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Oil prices down on swelling US crude stocks
Date: 2024-08-21 07:37:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:10837714
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - Oil prices slipped on Wednesday on estimates showing swelling US crude inventories, according to statistics by Business Insider. Brent crude futures fell 9 cents to $77.11 a barrel by 0001 GMT US West Texas ....
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US Senator calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Date: 2024-08-21 07:16:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:10837721
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - US Senator Bernie Sanders called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip along with returning Israeli hostages, ABC News said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Sanders said ....
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One person dies from Mpox in Ivory Coast — authorities
Date: 2024-08-21 07:02:23 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - World - SN:8 - ID:10837727
ABIDJAN, Aug 21 (MENA) - Ivory Coast health authorities reported 28 cases of mpox, with one person dying from the virus that has killed hundreds in Democratic Republic of Congo. The total has risen from six declared cases on August 1, France24 ....
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World's 'largest solar precinct' approved by Australian government
Date: 2024-08-21 06:18:42 GMT - Australia - World - SN:6 - ID:10837671
CANBERRA, Aug 21 (MENA) - An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia that would transmit energy by submarine cable to Singapore is a step closer after the Australian government granted environmental approvals for ....
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Putin arrives in Chechnya for 1st time in 13 years
Date: 2024-08-20 22:01:43 GMT - Chechnya - World - SN:70 - ID:10837613
GROZNY, Aug 20 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Chechnya on Tuesday, TASS reported. Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov met the president in the Grozny airport. Earlier Tuesday, Putin visited two other North Caucasus regions - ....
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Eleven nuclear power plants to be built in Russia by 2042
Date: 2024-08-20 20:55:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:64 - ID:10837581
MOSCOW, Aug 20 (MENA) - The draft master diagram for placement of power generation facilities in Russia by 2042 contemplates construction of eleven new large and small nuclear power plants in addition to the ones existing and being under ....
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Azerbaijan applies for BRICS membership
Date: 2024-08-20 20:03:19 GMT - Azerbaijan - World - SN:57 - ID:10837560
BAKU, Aug 20 (MENA) – Azerbaijan has formally applied to join the BRICS group, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. The bid follows Azerbaijan's expression of interest at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana in ....
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Mpox is not new COVID-19, says WHO official
Date: 2024-08-20 18:07:30 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:47 - ID:10837434
COPENHAGEN, Aug 20 (MENA) - A World Health Organization (WHO) official stressed on Tuesday that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or old strain, is not the new COVID-19, as authorities know how to control its spread. "We can and must ....
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King Charles visits Southport to meet survivors of stabbing attack
Date: 2024-08-20 17:26:11 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:43 - ID:10837305
LONDON, Aug 20 (MENA) - UK King Charles III on Tuesday arrived in Southport to meet some of the children who survived the knife attack that took place in the Merseyside town on July 29, Sky News reported. The monarch met privately with some of ....
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Guterres demands immediate release of UN staff and others detained in Yemen
Date: 2024-08-20 11:07:43 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:26 - ID:10836491
NEW YORK, Aug 20 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Monday for Houths in Yemen to immediately and unconditionally release UN staff, humanitarians, diplomatic personnel and others who have been detained for more than two months, ....
