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Pentagon contacts N. Korea over US soldier detention
Date: 2023-07-19 07:50:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:10262777
WASHINGTON, July 19 (MENA) - The US State Department said the Pentagon has reached out to counterparts in North Korea after a US soldier crossed into the country, department spokesperson Matthew Miller said. Washington has "regular, ongoing ....
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Poland receives 30,300 Ukranian refugees in past 24 hrs
Date: 2023-07-19 07:36:24 GMT - Poland - World - SN:19 - ID:10262934
WARSAW, July 19 (MENA) - Around 30,300 Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Poland in the past 24 hours, Polish Border Guard revealed Wednesday. Some 31,800 people have left Poland to Ukraine Tuesday, the security agency said, according to ....
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Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to 239,480
Date: 2023-07-19 07:07:15 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:16 - ID:10262854
KIEV, July 19 (MENA) - Ukraine's defense forces killed about 239,480 Russian military personals between February 24, 2022 and July 19, 2023, including 480 in the past 24 hours, Ukrinfrom reported Wednesday quoting the General Staff of the Armed ....
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UN secretary general calls for coordinating int'l response to AI
Date: 2023-07-19 06:29:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:10262771
NEW YORK, July 19 (MENA) -The United Nations Secretary General António Guterres embraced calls for a new UN agency on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the face of ‘potentially catastrophic and existential risks’, the UN media center reported ....
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US envoy Kerry says China climate talks constructive
Date: 2023-07-19 06:00:52 GMT - China - World - SN:11 - ID:10262726
BEIJING, July 19 (MENA) - United States Climate Change Envoy John Kerry said on Wednesday that his talks with Chinese officials this week have been constructive, but complicated, CNA reported. "We're just reconnecting," Kerry told reporters. ....
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US suspends Wuhan Institute Funds over Covid stonewalling
Date: 2023-07-19 05:50:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:10262707
WASHINGTON, July 19 (MENA) - The Biden administration formally halted the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s access to US funding, citing unanswered safety and security questions for the facility at the center of the Covid lab leak theory, Bloomberg ....
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Ukrainian PM, JICA president discuss launch of public-private partnership projects
Date: 2023-07-19 05:40:16 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:10262675
KIEV, July 19 (MENA) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Akihiko Tanaka discussed the reconstruction of Ukraine and the launch of public-private partnership, Ukrinform reported ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....