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State of emergency declared amid threatening wildfires in Western Canada
Date: 2023-08-19 16:21:12 GMT - Canada - World - SN:62 - ID:10306920
OTTAWA, Aug 19 (MENA) - A state of emergency has been declared in Kelowna, a city with a population of about 150,000, as threatening wildfires prompt officials to issue evacuation orders in parts of British Columbia's Okanagan. Meanwhile, ....
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Red heat alert issued for 8 cities in Italy
Date: 2023-08-19 15:58:20 GMT - Italy - World - SN:61 - ID:10306881
ROME, Aug 19 (MENA) - The number of Italian cities on red heat alert has risen from three to eight on Saturday as Anticyclone Nero continues to power Italy's third heat wave of the summer, ANSA reported. Rome, Florence, Bologna, Perugia, Brescia, ....
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US reiterates commitment to assist world's most vulnerable populations
Date: 2023-08-19 15:48:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:10306799
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (MENA) - The United States honors the humanitarian aid workers who continue to sacrifice so much to protect and assist the world’s most vulnerable populations, the US State Department said in a press release on the World ....
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Cut military spending in favour of humanitarian aid - pope
Date: 2023-08-19 14:27:35 GMT - Italy - World - SN:52 - ID:10306884
ROME, Aug 19 (MENA) - Pope Francis on Saturday called for a cut in world military spending in favour of boosting humanitarian aid in a tweet on World Humanitarian Day, according to ANSA news agency. The pope said "It's our responsibility to help ....
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97 killed, injured in missile strike on Ukraine's Chernihiv
Date: 2023-08-19 13:59:10 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:47 - ID:10306686
KIEV, Aug 19 (MENA) - At least seven people died including a six-year-old girl and 90 others were injured after a Russian missile strike hit a central square in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, CNN quoted Ukrainian officials as saying on ....
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Trilateral ties among US, Japan, S. Korea will make the world safer - Biden
Date: 2023-08-19 13:26:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:45 - ID:10306671
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (MENA) - The trilateral ties among Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United States will make the world safer and the three countries stronger, President Joe Biden said at the conclusion of talks at Camp David, Maryland on ....
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Ankara works on restoration of grain deal - Erdogan’s advisor
Date: 2023-08-19 13:02:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:42 - ID:10306612
ISTANBUL, Aug 19 (MENA) - Ankara is working on the restoration of the grain deal, which ended on July 17, Turkish presidential advisor Akif Cagatay Kilic said Saturday, adding that there has been no cooling in Moscow-Ankara relations over the Black ....
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43 killed, injured in missile strike on Ukraine's Chernihiv
Date: 2023-08-19 12:27:58 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:39 - ID:10306669
KIEV, Aug 19 (MENA) - At least six people have been killed in a Russian missile attack on the center of Chernihiv, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko was quoted by Ukrinform news agency as saying on Saturday. The Russian attack on the ....
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Russia to get smartphone fully replacing foreign ones by yearend
Date: 2023-08-19 11:46:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:10306615
MOSCOW, Aug 19 (MENA) - Russia’s smartphone with functions fully replacing those of foreign ones, may appear in the country by the end of this year or at the beginning of 2024, deputy head of the Defense Ministry’s department, head of the ERA-IT ....
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Elon Musk removing block feature on X (formerly Twitter)
Date: 2023-08-19 11:21:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:33 - ID:10306502
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (MENA) - Users of X (formerly Twitter) will not be able to block people from seeing their posts or leaving comments, Elon Musk has said. The social media platform owner said the function "makes no sense" - adding that it will ....
