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  • 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 ....

  • 4 killed, 9 injured after van falls into gorge in India’s Maharashtra

    Date: 2022-08-04 07:51:25 GMT - India - World - SN:14 - ID:9703615

    NEW DELHI, Aug 4 (MENA) – Four people were killed when the van they were traveling in fell into a gorge in Maharashtra's Amravati district, NDTV quoted police officials as saying. The victims were from Akot in Akola district and were returning ....

  • Kim, Pelosi agree to support efforts for denuclearization of N. Korea

    Date: 2022-08-04 07:46:27 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:9703648

    SEOUL, Aug 4 (MENA) - National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday they agreed to support efforts by Seoul and Washington for the denuclearization of North Korea, voicing concerns over the North's escalating ....

  • Heavy rain hits northeastern, central Japan, 100,000 told to evacuate

    Date: 2022-08-04 07:17:18 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:9703602

    TOKYO, Aug 4 (MENA) - Torrential rain continued in wide areas of Japan on Thursday, with more than 100,000 residents in northeastern and central parts urged to evacuate, several people unaccounted for, and reports of power and water supply cuts, the ....

  • US CDC expected to ease COVID-19 guidelines for schools this week - CNN

    Date: 2022-08-04 07:14:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9703571

    WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (MENA) - The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected to ease its guidelines to control the spread of COVID-19, including in schools as soon as this week, CNN reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar ....

  • India records over 19,893 new Covid cases, 47 deaths in 24 hours

    Date: 2022-08-04 06:07:22 GMT - India - World - SN:1 - ID:9703534

    NEW DELHI, Aug 4 (MENA) - India on Thursday reported a total of 19,893 new Covid cases, taking the total number of infections to 4,40,87,037, according to NDTV. According to the Union Health Ministry, the active cases have declined to ....

  • Lavrov arrives in Cambodia for ASEAN-Russia FMs' meeting

    Date: 2022-08-03 20:01:48 GMT - Cambodia - World - SN:89 - ID:9703326

    PHNOM PENH, August 3 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on Wednesday to attend the ASEAN-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, TASS reported. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova ....

  • Ukraine becomes the poorest country in Europe again

    Date: 2022-08-03 19:26:27 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:85 - ID:9703363

    KIEV, Aug 3 (MENA) - Wages in Ukraine decreased to UAH14,577 per month in January from UAH17,453 in December of 2021, according to the National Bank of Ukraine's (NBU) data as quoted by Business News Europe (BNE). Wages in Ukraine have been ....

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