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  • Seven people injured as Russia hits Dnipro with ballistic missiles overnight

    Date: 2024-07-01 07:42:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:10766111

    KYIV, July 1 (MENA) - The Russian army hit Dnipro with ballistic missiles, injuring seven people, including a 15-year-old boy, Ukrinform quoted the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration as saying in a post on Facebook. A ....

  • French voters head to polls in first round of snap parliamentary elections

    Date: 2024-06-30 06:55:08 GMT - France - World - SN:8 - ID:10764825

    PARIS, June 30 (MENA) - Voters across mainland France have begun casting their ballots in the country's snap election, with polling stations opening at 8 a.m. (local time in France). Some 49 million people are eligible to vote. The election ....

  • Bolivian general accused of failed coup 'transferred' to maximum-security prison

    Date: 2024-06-30 06:52:48 GMT - Bolivia - World - SN:6 - ID:10764798

    LA PAZ, June 30 (MENA) - The Bolivian general accused of leading a failed coup was sent to a maximum-security prison as he faces charges of terrorism and starting an armed uprising. "At some point the truth will be known," a handcuffed Gen. Juan ....

  • Ukraine, North Macedonia discuss reaching security agreement

    Date: 2024-06-29 22:01:18 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:105 - ID:10764719

    KIEV, June 29 (MENA) - Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has met with Timčo Mucunski, the newly appointed Foreign Minister of North Macedonia, in Croatia to discuss the preparation of a bilateral security agreement between the two ....

  • New York Times says that to serve his country, Biden should leave the presidential race

    Date: 2024-06-29 18:28:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:10764457

    NEW YORK, June 29 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has repeatedly and rightfully described the stakes in this November’s presidential election as nothing less than the future of American democracy, The New York Times said. In its editorial today ....

  • Belarus Army: Ready to use all forces to defend Belarus

    Date: 2024-06-29 15:45:37 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:68 - ID:10764298

    MINSK, June 29 (MENA) – Belarus army is prepared to resolutely use all the available forces and assets to protect the territory and the population of Belarus from possible provocations in the air space, BelTA quoted Chief of the Air Defense Missile ....

  • Ukraine loses up to 270 troops in area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup North – Russian army

    Date: 2024-06-29 15:44:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:10764302

    MOSCOW, June 29 (MENA) – Ukraine lost up to 270 troops in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup North in the past day, Tass quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying in a statement. "Units of Battlegroup North hit the troops and ....

  • 60% of voters want Biden replaced as candidate after debate, poll says

    Date: 2024-06-29 14:59:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:10764296

    WASHINGTON, June 29 (MENA) - A majority of voters — 60% — say President Joe Biden should "definitely" or "probably" be replaced as the Democratic candidate following his performance in Thursday's debate, per a Morning Consult poll released to ....

  • UN: 17% of SDGs targets are currently on track

    Date: 2024-06-29 13:16:18 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:45 - ID:10764010

    NEW YORK, June 29 (MENA) - With just six years remaining to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global progress is alarmingly insufficient, with a mere 17 per cent of the targets currently on track, according to a report published by the ....

  • EU expands some anti-Russian economic sanctions to Belarus

    Date: 2024-06-29 13:01:04 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:43 - ID:10764165

    BRUSSELS, June 29 (MENA) - Brussels has expanded some of its anti-Russian economic sanctions to Belarus, TASS quoted the Council of the European Union as saying in a statement. "These comprehensive measures aim at mirroring several of the ....

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