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  • 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocks Central America

    Date: 2023-07-19 04:36:57 GMT - Honduras - World - SN:3 - ID:10262619

    TEGUCIGALPA, July 19 (MENA) - A powerful earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, struck off the coast of Central America, affecting El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, GEO TV reported Wednesday. However, there have been no immediate ....

  • North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles, says South Korea

    Date: 2023-07-19 04:34:58 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:2 - ID:10262613

    PYONGYANG, July 19 (MENA) - South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that North Korea has launched two short-range ballistic missiles, which landed in the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, CNN reported. The missiles were launched ....

  • US to provide additional $250M in support of Ukraine’s agriculture sector

    Date: 2023-07-18 20:27:10 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:73 - ID:10262526

    ODESSA / WASHINGTON, July 18 (MENA) – While paying a visit to Ukraine’s Odesa Sea Port, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power announced that the United States would provide an additional $250 million ....

  • Lavrov, top Turkish diplomat discuss options for supplying grain to neediest countries

    Date: 2023-07-18 17:42:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:62 - ID:10262165

    MOSCOW, July 18 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, discussed in a phone conversation on Tuesday alternative options for supplying grain to the world's neediest countries that would not be ....

  • Russia ready to free grain supplies to needy countries — Kremlin

    Date: 2023-07-18 15:59:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:10262189

    MOSCOW, July 18 (MENA) - Russia continues to be ready for a free substitution of the Ukrainian grain for needy countries after the exit from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, TASS news agency quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as telling ....

  • European countries' position on grain deal should be labeled 'unconscionable' — Kremlin

    Date: 2023-07-18 15:10:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:55 - ID:10262159

    MOSCOW/KIEV, July 18 (MENA) - Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has characterized the position of European countries on the Black Sea grain deal as "unconscionable." "In this case, [I think] it would be more fitting to call the position of European ....

  • UN chief regrets Russia’s decision to withdraw from grain deal Play video

    Date: 2023-07-18 08:42:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:31 - ID:10261293

    NEW YORK, July 18 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that he deeply regrets Russia’s decision to terminate the Black Sea Initiative, in effect ending a "lifeline" for hundreds of millions worldwide facing hunger and spiraling food ....

  • EU steps up action to prevent shortages of antibiotics for next winter

    Date: 2023-07-18 08:14:52 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:26 - ID:10261224

    BRUSSELS, July 18 (MENA) - The European Commission, the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) are issuing recommendations for actions to avoid shortages of key antibiotics used to treat respiratory infections for ....

  • Japan calls Russia's decision to halt Ukrainian grain deal 'regrettable'

    Date: 2023-07-18 08:10:12 GMT - Japan - World - SN:25 - ID:10261208

    TOKYO, July 18 (MENA) - Japanese government officials are expressing deep concerns over Russia's decision to halt a deal that allows Ukraine's grain exports to continue from Black Sea ports, NHK reported. Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi ....

  • 'Termination' or 'suspension': Russia avoids clarity on grain deal – Kuleba

    Date: 2023-07-18 07:24:21 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:20 - ID:10261120

    KIEV, July 18 (MENA) - Russia avoids clarity on its participation in the grain deal: in some cases, it says it has terminated it; in others, that it has suspended it. Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said this to reporters at ....

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