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China urges US to stop enhancing military contact with Taiwan
Date: 2023-08-02 19:35:42 GMT - China - World - SN:60 - ID:10284332
BEIJING, Aug 2 (MENA) - China urges the US to earnestly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, and stop enhancing military contact with China's Taiwan region or arming it by any means or under any pretext, a ....
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Russia not letting up efforts to resolve Armenian-Azerbaijani crisis — diplomat
Date: 2023-08-02 19:35:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:59 - ID:10284325
MOSCOW, Aug 2 (MENA) - Moscow is keen on settling relations between Baku and Yerevan, and therefore Russia is not letting up in its efforts to this end, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during a briefing on Wednesday. "We ....
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Zelensky accuses Russia of targeting grain infrastructure
Date: 2023-08-02 15:54:48 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:50 - ID:10284120
KIEV, Aug 2 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of targeting grain infrastructure after Russian drones attacked a port city Wednesday, The Hill reported. Russia hit a port city near the border of NATO member Romania, ....
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Russia will return to grain deal when interests upheld: Kremlin
Date: 2023-08-02 15:40:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:48 - ID:10284135
MOSCOW, Aug 2 (MENA) - The Kremlin has restated its position on the Black Sea grain deal, saying Moscow was ready to return to the accord that allowed for the export of Ukrainian grain by sea once the part that concerns Russia was ....
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Beijing records heaviest rainfall in 140 years
Date: 2023-08-02 15:24:04 GMT - China - World - SN:46 - ID:10284117
BEIJING, Aug 2 (MENA) - The torrential rains hitting Beijing in the past few days are the heaviest downpour the city has seen in the past 140 years, Chinese authorities said Wednesday, marking the latest in a series of extreme weather events ....
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Russia kicks off Ocean Shield 2023 naval maneuvers in Baltic Sea
Date: 2023-08-02 13:02:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:10283740
MOSCOW, Aug 2 (MENA) – The naval drills codenamed Ocean Shield 2023 kicked off in the Baltic Sea, Tass quoted Russia’s Defense Ministry as saying on Wednesday. "From August 2, a naval exercise, Ocean Shield 2023, is running in the Baltic Sea under ....
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Turkmenistan halts Moscow flights amid drone attacks
Date: 2023-08-02 12:21:19 GMT - Turkmenistan - World - SN:35 - ID:10283737
ASHGABAT, Aug 2 (MENA) - Turkmenistan’s flagship carrier Turkmenistan Airlines announced it was suspending direct flights to Moscow starting Tuesday, just days after consecutive drone attacks on the Russian capital, The Moscow Times ....
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5.0 magnitude earthquake jolts Andaman, Nicobar Islands
Date: 2023-08-02 08:37:45 GMT - India - World - SN:16 - ID:10283184
NEW DELHI, Aug 2 (MENA) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale has jolted Nicobar Islands on Wednesday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported. The quake occurred at around 5:40 am in the morning hours with its depth ....
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30,800 Ukrainians cross border with Poland over past 24 hrs
Date: 2023-08-02 08:25:55 GMT - Poland - World - SN:13 - ID:10283275
WARSAW, Aug 2 (MENA) - About 30,800 Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Poland over the past 24 hours, the Polish Border Guards revealed Wednesday. Meanwhile, nearly 34,800 people crossed from Poland back into Ukraine on Tuesday. About 12.4 ....
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Ukraine:Russians shell Nikopol district three times at night
Date: 2023-08-02 08:25:12 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:12 - ID:10283310
KIEV, Aug 2 (MENA) - Russia shelled the Nikopol region three times with heavy artillery, Serhiy Lysak, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, reported this on Telegram Wednesday, according to Ukrinform. "During the ....