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Russian Defense Ministry: 100 militants killed in Kharkiv region
Date: 2022-08-20 08:46:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:9729425
MOSCOW, Aug 20 (MENA) - Russian forces, in an attack with high-precision weapons, killed more than 100 militants, including 20 mercenaries, in the Andreevka area of the Kharkiv region. This was stated by the spokesman of the Russian Defense ....
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Mexico arrests former top prosecutor over 2014 missing students case
Date: 2022-08-20 08:37:21 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:14 - ID:9729418
MEXICO CITY, Aug 20 (MENA) - Mexico on Friday arrested a former attorney general who led a controversial investigation into the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 -- one of the country's worst human rights tragedies, France24 channel reported. ....
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EU Commission approves €687 million Finnish scheme to compensate energy-intensive companies for indirect emission costs
Date: 2022-08-20 08:31:50 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:13 - ID:9729405
BRUSSELS, Aug 20 (MENA) - The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Finnish scheme to partially compensate energy-intensive companies for higher electricity prices resulting from indirect emission costs under the EU Emission ....
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Ukraine Army eliminates about 44,900 enemy troops
Date: 2022-08-20 08:15:06 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:12 - ID:9729380
KIEV, Aug 20 (MENA) - Russia has already lost about 44,900 troops in Ukraine (+200 over the past day). The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. Between ....
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US military assistance for Ukraine surpasses $10bn - Blinken
Date: 2022-08-20 08:03:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:9729327
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington’s security assistance Ukraine hit more than $10 billion, the US Department of State said in a press release on Saturday. “As part of those efforts, pursuant to a ....
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Drone attack on Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters in Sevastopol reported
Date: 2022-08-20 07:26:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:9729303
MOSCOW, Aug 20 (MENA) - The Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters was attacked with a drone on Saturday, with no casualties reported, Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said on his Telegram-channel, Tass news agency reported. "I am at the [Black ....
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China launches new remote sensing satellite group
Date: 2022-08-20 07:16:27 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:9729288
BEIJING, Aug 20 (MENA) - China on Saturday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket to place a remote sensing satellite group in space. As the fourth batch of the Yaogan-35 family, the satellites were lifted at 1:37 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the ....
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Rescue work continuing after flash flood in NW China, with 23 killed, 8 missing
Date: 2022-08-20 07:03:01 GMT - China - World - SN:5 - ID:9729269
BEIJING, Aug 20 (MENA) - The mountain flash flood disaster hitting Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in Northwest China's Qinghai Province was mainly caused by sudden heavy rains, with 23 people killed and 8 missing as of 8 pm Friday, Xinhua ....
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Japan grounds Ospreys after U.S. Air Force safety concerns
Date: 2022-08-20 06:54:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:4 - ID:9729260
TOKYO, Aug 20 (MENA) - The Ground Self-Defense Force has temporarily grounded its V-22 Osprey fleet based at a camp east of Tokyo after the U.S. Air Force halted flights of its fleet over safety concerns, the Defense Ministry said Saturday. The ....
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Vietnam gives priority to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with India - Vietnamese official
Date: 2022-08-19 22:43:23 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:68 - ID:9729119
HANOI, Aug 19 (MENA) – Vietnam consistently attaches importance and gives priority to the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with India, Vietnam’s Standing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nguyen Minh Vu said at an event marking the 75th ....