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Russian troops shell Kherson region 61 times, civilian killed
Date: 2023-09-01 07:04:52 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:14 - ID:10324602
KIEV, Sept 1 (MENA) – Russian forces shelled Kherson region 61 times, killing one person and injuring another one, Ukrinform quoted Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, as saying on Friday. "In the past ....
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Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to 263,490
Date: 2023-09-01 07:04:25 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:13 - ID:10324603
KIEV, Sept 1 (MENA) – Russia lost about 263,490 troops in Ukraine, including 470 over the past 24 hours, Ukrinform reported Friday quoting a relevant statement made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook. The Ukrainian ....
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Japanese agriculture min. apologizes for calling treated Fukushima Daiichi water 'contaminated'
Date: 2023-09-01 06:31:39 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:10324604
TOKYO, Sept 1 (MENA) - A Japanese Cabinet minister has apologized for calling treated and diluted water being released from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant "contaminated," and retracted the remark, NHK reported. Agriculture, Forestry ....
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Biden proposes new rules amid crackdown on unlicensed gun dealers
Date: 2023-09-01 06:18:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:10324577
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (MENA) – The administration of US President Joe Biden on moved to permanently close loopholes that permit people to sell guns without a license and from now will need officers to complete the background checks on purchasers, ....
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Canada imposes sanctions on director of Russia’s State Hermitage Museum
Date: 2023-09-01 06:16:46 GMT - Canada - World - SN:9 - ID:10324591
OTTAWA, Sept 1 (MENA) - Canada has included Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, on its list of Russian cultural figures sanctioned for supporting the invasion of Ukraine. Other than Ukraine, Canada is ....
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Ukraine: More than 25 combat clashes recorded at front in past day
Date: 2023-09-01 05:55:37 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:10324573
KIEV, Sept 1 (MENA) - More than 25 combat clashes have taken place at the front in the 24 hours, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in its morning update on Facebook. Ukrinform reported "In the past 24 hours, 25 combat ....
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Voting underway in Singapore's Presidential Election
Date: 2023-09-01 05:36:09 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:6 - ID:10324559
SINGAPORE, Sept 1 (MENA) - Voting is currently underway in the Presidential Election as Singaporeans on Friday cast their ballot for the country's ninth President, Channel News Asia reported. The three candidates for the 2023 Presidential ....
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Australia renews anti-Russian sanctions imposed in 2014
Date: 2023-08-31 20:11:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:10324399
SYDNEY, Aug 31 (MENA) - Australia has renewed its package of anti-Russian sanctions first introduced after Crimea’s reunification with Russia in 2014, the Department of Home Affairs told TASS. The effect of "sanctions in respect of certain ....
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UK hot weather: Nine-day mini-heatwave to blast Britain as summer makes blistering return
Date: 2023-08-31 20:01:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:66 - ID:10324397
LONDON, Aug 31 (MENA) - Weather forecasters have predicted that summer will make a blistering last minute return this September as temperatures soar, the Daily Express reported on Thursday. Following a lacklustre August, the mercury is set to ....
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Global North States’ refusal to waive COVID-19 vaccine intellectual property rights violated non-discrimination guarantee: UN
Date: 2023-08-31 15:22:40 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:50 - ID:10324117
GENEVA, Aug 31 (MENA) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Thursday called on State parties in the global North, in particular Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the ....
