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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 ....
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Lavrov, top Turkish diplomat discuss options for supplying grain to neediest countries
Date: 2023-07-18 17:42:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:62 - ID:10262165
MOSCOW, July 18 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, discussed in a phone conversation on Tuesday alternative options for supplying grain to the world's neediest countries that would not be ....
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Russia ready to free grain supplies to needy countries — Kremlin
Date: 2023-07-18 15:59:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:10262189
MOSCOW, July 18 (MENA) - Russia continues to be ready for a free substitution of the Ukrainian grain for needy countries after the exit from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, TASS news agency quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as telling ....
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European countries' position on grain deal should be labeled 'unconscionable' — Kremlin
Date: 2023-07-18 15:10:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:55 - ID:10262159
MOSCOW/KIEV, July 18 (MENA) - Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has characterized the position of European countries on the Black Sea grain deal as "unconscionable." "In this case, [I think] it would be more fitting to call the position of European ....
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UN chief regrets Russia’s decision to withdraw from grain deal Play video
Date: 2023-07-18 08:42:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:31 - ID:10261293
NEW YORK, July 18 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that he deeply regrets Russia’s decision to terminate the Black Sea Initiative, in effect ending a "lifeline" for hundreds of millions worldwide facing hunger and spiraling food ....
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EU steps up action to prevent shortages of antibiotics for next winter
Date: 2023-07-18 08:14:52 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:26 - ID:10261224
BRUSSELS, July 18 (MENA) - The European Commission, the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) are issuing recommendations for actions to avoid shortages of key antibiotics used to treat respiratory infections for ....