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  • 15 killed in 'mass casualty collision' on highway in Canada: Police

    Date: 2023-06-17 05:34:17 GMT - Canada - World - SN:1 - ID:10213487

    OTTAWA, June 16 (MENA) - Fifteen people are presumed dead and 10 were injured in a "mass casualty collision" that occurred Thursday on a highway in Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police were quoted by ABC News as saying. The crash happened on the ....

  • Elon Musk’s brain chip start-up Neuralink will begin human trials this year

    Date: 2023-06-16 21:24:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:10213402

    WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) – Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk expects his brain-chip startup Neuralink to start its first human trial this year, the New York Post reported. Speaking at the VivaTech event in Paris, co-founder Musk said Neuralink ....

  • Canada's population surpasses 40 million

    Date: 2023-06-16 20:46:49 GMT - Canada - World - SN:77 - ID:10213382

    OTTAWA, June 16 (MENA) – Canada's population has surpassed 40 million people, according to Statistics Canada. The federal statistics agency's "population clock" uses modelling to estimate Canada's population in real time. The counter hit the 40 ....

  • Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits France

    Date: 2023-06-16 18:02:28 GMT - France - World - SN:72 - ID:10213291

    PARIS, June 16 (MENA) - An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck France on Friday, Al Arabiya quoted the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) as saying. The earthquake's epicenter was near a commune in the Charente-Maritime region of western ....

  • Russian Foreign Ministry summons Australian ambassador

    Date: 2023-06-16 17:27:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:69 - ID:10213252

    MOSCOW, June 16 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned Australian ambassador in Moscow Graeme Meehan to protest Australian government's decision to terminate agreement with Russia on land lease for the new embassy in Canberra, ....

  • People with medical needs are 'left behind in pain', reveals new WHO report

    Date: 2023-06-16 15:56:18 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:63 - ID:10213080

    GENEVA, June 16 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a new report on access to morphine for medical use, which describes how the global distribution of morphine, as a vital pain medicine, is unequal and does not fulfil the ....

  • 1.5 mln COVID-19 cases confirmed globally in 28 days

    Date: 2023-06-16 15:22:10 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:56 - ID:10212788

    GENEVA, June 16 (MENA) - Nearly 1.5 million new COVID-19 cases were confirmed from May 15 to June 11, the World Health Organization announced Friday. Also, 7,300 deaths were recorded in the same period, it added in a latest update. However, ....

  • MWL launches initiative of Building Bridges Between East and West

    Date: 2023-06-16 13:31:34 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:45 - ID:10212789

    RIYADH/NEW YORK, June 16 (MENA) - Mohammad Al-Issa, Secretary-General of the Muslim World League (MWL) has launched the MWL initiative of Building Bridges Between East and West, the organization said in a statement posted on its website on ....

  • Ukraine's air defense says it shot down 12 missiles

    Date: 2023-06-16 13:19:32 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:43 - ID:10212662

    KYIV, June 16 (MENA) - Ukraine's air defense said on Friday it shot down 12 missiles -- six hypersonic Kinzhal (Dagger) missiles and six Kalibr cruise missiles -- above the capital Kyiv. "Massive combined air attack on Kyiv. The enemy used ....

  • UAE ready to promote conflict settlement in Ukraine: President

    Date: 2023-06-16 11:27:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:10212685

    MOSCOW, June 16 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates is ready to assist in any way possible the efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan said during talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin ....

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