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Putin lashes out at West’s 'vanishing' hegemony, outlines Russia’s goals
Date: 2022-08-16 20:53:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:80 - ID:9724297
MOSCOW, Aug 16 (MENA) - Western countries are desperately clinging to their "vanishing hegemony" but the unipolar world order is becoming a thing of the past, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his address to the audience of the 10th Moscow ....
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Guterres appoints Simon Stiell of Grenada as UNFCCC executive secretary
Date: 2022-08-16 16:39:37 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:63 - ID:9723890
NEW YORK, Aug 16 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of Simon Stiell of Grenada as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The appointment ....
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Putin: Russia decided to conduct military operation in Ukraine in full compliance with UN Charter
Date: 2022-08-16 12:40:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:9723309
MOSCOW, Aug 16 (MENA) - Western countries are desperately clinging to their "vanishing hegemony" but the unipolar world order is becoming a thing of the past, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his address to the audience of the 10th Moscow ....
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The Hill: Time to treat Afghan allies with same respect as those fleeing Ukraine
Date: 2022-08-16 10:38:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:9723084
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) - In the months following Russia’s winter invasion of Ukraine, President Biden announced the U.S. would accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians and established “Uniting for Ukraine,” a program that streamlines and expands the ....
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Philippines records over 1,000 new cases, 3 deaths from omicron subvariants
Date: 2022-08-16 09:40:31 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:25 - ID:9722866
MANILA, Aug 16 (MENA) - The Philippines has detected over 1,000 additional cases of highly transmissible omicron subvariants BA.5 and BA.4, ABS-CBN quoted the Department of Health as saying Tuesday. The country found 1,011 additional cases of the ....
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UN hopes for drafting first treaty on marine biodiversity
Date: 2022-08-16 09:30:30 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:24 - ID:9722865
NEW YORK, Aug 16 (MENA) - President of Intergovernmental conference on ocean biodiversity Rena Lee voiced hope to draft the first-ever treaty on marine biodiversity. The fifth session, which runs until August 26, is expected to be the final in a ....
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JHU: Coronavirus cases surpass 591 mn
Date: 2022-08-16 08:20:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:9722753
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload reached 591,192,492 and deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) on Tuesday. In its latest update, JHU revealed that the current ....
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Kashmiri Pandit shot dead, another injured as terrorists open fire inside apple orchard in Shopian
Date: 2022-08-16 07:56:38 GMT - India - World - SN:14 - ID:9722691
NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (MENA) - One Kashmiri Pandit was shot dead on Tuesday after terrorists opened fire in an apple orchard in Chotipora area of Shopian. Another person was injured., India TV news reported. The area has been cordoned off. This is ....
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Diehard "Taiwan independence" separatists to be sanctioned: China
Date: 2022-08-16 07:51:22 GMT - China - World - SN:13 - ID:9722651
BEIJING, Aug 16 (MENA) - A spokesperson of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee on Tuesday announced sanctions on "Taiwan independence" diehards on a Chinese mainland's list, Xinhua news agency reported. In ....
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6 border police personnel killed after bus falls into River in Kashmir
Date: 2022-08-16 07:42:24 GMT - India - World - SN:12 - ID:9722659
NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (MENA) - Six border police personnel died after the bus they were travelling in fell into a riverbed in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, NDTV reported. At least 30 other personnel travelling in the bus have suffered injuries in ....