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  • Pentagon announces additional $1B in aid to Ukraine

    Date: 2022-08-08 19:24:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:9710846

    WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (MENA) - The United States has greenlighted the largest military assistance package to Ukraine thus far, preparing to send $1 billion in ammunition for advanced rocket systems, vehicles and explosives to help the country beat back ....

  • UN chief criticizes ‘suicidal’ attacks on Ukraine nuclear plant

    Date: 2022-08-08 19:17:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:69 - ID:9710829

    NEW YORK, Aug 8 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called recent attacks on a nuclear power plant in Ukraine that is the largest in Europe “suicidal.” “Any attack to a nuclear plant is a suicidal thing, and I ....

  • Nearly 13,000 civilian casualties recorded in Ukraine so far due to war with Russia

    Date: 2022-08-08 16:06:10 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:55 - ID:9710372

    GENEVA, Aug 8 (MENA) - The United Nations said Monday the number of civilian casualties in Ukraine due to the war with Russia is nearing 13,000. From 24 February 2022, when the Russian-Ukrainian war started, to 7 August 2022, the Office of the UN ....

  • Lavrov heads Russia's delegation at 77th session of UN General Assembly

    Date: 2022-08-08 15:51:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:52 - ID:9710549

    MOSCOW, Aug 8 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will head the Russian delegation to the UN General Assembly, which will begin in September, according to RIA Novosti on Monday The Russian delegation consists of ten people, including ....

  • Japan reports 137,859 coronavirus cases; 17,884 in Tokyo

    Date: 2022-08-08 11:06:17 GMT - Japan - World - SN:30 - ID:9709779

    TOKYO, Aug 8 (MENA) - Japan on Monday reported 137,859 new coronavirus cases, the Japan Today reported. The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 17,884 new coronavirus cases, down 8,429 from Sunday. The number of infected people hospitalized ....

  • No radiation concerns in Poland, atomic energy agency says

    Date: 2022-08-08 10:45:30 GMT - Poland - World - SN:29 - ID:9709747

    WARSAW, Aug 8 (MENA) - There are no radiation threats to Poland caused by a Russian attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) said, according to Poland's The First News newspaper on ....

  • Russian Foreign Ministry welcomes Egyptian mediation efforts to reach ceasefire in Gaza

    Date: 2022-08-08 10:26:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:9709615

    MOSCOW, Aug 8 (MENA) – The Russian Foreign Ministry welcomed on Monday the Egyptian mediation efforts to reach a ceasefire between the Israeli and Palestinian sides in the Gaza Strip. In a phone call with head of the Hamas political bureau Ismail ....

  • Poland receives more than 5.34 mn refugees from Ukraine

    Date: 2022-08-08 08:48:05 GMT - Poland - World - SN:21 - ID:9709541

    WARSAW, Aug 8 (MENA) - Some 5.348 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said on Monday citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. About 24,500 ....

  • Russian military death toll in Ukraine reaches 42,340 - Ukraine’s General Staff

    Date: 2022-08-08 08:34:53 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:18 - ID:9709492

    KIEV, Aug 8 (MENA) - Since the full-scale invasion on February 24, the Russian army has lost 42,340 servicemen in Ukraine. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the update via Facebook, according to Ukrinform. "The total combat ....

  • Japan, UN share "serious concern" about rising tensions over Taiwan

    Date: 2022-08-08 08:06:01 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:9709489

    TOKYO, Aug 8 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday expressed their shared "serious concern about growing regional tensions" following China's large-scale military drills near Taiwan, Kyodo ....

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