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  • Russia supports Kazakhstan’s application for BRICS membership: senior diplomat

    Date: 2024-08-27 19:21:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:62 - ID:10846595

    MOSCOW, Aug 27 (MENA) - Moscow supports Astana's application for BRICS membership, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, said, according to TASS News Agency. "BRICS will add value to [bilateral] cooperation. Naturally, Russia supports ....

  • Biden condemns 'outrageous' Russian attack on Ukraine power grid

    Date: 2024-08-27 18:43:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:10846490

    WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden denounced an "outrageous" Russian assault on Ukraine's power grid Monday, vowing Moscow would "never succeed" in its ongoing war and pledging continued support to Kyiv. Russia fired hundreds of ....

  • Ukraine successfully tests first domestic-made ballistic missile

    Date: 2024-08-27 14:34:52 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:46 - ID:10846256

    KYIV, Aug 27 (MENA) - Ukraine has successfully tested its first domestically-produced ballistic missile, The Telegraph quoted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as saying on Tuesday. The Ukrainian president made the announcement to reporters ....

  • WHO expresses concern over rapid spread of monkeypox virus

    Date: 2024-08-27 10:49:13 GMT - Republic of the Congo - World - SN:27 - ID:10845798

    BRAZZAVILLE, Aug 27 (MENA) - Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom, expressed the organization's concern over the rapid spread of the monkeypox virus. During the 74th session of the WHO African Regional ....

  • Tokyo startup turns tempura flakes into aviation fuel

    Date: 2024-08-27 07:52:26 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:10845462

    TOKYO, Aug 27 (MENA) - A Tokyo startup has some ambitious plans to turn what's left over from cooking tempura and other deep-fried dishes into sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, NHK reported. Ecolio now produces about 200 tons of a raw material ....

  • Powerful typhoon feared to land in west Japan, disrupt bullet trains

    Date: 2024-08-27 07:40:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:10845374

    TOKYO, Aug 27 (MENA) - A powerful typhoon hitting the southwest Japan island region of Amami on Tuesday is expected to head for the country's west in the next few days and could make landfall, the weather agency said, amid bullet train suspensions ....

  • Biden condemns Russia’s aerial assault on Ukraine’s energy grid

    Date: 2024-08-27 07:40:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:10845296

    WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden condemned launching a wave of missiles and drones against Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure. "I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, Russia’s continued war against Ukraine and its ....

  • Russian Army loses another 1,280 soldiers in Ukraine in last day

    Date: 2024-08-27 07:39:20 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:4 - ID:10845292

    KIEV, Aug 27 (MENA) - The total combat losses of Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to August 27, 2024, amounted to about 610,100 people, including 1,280 people in the last day. This is stated on the Facebook page of the General ....

  • WHO launches global strategic preparedness, response plan to contain Mpox outbreak

    Date: 2024-08-26 17:53:35 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:69 - ID:10844984

    GENEVA, Aug 26 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday launched a six-month global strategic preparedness and response plan to stop the deadly outbreak of Mpox, declared as a public health emergency. The plan aims to curtail ....

  • UNSC to discuss situation in Syria, Ukraine, Lebanese-Israeli borders

    Date: 2024-08-26 08:17:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:10844026

    NEW YORK, Aug 26 (MENA) - The UN Security Council announced that its members would make an informal visit to Geneva Monday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. According to the Security Council's statement, which ....

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