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Biden, Scholz discuss over phone preparations for NATO Summit
Date: 2023-07-05 07:01:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:10240182
WASHINGTON, July 5 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden spoke Wednesday with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to review preparations for the NATO Summit to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania. The White House said in a statement that they discussed over phone ....
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Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to about 231,700
Date: 2023-07-05 06:43:57 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:4 - ID:10240194
KIEV, July 5 (MENA) - Russia lost about 231,700 troops in Ukraine (+670 over the past day), Ukrinfrom said Wednesday quoting a statement made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook. Between February 24, 2022 and July 5, ....
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Blinken welcomes NATO decision to extend leader Stoltenberg's term
Date: 2023-07-05 06:17:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:10240173
WASHINGTON, July 5 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed Wednesday NATO's decision to extend Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's term by a further year. Al Hurra TV Channel quoted the US secretary general as having said in a ....
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Switzerland to join European air defence project
Date: 2023-07-04 20:44:14 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:67 - ID:10240016
BERN, Switzerland plans to take part in a Europe-wide air defence project initiated in response to Russia's attack on Ukraine, officials said Tuesday. The Alpine country is the second neutral nation after Austria to signal its intention to join ....
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Japan gets UN nuclear watchdog approval for water release
Date: 2023-07-04 20:29:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:10239982
NEW YORK, July 4 (MENA) – Japan won approval from the U N's nuclear watchdog on Tuesday for its plan to release treated radioactive water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima plant into the ocean, despite fierce resistance from Beijing and some local ....
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Deaths resulting from Israeli airstrikes in Jenin “may also amount to wilful killings: UN
Date: 2023-07-04 20:25:15 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:65 - ID:10239875
GENEVA, July 4 (MENA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the extensive Jenin operation and car ramming attack in Tel Aviv showed "violence only begets more violence." "The killing, maiming and the destruction ....
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Biden bemoans nation's gun violence 1 year after Highland Park parade mass shooting
Date: 2023-07-04 19:54:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:10239980
WASHINGTON, July 4 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden on Tuesday lamented recent shootings and called for stricter gun reforms in a statement marking one year after the holiday parade mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, ABC News reported. In ....
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Online SCO summit kicks off in India
Date: 2023-07-04 10:13:58 GMT - China - World - SN:25 - ID:10238796
SHANGHAI, July 4 (MENA) - The summit of heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) opened in New Delhi Tuesday, Azerbaycan 24 reported. It will take place online, with leaders of the alliance discussing the main regional ....
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Wagner chief promises more ‘victories at the front’
Date: 2023-07-04 08:50:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:10238659
WASHINGTON, July 4 (MENA) - The founder of the Wagner group, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, shared an audio message Monday — his first since calling off his mutiny aimed at the leaders atop Russia’s Ministry of Defense, The Washington Post reported. In the ....
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32,600 Ukrainians cross border with Poland over past 24 hours
Date: 2023-07-04 08:25:58 GMT - Poland - World - SN:17 - ID:10238636
WARSAW, July 4 (MENA) - About 32,600 Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Poland over the past 24 hours, the Polish Border Guards revealed Tuesday. Meanwhile, 35,100 people crossed from Poland into Ukraine on Monday. More than 13.25 million ....