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Japan, China agree to operate defense hotline properly
Date: 2023-06-04 06:08:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:10192054
TOKYO, June 4 (MENA) - Japan and China on Saturday agreed they will operate their defense hotline properly, amid disagreements over Taiwan and intrusions by Chinese vessels into waters near the Tokyo-controlled, Beijing-claimed Senkaku Islands in ....
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UN chief deeply saddened by loss of life, injury in India train crash
Date: 2023-06-04 05:50:31 GMT - India - World - SN:4 - ID:10192036
NEW DELHI, June 4 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed sadness at the loss of lives in the tragic train accident in Odisha that has killed over 280 people and injured hundreds more, The Telegraph India reported. The crash ....
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2 dead, 35 injured after heavy rain pounds Japan
Date: 2023-06-03 22:04:36 GMT - Japan - World - SN:56 - ID:10191942
TOKYO, June 3 (MENA) – Two people died and at least 35 people were injured after heavy rain pounded wide areas of Japan, local authorities said Saturday, with landslides and river flooding occurring in many parts in the country's east, Kyodo News ....
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Ukraine’s Air Force launches 11 strikes on Russian forces
Date: 2023-06-03 21:42:32 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:54 - ID:10191900
KYIV, June 3 (MENA) – Ukraine’s Air Force launched 11 strikes on Russian personnel clusters during the day, Ukrinform quoted the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Saturday. "During the day, the aircraft of the defense forces ....
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Biden signs debt ceiling deal into law, averting historic default
Date: 2023-06-03 21:42:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:10191899
WASHINGTON, June 3 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden signed into law Saturday a bill to suspend the nation’s debt limit through January 1, 2025, to avert a first-ever US default, the CNN reported. Suspending the debt limit through early 2025 takes ....
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Erdogan sworn in as he begins third term as Turkey's president
Date: 2023-06-03 15:18:32 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:39 - ID:10191602
ANKARA, June 3 (MENA) - Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on Saturday sworn in for a third term as president, promising to serve "impartially" after winning a historic runoff election to extend his two-decade rule, France 24 reported. The ....
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Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to about 209,470 troops
Date: 2023-06-03 07:17:42 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:11 - ID:10190836
KIEV, June 3 (MENA) - Russia has already lost about 209,470 troops in Ukraine (+560 over the past day). The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent ....
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238 dead, 900 injured after horrific three-train crash in Odisha
Date: 2023-06-03 07:12:37 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:10190824
NEW DELHI, June 3 (MENA) - At least 238 people were killed and around 900 were injured in a horrific three-train collision in Odisha's Balasore, officials said Saturday, the country's deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. Prime Minister ....
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Ukraine’s Air Force launches 15 strikes on Russian positions
Date: 2023-06-03 07:03:07 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:8 - ID:10190805
KIEV, June 3 (MENA) - In the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Defense Forces have launched 15 air strikes on Russian personnel clusters and two more on Russian air defense missile systems. The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed ....
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Japanese officials warn of continuing widespread heavy rain
Date: 2023-06-03 06:55:36 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:10190791
TOKYO, June 3 (MENA) - Japanese weather officials say bands of heavy rain clouds caused downpours in the Shikoku and Tokai regions on Friday. They warn that the cloud bands will also develop over other areas in western and eastern Japan through ....