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IAEA says Chernobyl nuclear plant hit by explosion
Date: 2025-02-14 08:49:38 GMT - Austria - World - SN:8 - ID:11066748
VIENNA, Feb 14 (MENA) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Friday that an explosion caused a fire overnight at the site of the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine, . The agency said the blast was reported at ....
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6 dead in fire at hotel construction site in Busan
Date: 2025-02-14 08:40:45 GMT - south korea - World - SN:5 - ID:11066696
SEOUL, Feb 14 (MENA) - A fire broke out at the Banyan Tree Hotel construction site in Gijang County, Busan, around 10:50 a.m. Friday, KBS World Radio reported. The Busan Fire Department issued a Level One response but raised it to Level Two ....
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Pakistan coal mine blast kills nine
Date: 2025-02-14 08:40:36 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:4 - ID:11066691
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14 (MENA) - A blast in a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan killed at least nine people and injured six others, Geo News reported on Friday. The incident happened in the Shahrag area of Harnai district in the Balochistan province, ....
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145 US lawmakers urge Trump to retract Gaza control remarks
Date: 2025-02-13 22:50:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:11066557
WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (MENA) – Some 145 Democratic lawmakers in the US House of Representatives have urged President Donald Trump to withdraw his recent statements about US control over Gaza. According to Axios, more than two-thirds of House ....
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WHO releases $2 million to support Uganda's Ebola outbreak response
Date: 2025-02-13 11:19:19 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:20 - ID:11065662
GENEVA, Feb 13 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was releasing an additional $2 million to support Uganda's response to its Ebola outbreak, which has killed one person and infected at ....
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Navy jet crashes near San Diego
Date: 2025-02-13 06:41:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:11065224
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (MENA) - A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler crashed off the coast of San Diego, Seattle Times reported. The two crew members ejected from the fighter jet into San Diego Bay off Point Loma soon after takeoff around 10:15 a.m., according ....
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Trump says he had 'highly productive call' with Putin to end war in Ukraine
Date: 2025-02-12 20:29:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:11065059
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he had a “lengthy and highly productive phone call” with his Russian President Vladimir Putin, characterizing it as the beginning of a negotiation to end the war in ....
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Zelensky, Putin open to peace, says Trump
Date: 2025-02-12 19:56:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:11065034
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants peace, following discussions on potential negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Posting on Truth ....
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Trump fires USAID's inspector general
Date: 2025-02-12 07:03:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:11063766
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 ( MENA) - US President Donald Trump fired Paul Martin the federal watchdog responsible for overseeing the US Agency for International Development (USAID), one day after the inspector general issued a damning report detailing the ....
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Trump signs executive order to eliminate Federal Executive Institute
Date: 2025-02-11 07:51:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:11062398
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (MENA) - US President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to eliminate the Federal Executive Institute (FEI), Alhurra news channel reported Tuesday. Established over 50 years ago during the Lyndon B. Johnson ....