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  • Japan police chief to step down over ex-PM Abe's assassination

    Date: 2022-08-25 07:38:20 GMT - Japan - World - SN:21 - ID:9737731

    TOKYO, Aug 25 (MENA) - The top bureaucrat of the Japanese police said Thursday he will step down to take responsibility for the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported. Itaru Nakamura, ....

  • US military aid to Ukraine not to change situation - Envoy

    Date: 2022-08-25 07:34:20 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:20 - ID:9737695

    NEW YORK, Aug 25 (MENA) - Deputy Russian envoy to UN Dmitry Polyanskiy said a new package of US military aid to Ukraine will not change the situation on the ground. Polyanskiy added in statements, quoted by Russia Today channel Thursday, that ....

  • Mi-2 helicopter crashes in Stavropol Region — Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations

    Date: 2022-08-25 07:26:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:9737696

    MOSCOW, Aug 25 (MENA) – A Mi-2 helicopter crashed in Stavropol Region’s Predgorny District, the Russian regional Ministry of Emergency Situations directorate said, adding that, according to preliminary information, nobody was injured in the ....

  • Lithuania plans to join military training of Ukrainian troops in UK in September

    Date: 2022-08-25 07:23:42 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:17 - ID:9737694

    KYIV/VILNIUS, Aug 25 (MENA) - The Ukrainian military personnel undergo five training courses in Lithuania. Moreover, the country will join the international training program for the Ukrainian troops in the United Kingdom in September, Ukrinform ....

  • Florita leaves 3 dead, 4 injured: NDRRMC

    Date: 2022-08-25 07:13:12 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:16 - ID:9737691

    MANILA, Aug 25 (MENA) - Three people have been reported killed and 4 others were injured in the onslaught of severe tropical storm Florita, ABS-CBN quoted the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) as saying ....

  • 5.2-Magnitude quake hits northwest Myanmar

    Date: 2022-08-25 07:12:23 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:15 - ID:9737693

    NAYPYIDAW, Aug 25 (MENA) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 struck about 33.8 km northeast of Mawlaik in Myanmar's northwestern Sagaing Region at 4:18 a.m. local time on Thursday, according to Myanmar's Department of Meteorology and ....

  • 2 earthquakes hit Jammu and Kashmir in 1 hour

    Date: 2022-08-25 06:56:15 GMT - India - World - SN:11 - ID:9737686

    NEW DELHI, Aug 25 (MENA) - Two earthquakes, of magnitudes 4.1 and 3.2, hit Jammu and Kashmir late on Wednesday night but no loss of live or damage to property was reported, The Times of India reported, quoting officials. The epicenter of the ....

  • 3 killed, 20 injured as bus collides with truck in west Bengal

    Date: 2022-08-25 06:53:52 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:9737656

    NEW DELHI, Aug 25 (MENA) - Three people were killed and several others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in West Bengal's Howrah district late on Thursday evening, NDTV reported, quoting police. The accident took place ....

  • India reports 10,725 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours

    Date: 2022-08-25 06:09:37 GMT - India - World - SN:1 - ID:9737619

    NEW DELHI, Aug 25 (MENA) - India reported 10,725 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's total tally to 44,378,920; active cases declined to 94,047, The Economic Times reported. Today's count is 2,395 cases down from the ....

  • BBC ‘no longer fit for purpose’ as new poll shows staggering majority supports defunding

    Date: 2022-08-24 22:20:23 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:82 - ID:9737512

    LONDON, Aug 24 (MENA) - The BBC should be defunded, according to a new poll of Express newspaper. The BBC is celebrating its 100th year of operations after launching regular television programming on August 22, 1932, from the basement of ....

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