meeting, so the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers - Sergey Lavrov and Dmitry Kuleba - will be ....
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Australia raises permanent migration cap to address labor shortage
Date: 2022-09-02 08:08:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:18 - ID:9751296
LONDON, Sept 2 (MENA) - Australia has raised its permanent immigration intake by more than a fifth to almost 200,000 this year in an effort to address a crippling labor shortage and ease the country’s dependence on lower-paid temporary workers, the ....
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Russian embassy calls on US to stop forcing 'harmful' ideas about oil on other countries
Date: 2022-09-02 07:51:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:9751280
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, Sept 2 (MENA) - The Russian embassy in Washington is calling on the US to stop forcing the idea of a price cap on Russian oil on other countries as it raises the risk of a collapse in the market, TASS news agency quoted the ....
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Russia extends restrictions on flights to southern, central cities until September 10
Date: 2022-09-02 07:33:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:9751261
MOSCOW, Sept 2 (MENA) - The Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport has extended temporary restrictions on flights to 11 airports in the southern and central part of the country for another week, the press service of the agency said in a statement ....
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Argentine president says man tried to shoot vice president
Date: 2022-09-02 07:28:06 GMT - Argentina - World - SN:13 - ID:9751254
BUENOS AIRES, Sept 2 (MENA) - A man was detained Thursday night after he aimed a handgun at point-blank range toward Argentina's politically powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández, and President Alberto Fernández said the assassination attempt ....
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EU regulator approves first Covid booster shots targeting Omicron variant
Date: 2022-09-02 07:22:47 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:11 - ID:9751222
BRUSSELS, Sept 2 (MENA) – The European Union's drug regulator backed two separate Covid-19 vaccine boosters updated to target the Omicron variant and developed by Moderna and the team of Pfizer and BioNTech, France 24 reported. Europe is ....
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Typhoon Hinnamnor to slam Okinawa islands through weekend
Date: 2022-09-02 07:21:19 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:9751238
TOKYO, Sept 2 (MENA) - Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor is slowly moving toward Okinawa on Friday from its current location to the south of the Japanese prefecture, with stormy weather set to hit on the weekend, Kyodo news agency reported. The typhoon ....
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Poland receives 5.98 mn refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-09-02 07:15:52 GMT - Poland - World - SN:8 - ID:9751226
WARSAW, Sept 2 (MENA) - Some 5.983 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said on Friday, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. About 24,300 ....
