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Russia plans to annex Ukrainian territory, White House says
Date: 2022-07-20 09:55:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:9678543
WASHINGTON, July 20 (MENA) - The White House said Tuesday that it has intelligence to indicate Russia is taking steps to annex parts of Ukraine, CNBC said. “We’re seeing ample evidence and intelligence and in the public domain that Russia intends ....
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Putin says West must remove restrictions on Russian grain exports
Date: 2022-07-20 09:38:25 GMT - Iran - World - SN:29 - ID:9678539
TEHRAN, July 20 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said the West must remove restrictions on exports of Russian grain. RT reported Wednesday. "We will facilitate the export of Ukrainian grain, but we are proceeding from the fact that all ....
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Syria cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine
Date: 2022-07-20 08:36:00 GMT - Syria - World - SN:20 - ID:9678421
DAMASCUS, July 20 (MENA) - Syria is cutting its diplomatic ties with Ukraine, SANA news agency said Wednesday quoting a Foreign Ministry statement. The move comes as a reciprocal measure in response to a similar Ukrainian step. "The Ukrainian ....
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Russia’s Gazprom sends force majeure letter to European customers
Date: 2022-07-20 07:44:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:9678341
WASHINGTON, July 20 (MENA) - Russia's state-run gas giant Gazprom has warned some European clients that it can no longer guarantee supply to the continent, the latest salvo in an economic dispute between Moscow and Europe over the war in Ukraine, ....
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Poland receives 4.9 mln refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-07-20 07:26:09 GMT - Poland - World - SN:13 - ID:9678326
WARSAW, July 20 (MENA) - Some 4.897 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation there, Radio Poland said Wednesday quoting Poland's Border Guard. As many as 21,700 refugees ....
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India reports 20,557 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2022-07-20 07:19:01 GMT - India - World - SN:11 - ID:9678289
NEW DELHI, July 20 (MENA) - India's total tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 43,803,619 with 20,557 new coronavirus infections, NDTV reported Wednesday quoting the Union Health Ministry data. The death count climbed to 525,825 with 40 new ....
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5.7-magnitude earthquake hits southern Sumatra in Indonesia: EMSC
Date: 2022-07-20 06:53:41 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:9 - ID:9678274
JAKARTA, July 20 (MENA) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck southern Sumatra in Indonesia, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Wednesday. The quake was at a depth of 60km, Channel News Asia quoted EMSC as ....
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New Zealand reports 10,716 new Covid cases
Date: 2022-07-20 06:49:13 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:8 - ID:9678266
WELLINGTON, July 20 (MENA) - New Zealand recorded 10,716 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1,530,186, according to TVNZ. The death tally reached 1,837 in the country, the ....
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1 dead, 12 injured in Tianjin gas explosion in north China
Date: 2022-07-20 06:40:11 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:9678251
BEIJING, July 20 (MENA) - One person has died in a gas explosion that injured 12 others at a six-story residential building in the Chinese port city of Tianjin. Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday a trapped person pulled out late Tuesday had weak ....
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Biden signs executive order on Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad
Date: 2022-07-19 21:34:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:9678101
WASHINGTON, July 19 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday that codifies a 2020 law dealing with Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad, ABC News reported. Drawing on the 2020 Robert Levinson Hostage ....