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Powerful typhoon feared to land in west Japan, disrupt bullet trains
Date: 2024-08-27 07:40:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:10845374
TOKYO, Aug 27 (MENA) - A powerful typhoon hitting the southwest Japan island region of Amami on Tuesday is expected to head for the country's west in the next few days and could make landfall, the weather agency said, amid bullet train suspensions ....
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Biden condemns Russia’s aerial assault on Ukraine’s energy grid
Date: 2024-08-27 07:40:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:10845296
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden condemned launching a wave of missiles and drones against Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure. "I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, Russia’s continued war against Ukraine and its ....
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Russian Army loses another 1,280 soldiers in Ukraine in last day
Date: 2024-08-27 07:39:20 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:4 - ID:10845292
KIEV, Aug 27 (MENA) - The total combat losses of Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to August 27, 2024, amounted to about 610,100 people, including 1,280 people in the last day. This is stated on the Facebook page of the General ....
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WHO launches global strategic preparedness, response plan to contain Mpox outbreak
Date: 2024-08-26 17:53:35 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:69 - ID:10844984
GENEVA, Aug 26 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday launched a six-month global strategic preparedness and response plan to stop the deadly outbreak of Mpox, declared as a public health emergency. The plan aims to curtail ....
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UNSC to discuss situation in Syria, Ukraine, Lebanese-Israeli borders
Date: 2024-08-26 08:17:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:10844026
NEW YORK, Aug 26 (MENA) - The UN Security Council announced that its members would make an informal visit to Geneva Monday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. According to the Security Council's statement, which ....
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Biden approves New York emergency declaration
Date: 2024-08-25 21:19:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:10843753
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (MENA) - President Joseph Biden declared that an emergency exists in the State of New York and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from a severe ....
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Daesh claims responsibility for knife attack in Germany's Solingen city
Date: 2024-08-24 21:55:02 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:10842389
LONDON, Aug 24 (MENA) - Daesh claimed responsibility on Saturday for a knife attack in the western German city of Solingen that killed three people on Friday, Alarabiya news channel reported. The militant group said in a statement on its Telegram ....
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Russia strikes Ukrainian troops in borderline district of Kursk
Date: 2024-08-24 18:41:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:10842251
MOSCOW, Aug 24 (MENA) - A Mi-28NM attack helicopter of Russia’s Aerospace Forces has delivered a strike on Ukrainian troops in a borderline area of the Kursk Region, TASS quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying. "The army aviation crew of a ....
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Japan PM urges China to lift ban 1 year after Fukushima water release
Date: 2024-08-24 18:04:20 GMT - Japan - World - SN:56 - ID:10842298
TOKYO, Aug 24 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida urged China to lift its blanket ban on Japanese seafood imposed shortly after the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima plant into the sea began exactly one ....
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German authorities arrest teenager over Solingen attack, do not rule out terrorist motive
Date: 2024-08-24 16:28:50 GMT - Germany - World - SN:52 - ID:10842168
BERLIN, Aug 24 (MENA) - German authorities announced Saturday they arrested a 15-year-old teenager over the stabbing attack that killed 3 people and injured 8 others in the city of Solingen on Friday, and stated that a terrorist motive cannot be ....
