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Bank of China, IDC sign agreement on R10bn funding package
Date: 2023-08-23 10:56:24 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:35 - ID:10312324
PRETORIA, Aug 23 (MENA) - South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Bank of China (BoC) have signed a framework agreement that could unlock a R10-billion funding package over the next five years to support regional projects in ....
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17 killed as under-construction railway bridge collapses in Mizoram
Date: 2023-08-23 09:23:10 GMT - India - World - SN:26 - ID:10312182
NEW DELHI, Aug 23 (MENA) - At least 17 workers were killed after an under-construction Railway bridge collapsed in Mizoram Wednesday. Officials said many more are feared trapped at the site and efforts are on to rescue them, NDTV channel ....
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Progress MS-24 cargo spaceship heads to International Space Station
Date: 2023-08-23 07:13:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:10311926
MOSCOW, Aug 23 (MENA) - A Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Progress MS-24 cargo spaceship blasted off from the Baikonur spaceport on Wednesday. According to the Roscosmos State Space Corporation, the launch started at 4:08 a.m. Moscow time ....
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Putin says Brics should become trading bloc representing ‘global majority’
Date: 2023-08-23 06:59:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:12 - ID:10311903
LONDON, Aug 23 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has told a summit of the Brics group of countries in South Africa that it should become a trading bloc representing the "global majority", The Guardian reported. In his recorded remarks to ....
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Pentagon: US ready to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16s
Date: 2023-08-23 06:21:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:10311864
WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (MENA) - The US is willing to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets if European partners do not have enough capacity to train as many as Kyiv wants, Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder said. "(We're) open to training existing ....
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Three drones downed in Moscow region, says mayor
Date: 2023-08-23 06:20:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:10311858
MOSCOW/KIEV, Aug 23 (MENA) - A drone hit a building under construction in central Moscow early on Wednesday, Russia Today quoted Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin as saying. The Russian military downed two more drones over the western part of the ....
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US State Department says Washington does not support Ukrainian strikes inside Russia
Date: 2023-08-23 05:59:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:10311845
WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (MENA) - The US State Department said Wednesday that Washington does not support Ukrainian strikes inside Russia. The United States does not encourage or enable attacks inside Russia, a US State Department spokesperson said in ....
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Two Ukrainian drones downed over Moscow region, says Moscow Mayor
Date: 2023-08-23 05:50:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:7 - ID:10311806
MOSCOW, Aug 23 (MENA) - Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Russian air defenses had shot down two drones to the west of the capital in the Krasnogorsk and Chastsy districts, RT reported Tuesday. No injuries were reported in the ....
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British Museum in crisis as 'close to 2,000' priceless artefacts may have been stolen
Date: 2023-08-22 22:08:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:10311746
LONDON, Aug 22 (MENA) - Almost 2,000 priceless artefacts from the British Museum are believed to have been stolen by a solitary thief, the Daily Express reported on Tuesday. The man suspected of being behind the stealing is believed to have been ....
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France denies report it asked Algeria to use airspace for a Niger operation
Date: 2023-08-22 16:47:53 GMT - France - World - SN:66 - ID:10311476
PARIS, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Frenchy army on Tuesday denied it had asked Algeria to use its airspace for a military operation in Niger. "France's joint defense staff denies making a request to fly over Algerian territory" said a source in the ....
