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5 killed after portion of well collapses in Jharkhand
Date: 2023-08-18 07:37:23 GMT - India - World - SN:16 - ID:10304886
NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (MENA) - Five people died after a portion of a well caved in at a village in Jharkhand's Ranchi district, NDTV quoted Indian Chief Minister Hemant Soren as saying. However, NDRF officials said the toll is still unknown as the ....
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Four Chinese govt ships enter Japan's territorial waters
Date: 2023-08-18 06:45:34 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:10304825
TOKYO, Aug 18 (MENA) - The Japan Coast Guard says four Chinese government ships entered the country's territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands early on Friday morning, NHK reported. Coast guard officials say the vessels approached the island ....
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Xi Jinping urges speed in China’s rush to recover from devastating floods
Date: 2023-08-18 06:41:16 GMT - China - World - SN:13 - ID:10304822
BEIJING, Aug 18 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a strengthened push in the country’s recovery and reconstruction efforts from this month’s devastating floods, in his first public appearance after the party and government’s official ....
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Australian PM slated for an official visit to Philippines in Sept
Date: 2023-08-18 06:37:25 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:12 - ID:10304818
MANILA, Aug 18 (MENA) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to embark on an official visit to the Philippines next month, Malacañang said on Friday. The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said Albanese will be in the country ....
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N. Korea preparing ICBM launch or other provocations for S. Korea-US-Japan summit: spy agency
Date: 2023-08-18 06:30:21 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:10304797
SEOUL, Aug 18 (MENA) – North Korea is preparing to carry out various military provocations, including the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), on the occasion of the upcoming trilateral summit among South Korea, the United States ....
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Woman sentenced to 22 years for trying to mail ricin to Trump
Date: 2023-08-18 06:29:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:10304804
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (MENA) – A French Canadian woman who admitted mailing a ricin-laced letter to President Donald Trump at the White House shortly before the 2020 election was sentenced to 22 years in prison, The Washington Post reported. Pascale ....
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Xi to attend 15th BRICS Summit, visit South Africa
Date: 2023-08-18 06:12:46 GMT - China - World - SN:9 - ID:10304795
BEIJING, Aug 18 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 15th BRICS Summit to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa and pay a state visit to South Africa from August 21 to 24, at the invitation of President of the Republic of South ....
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11 Chinese, Russian navy ships sail near Japan's southern islands
Date: 2023-08-18 06:10:05 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:10304791
TOKYO, Aug 18 (MENA) - A total of 11 Chinese and Russian navy ships sailed through waters near Japan's southern islands of Okinawa Prefecture on Thursday, prompting the Japanese government to express "grave concerns" over what it calls a show of ....
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Biden trying to meet North Korean leader without preconditions: official
Date: 2023-08-18 06:01:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:10304788
WASHINGTON/TOKYO, Aug 18 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "without preconditions" to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, a senior White House official said Thursday. "They ....
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£90m boost to Ukraine's air defense capability as new contracts signed
Date: 2023-08-18 05:58:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:6 - ID:10304784
LONDON, Aug 18 (MENA) - Three contracts to deliver air defense equipment to Ukraine worth more than £90m have been signed by the Ministry of Defense on behalf of the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU), the UK government said in a press ....
