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Russia plans to increase direct flights to Cuba starting from end of May
Date: 2023-05-18 20:27:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:82 - ID:10165657
MOSCOW, May 18 (MENA) - Russia plans to increase the number of direct charter flights to Cuba starting from the end of May, TASS news agency quoted Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko as saying on Thursday. "The number of tourists ....
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Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II cost UK Government £161.7m
Date: 2023-05-18 20:27:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:10165617
LONDON, May 18 (MENA) – The funeral and lying-in-state of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 cost the UK Government an estimated £161.7 million, the Evening Standard reported. The largest cost was reported by the Home Office at £73.7 million, ....
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Biden arrives in Japan for G7 summit
Date: 2023-05-18 07:47:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:10164078
TOKYO, May 18 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden arrived in Japan to attend the G7 Hiroshima leaders’ summit on Thursday, The Independent reported. The US president will join other heads of the world’s advanced democracies for three days from Friday ....
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Kherson region comes under Russian fire 90 times, three civilians killed
Date: 2023-05-18 06:13:11 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:8 - ID:10163910
KIEV, May 18 (MENA) - Russian troops attacked the Kherson region 90 times, having fired 529 projectiles. The relevant statement was made by Kherson Regional Military Administration Head Oleksandr Prokudin on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent ....
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Hiroshima under tight security ahead of G-7 summit
Date: 2023-05-18 06:06:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:10163874
TOKYO, May 18 (MENA) – Extensive security measures were implemented in Hiroshima on Thursday as the city in western Japan gears up for the Group of Seven leaders' summit amid safety concerns heightened by recent attacks on a former and the current ....
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Govt urged to axe tourist tax harming London
Date: 2023-05-17 20:27:46 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:99 - ID:10163754
LONDON, May 17 (MENA) - A campaign has been launched in London to axe the tourist tax on foreign shoppers before yet further damage is done to the capital’s global reputation — and economy, Evening Standard reported Wednesday. Reintroducing ....
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Google to delete unused accounts
Date: 2023-05-17 20:02:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:97 - ID:10163753
WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) - Google said that it was planning to delete accounts that had been inactive for more than two years, citing security concerns stemming from dormant accounts and their passwords, The Hill reported on Wednesday. The move ....
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Russian army killed 481 children in Ukraine
Date: 2023-05-17 08:57:36 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:26 - ID:10162059
KYIV, May 17 (MENA) - As many as 481 children were killed and another 977 children were injured in Ukraine on Wednesday as a result of the full-scale aggression of the Russian troops, Ukrinform reported. "As of the morning of May 17, 2023, more ....
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French court upholds three-year sentence for ex-president Sarkozy in wiretapping case
Date: 2023-05-17 08:27:00 GMT - France - World - SN:24 - ID:10162170
PARIS, May 17 (MENA) - France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his case on Wednesday against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals, France 24 reported. The court upheld a sentence of three ....
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Japan's economy expands 1.6% in Jan.-March on consumption, tourism
Date: 2023-05-17 08:10:44 GMT - Japan - World - SN:20 - ID:10161991
TOKYO, May 17 (MENA) - Japan's economy grew an annualized real 1.6 percent in January-March, the first expansion in three quarters, aided by strong private consumption and an inbound tourism recovery in a fresh sign the impact of the COVID-19 ....
