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US attorney general appoints special counsel in Hunter Biden inquiry
Date: 2023-08-11 18:52:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:10296221
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (MENA) - US Attorney David Weiss will be appointed special counsel in the ongoing probe of US President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday, NBC News reported. Hunter Biden agreed to ....
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30th Danube Conf. to kick off Aug. 21 in Vienna
Date: 2023-08-11 17:50:38 GMT - Austria - World - SN:44 - ID:10296244
VIENNA, Aug 11 (MENA) - The 30th Conference of the Danubian Countries will kick off on August 21 in Vienna. The three-day conference will focus on hydrological topics and current research needs in the Danubian region, Head of the Local Organizing ....
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Key rate change has more indirect influence on ruble rate, Bank of Russia
Date: 2023-08-11 17:49:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:43 - ID:10296247
MOSCOW, Aug 11 (MENA) - Key rate changes have a more indirect effect for the ruble rate and the Central Bank continues pursuing the floating currency rate, deputy governor of the Bank of Russia Alexey Zabotkin said at as press conference. "The ....
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US sanctions four Russians linked to financial conglomerate Alfa Group
Date: 2023-08-11 17:17:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:10296231
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (MENA) - The US imposed new sanctions on Friday on four Russians linked to financial and investment conglomerate Alfa Group and a Russian business association, the Treasury Department said in a statement. The Treasury said it ....
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Ukraine, Slovakia discuss need for air defense systems
Date: 2023-08-11 17:05:07 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:39 - ID:10296213
KIEV, Aug 11 (MENA) - Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic, General Daniel Zmeko discussed the Ukrainian army needs for weapons, ammunition, and ....
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Japanese PM Kishida Cabinet approval drops to 26.6%: Jiji poll
Date: 2023-08-11 16:37:05 GMT - Japan - World - SN:38 - ID:10296200
TOKYO, Aug 11 (MENA) - The approval rate for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet fell 4.2 percentage points from a month before to 26.6% in August, down for the third consecutive month, a Jiji survey showed Thursday. The public support rate ....
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Russian embassy to do its best to build constructive dialogue with Chisinau — amb.
Date: 2023-08-11 16:27:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:10296190
CHISINAU, Aug 11 (MENA) - Russia’s embassy in Moldova will do its best to establish a constructive dialogue with Chisinau, despite the unfriendly step it took to reduce the number of Russian diplomats, Russian Ambassador to that country Oleg ....
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UN rights chief voices great concern over Niger's president detention conditions
Date: 2023-08-11 16:23:02 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:36 - ID:10296164
GENEVA, Aug 11 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has voiced great concern over the rapidly deteriorating conditions, in which President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger, his wife and his son have been arbitrarily ....
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ECOWAS military chiefs to meet in Ghana Saturday
Date: 2023-08-11 16:22:17 GMT - Ghana - World - SN:35 - ID:10296185
ACCRA, Aug 11 (MENA) - Military chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member states will meet on Saturday, to prepare plans for a possible military intervention in Niger Republic. Quoting a Nigerian government official, ....
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EU to send observation mission for Liberia elections
Date: 2023-08-11 16:06:31 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:34 - ID:10296173
BRUSSELS, Aug 11 (MENA) - The European Union will send an observation mission (EOM) to Liberia ahead of the country's general election in October, the EU said on Friday. Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief, said Andreas Schieder, an ....
