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  • Ukrainian energy min., G7 ambassadors discuss events involving Zaporizhzhia NPP

    Date: 2022-08-12 06:59:10 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:12 - ID:9716326

    KIEV, Aug 12 (MENA) - Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko has met with the Ambassadors of the G7 countries to discuss the events involving Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and Ukraine’s preparations for the heating season. The ....

  • Thousands hit by floods in Venezuela

    Date: 2022-08-12 06:53:35 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:10 - ID:9716284

    CARACAS, Aug 12 (MENA) – Heavy rains in Venezuela since Wednesday have caused flooding, landslides, cut roads and damage to nearly 1,000 families across the country, but without causing casualties, local media reported. "Heavy rain has fallen," ....

  • Ukraine: 21 civilians killed, injured in Donetsk region in past 24 hrs

    Date: 2022-08-12 06:48:20 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:9716312

    KIEV, Aug 12 (MENA) - The Russian army killed seven civilians and injured 14 more in Donetsk region over the past day, August 11, Ukrinform reported on Friday. "On August 11, the Russians killed seven civilians of Donetsk region: three – in ....

  • Venezuela, Colombia seek to repair ties with appointments of new ambassadors

    Date: 2022-08-12 06:43:43 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:8 - ID:9716271

    CARACAS, Aug 12 (MENA) – Venezuela and Colombia appointed ambassadors to each other's capitals, moving to rebuild relations between the two countries that have been broken for more than three years, US News reported Friday. The appointments come ....

  • Japanese PM eyes extra steps to cope with inflation after Cabinet revamp

    Date: 2022-08-12 06:40:47 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:9716298

    TOKYO, Aug 12 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday his government will take fresh measures to ease the pain from rising prices, with inflation a top priority for his reshuffled Cabinet amid dipping public support, Kyodo news ....

  • India reports 16,561 new Covid cases

    Date: 2022-08-12 06:37:33 GMT - India - World - SN:6 - ID:9716297

    NEW DELHI, Aug 12 (MENA) - India on Friday reported 16,561 new Covid-19 cases and 41 deaths, NDTV reported. Total infections reached 44,223,557 in the country, the health ministry announced. With the new rise, the total death toll due to ....

  • Moscow, Baku, Yerevan to hold high-level contacts before end of August — Russian MFA

    Date: 2022-08-11 22:52:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:78 - ID:9716189

    MOSCOW, Aug 11 (MENA) - Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are expected to hold high-level trilateral contacts before the end of August, TASS cited Russian Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesman Ivan Nechayev as saying at a briefing on Thursday. "There ....

  • Swiss mountain pass will lose all glacier ice ‘in a few weeks’ for first time in centuries

    Date: 2022-08-11 22:51:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:9716218

    LONDON, Aug 11 (MENA) – The thick layer of ice that has covered a Swiss mountain pass for centuries will have melted away completely within a few weeks, according to a local ski resort. After a dry winter, the summer heatwaves hitting Europe ....

  • UK energy firms ‘agree to do more’ to help vulnerable as bills surge

    Date: 2022-08-11 22:49:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:75 - ID:9716217

    LONDON, Aug 11 (MENA) – The UK’s biggest energy firms have agreed to “work closely” with the Government to offer more support for struggling households as bills soar this autumn, it was announced on Thursday. It comes after Prime Minister Boris ....

  • Decrease in gas supplies from Russia to EU results from sanctions - Moscow

    Date: 2022-08-11 22:49:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:74 - ID:9716187

    MOSCOW, Aug 11 (MENA) – A decrease in supplies of Russian gas to the European Union (EU) has not been triggered by Russia’s actions, but by the aftermath of sanctions imposed against Moscow, according to a statement released by the Russian embassy ....

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