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  • 10 dead, over 20 injured in massive fire in train compartment in Tamil Nadu

    Date: 2023-08-26 05:58:25 GMT - India - World - SN:1 - ID:10316044

    NEW DELHI, Aug 26 (MENA) - At least 10 people have died and more than 20 are injured in a massive fire that broke out inside a stationary train compartment in Madurai railway station early this morning, NDTV reported Saturday. The Southern ....

  • US Federal Reserve chair: We prepared to raise interest rates further if appropriate

    Date: 2023-08-25 19:08:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:10315866

    WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (MENA) - Additional interest rate hikes are still on the table and rates could remain elevated for longer than expected, US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday, CNN reported. Delivering a highly anticipated speech ....

  • Energy cooperation in BRICS intensifying as OPEC countries join it — Russian MFA

    Date: 2023-08-25 18:33:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:62 - ID:10315893

    MOSCOW, Aug 25 (MENA) - BRICS energy cooperation is intensifying as OPEC member states join the organization, which will help combat the West’s vicious intrigues, TASS news agency qouted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov as saying in a ....

  • Russia warns Moldova against deeper involvement in 'supporting' Kiev — diplomat

    Date: 2023-08-25 17:42:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:10315864

    MOSCOW, Aug 25 (MENA) - Russia warns Moldova not to get too involved in the process of "supporting" Kiev as such actions endanger security in the region, TASS quoted Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying. "I would like to ....

  • Russian air defenses effective in repulsing Ukrainian drone attacks — Kremlin

    Date: 2023-08-25 17:35:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:59 - ID:10315858

    MOSCOW, Aug 25 (MENA) - Russian air defense systems operate quite effectively in repulsing Ukrainian drone attacks, TASS news agency quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Friday. "This activity was before as well. All the relevant ....

  • Prigozhin was likely killed in plane crash: Pentagon

    Date: 2023-08-25 16:27:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:55 - ID:10315538

    WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (MENA) - Russia's Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was likely killed in the plane that crashed Wednesday about 100 miles from Moscow, the Pentagon has said. Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said the US ....

  • WHO: Insecurity, limited access to medicines pose challenges to healthcare in Sudan

    Date: 2023-08-25 16:09:38 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:53 - ID:10315761

    GENEVA, Aug 25 (MENA) - Four months since the escalation of violence in Sudan, insecurity and limited access to medicines, medical supplies, electricity and water continue to pose enormous challenges to the delivery of healthcare across the entire ....

  • Putin welcomes bloc members to BRICS Games in 2024

    Date: 2023-08-25 15:48:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:51 - ID:10315762

    MOSCOW, Aug 25 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia will be "glad to welcome" members for the BRICS Games next year. BRICS is a political alliance comprising of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The ....

  • Brics to more than double with admission of six new countries-- Paper 2 last London

    Date: 2023-08-25 15:11:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:48 - ID:10315724

    “It’s not entirely clear what the newest Brics members will have to gain from their membership in the bloc,” Margaret Myers, the director of the Asia and Latin America programme at the Inter-American Dialogue. “For the moment, at least, this ....

  • Brics to more than double with admission of six new countries -- Paper

    Date: 2023-08-25 15:09:07 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:47 - ID:10315600

    LONDON, Aug 25 (MENA) - The Brics group of big emerging economies has announced the admission of six new members, in an attempt to reshape the global world order and provide a counterweight to the US and its allies, the Guardian newspaper said. ....

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