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  • Blast in Kabul kills 8, injures 18

    Date: 2022-08-05 20:23:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:70 - ID:9706268

    KABUL, Aug 5 (MENA) - At least eight people were killed and 18 wounded in a deadly blast on Friday in a Shi'ite residential area in Afghanistan's capital Kabul. "The explosion happened in a crowded place," police spokesman Khalid Zadran ....

  • Canada bans importation of handguns

    Date: 2022-08-05 19:17:58 GMT - Canada - World - SN:67 - ID:9706198

    OTTAWA, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Canadian government is moving to ban the importation of restricted handguns, effective August 19, CTV reported. Canadian Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced Friday ....

  • NATO's irresponsible policy adds to risks of nuclear conflict, Russian diplomat

    Date: 2022-08-05 18:49:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:9706233

    MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Geneva office Andrey Belousov said on Friday that NATO's reckless policy of moving its nuclear potential closer to the Russian borders only adds to the risks of a ....

  • Updated Covid vaccines expected in Greece in the fall

    Date: 2022-08-05 18:21:41 GMT - Greece - World - SN:64 - ID:9706183

    ATHENS Aug 5 (MENA) – Covid vaccines that have been updated to protect people against hospitalization and death from the Omicron variant of the virus are expected to receive approval in Greece by the end of the month, ekathimerini newspaper reported ....

  • Canada sends military trainers to UK to teach Ukrainian forces

    Date: 2022-08-05 18:20:57 GMT - Canada - World - SN:63 - ID:9706184

    OTTAWA, Aug 5 (MENA) - Canada is sending military trainers to the United Kingdom to help teach Ukrainians how to fight invading Russian forces, Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand has announced. He added that up to 225 Canadian Armed Forces ....

  • Russia’s proven reserves of oil to suffice for 39 years, gas - for 80 years, official says

    Date: 2022-08-05 17:44:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:59 - ID:9706171

    MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - Russia’s proven reserves of oil and gas will suffice for 39 and 80 years, respectively, whereas coal reserves will suffice for an even longer period in accordance with updated national register data, General Director of the ....

  • Lavrov, Thai counterpart discuss prospects for bilateral cooperation

    Date: 2022-08-05 17:07:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:9706151

    MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Don Pramudwinai, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Thailand, discussed interaction at international platforms and prospects for bilateral cooperation at a meeting in Phnom ....

  • International flights avoiding Taipei FIR due to China drills: Official

    Date: 2022-08-05 16:56:25 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:57 - ID:9706130

    TAIPEI, Aug 5 (MENA) - The number of flights that passed through the Taipei Flight Information Region (FIR) on Thursday was only 150, half the normal daily average, due to the live-fire military drills being conducted by China, Taiwan authorities ....

  • US ambassador calls on N. Korea to respond to dialogue offer

    Date: 2022-08-05 16:54:02 GMT - south korea - World - SN:56 - ID:9706149

    SEOUL, Aug 5 (MENA) - The new US Ambassador to South Korea Philip Goldberg called Friday on Pyongyang to respond to Washington's dialogue offers, as he stressed the firm goal of fully denuclearizing Korea through diplomacy, Yonhap news agency ....

  • China launches reusable experimental spacecraft

    Date: 2022-08-05 16:37:56 GMT - China - World - SN:53 - ID:9706086

    BEIJING, Aug 5 (MENA) - China on Friday successfully launched a reusable experimental spacecraft using a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwest of the country, Xinhua reported on Friday. After a ....

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