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  • Death toll from the Maui wildfires climbs to 106

    Date: 2023-08-16 09:19:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:23 - ID:10301941

    WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) - Maui wildfires in Hawaii have killed 106 persons, the deadliest natural disaster in state more than a century ago, CNN reported Wednesday. Four members of the same family were killed, while trying to escape the ....

  • S. Korea, UAE hold combined high-tech military training

    Date: 2023-08-16 08:28:18 GMT - south korea - World - SN:19 - ID:10301932

    SEOUL,16 August (MENA) - South Korea and the United Arab Emirates were staging combined high-tech military drills, Seoul's Army said Wednesday amid efforts to bolster bilateral military cooperation, Yonhap reported Wednesday. The drills is ....

  • 30,300 Ukrainians cross border with Poland over past 24 hrs

    Date: 2023-08-16 07:45:51 GMT - Poland - World - SN:15 - ID:10301900

    WARSAW, Aug 16 (MENA) - About 30,300 Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Poland over the past 24 hours, the Polish Border Guards revealed Wednesday. Meanwhile, nearly 31,600 people crossed from Poland into Ukraine on Tuseday. More than 14.64 ....

  • Six wounded in 61 Russian attacks on Kherson region

    Date: 2023-08-16 06:49:07 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:10 - ID:10301896

    KIEV, Aug 16 (MENA) - The Russian army launched 61 shelling attacks on Ukraine's southern Kherson region on Tuesday, Ukrinfrom reported Wednesday quoting Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson regional military administration as saying in a ....

  • General Staff: Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to 255,570

    Date: 2023-08-16 06:12:32 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:5 - ID:10301832

    KIEV, Aug 16 (MENA) - Ukraine's defense forces eliminated about 255,570 Russian troops between February 24, 2022 and August 16, 2023, including 650 in the last 24 hours, Ukrinform reported Wednesday quoting a post on Facebook by the General Staff of ....

  • Biden pledges Hawaii visit in wake of Maui wildfires

    Date: 2023-08-15 22:06:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:10301704

    WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he will travel to Maui soon to visit the devastation left behind by wildfires that ravaged the Hawaiian island last week, leaving scores dead and untold damage, CNN ....

  • Freeing of Americans in Iran not linked to nuclear talks: Blinken

    Date: 2023-08-15 21:27:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:10301671

    WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that efforts to bring home Americans wrongfully detained in Iran are not linked to efforts to rein in Tehran’s nuclear activity, The Hill reported. Iran’s positive ....

  • US driving situation on Korean Peninsula to brink of nuclear war — DPRK defense minister

    Date: 2023-08-15 19:29:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:63 - ID:10301615

    MOSCOW, Aug 15 (MENA) – Since the beginning of the year, the United States has deployed colossal nuclear means to South Korea driving the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war, TASS quoted North Korean Defense Minister Kang ....

  • Myanmar rescuers recover 22 bodies after deadly landslide

    Date: 2023-08-15 17:57:34 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:57 - ID:10301434

    NAYPYIDAW, Aug 15 (MENA) - Rescue teams in northern Myanmar have found 22 bodies following a huge landslide at the weekend near a jade mine, Channel NewsAsia quoted a rescue worker and a local journalist as saying on Tuesday. There were 42 people ....

  • Russia says in talks with South Africa to build gas power plant

    Date: 2023-08-15 17:10:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:10301430

    MOSCOW, Aug 15 (MENA) - Russia and South Africa are negotiating a number of joint projects in the energy sector, including the construction of a gas power plant in the African country, TASS news agency reported on Tuesday. The Russian Energy ....

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