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  • Russia confirms commitment to space station

    Date: 2022-08-04 21:00:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:84 - ID:9705120

    MOSCOW, Aug 4 (MENA) – A senior Russian official on Thursday said that his country's space program intends to cooperate with NASA and other partners on the International Space Station for as long as technically possible. Earlier, NASA has said it ....

  • Russia is determined to strengthen strategic comprehensive dialogue with ASEAN — Lavrov

    Date: 2022-08-04 21:00:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:83 - ID:9705122

    MOSCOW, Aug 4 (MENA) - Russia is committed to strengthening strategic comprehensive dialogue and expanding practical cooperation in all directions with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said ....

  • US president denounces Russia’s nine-year sentence for Brittney Griner as ‘unacceptable’

    Date: 2022-08-04 19:04:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:9704982

    WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (MENA) - US President Biden on Thursday called on Russia to release WNBA star Brittney Griner immediately, condemning a newly announced nine-year prison sentence for Griner as “unacceptable,” The Hill reported. “Today, American ....

  • Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 580.7 mln

    Date: 2022-08-04 12:16:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:9704368

    WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (MENA) - As many as 580,709,440 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported on Thursday. It added that about 6,410,053 have died from the virus ....

  • Bank of England raises rates by most since 1995

    Date: 2022-08-04 12:09:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:37 - ID:9704295

    LONDON, Aug 4 (MENA) - The Bank of England (BOE) unleashed its biggest interest-rate hike in 27 years, according to Bloomberg. The half-point increase to 1.75% on Thursday was backed by eight of the bank’s nine policy makers, who also kept up a ....

  • China launches terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring satellite

    Date: 2022-08-04 08:48:49 GMT - China - World - SN:20 - ID:9703776

    BEIJING, Aug 4 (MENA) - China successfully launched a terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring satellite and two other satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province Thursday, according to the Chinese news ....

  • EU calls for 'immediate cessation of hostilities' between Azerbaijan, Armenia

    Date: 2022-08-04 08:35:28 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:18 - ID:9703651

    BRUSSELS, Aug 4 (MENA) - The European Union called for an "immediate cessation of hostilities" between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in Karabakh. "It is essential to de-escalate, fully respect the ceasefire and return to the negotiating table ....

  • Senate votes to ratify NATO membership for Sweden and Finland

    Date: 2022-08-04 08:34:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:9703639

    WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (MENA) – The Senate voted to approve a resolution to ratify membership for Sweden and Finland in NATO, a historic vote aimed at strengthening the defense bloc amid Russia's operation in Ukraine, CNN reported. NATO formalized its ....

  • China's PLA Eastern Theater Command conducts joint exercises around Taiwan Island

    Date: 2022-08-04 08:33:55 GMT - China - World - SN:16 - ID:9703678

    BEIJING, Aug 4 (MENA) – The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) organized joint combat training exercises in the northern, southwestern and southeastern waters and airspace off the Taiwan Island, according to the ....

  • 10 Mexican miners remain trapped in coal mine after 3 rescued

    Date: 2022-08-04 08:27:41 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:15 - ID:9703632

    MEXICO CITY, Aug 4 (MENA) - Rescuers in Mexico, including dozens of soldiers, were working desperately on Wednesday to reach ten miners trapped in a flooded coal mine following the collapse of an inner wall, the ministry handling the disaster ....

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