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2 US Army helicopters crash in Alaska, killing 3 soldiers
Date: 2023-04-28 06:48:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:10130987
WASHINGTON, April 28 (MENA) - Two US army helicopters collided and crashed in Alaska while returning from a training flight, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth, ABC News reported. Two of the soldiers died at the scene of the crash near ....
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14 killed in lightning strikes in five districts of West Bengal
Date: 2023-04-28 06:45:57 GMT - India - World - SN:7 - ID:10130975
NEW DELHI, April 28 (MENA) - At least 14 people were killed in lightning strikes in five districts of West Bengal which witnessed moderate rainfall on Thursday, NDTV quoted officials as saying. Lightning strikes claimed four lives in Purba ....
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9 still missing after boat sinks in west Indonesia, 11 dead
Date: 2023-04-28 06:45:30 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:6 - ID:10130970
JAKARTA, April 28 (MENA) - A speedboat carrying at least 78 people sank in western Indonesia, and rescuers were searching for nine people still missing in the rough seas early Friday, ABC News reported. Rescuers have retrieved 11 bodies, mostly ....
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Express newspaper: China gives 'outrageous' RSVP to King's Coronation invite
Date: 2023-04-27 21:28:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:92 - ID:10130822
LONDON, April 27 (MENA) - China's President Xi Jinping has snubbed an invitation to attend the Coronation of King Charles III. Instead, the man who spearheaded China's clampdown on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong is expected to attend in his ....
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US issuing new sanctions for Russia, Iran for holding Americans hostage
Date: 2023-04-27 20:25:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:10130707
WASHINGTON, April 27 (MENA) – The US is imposing new sanctions on groups in Russia and Iran accused of taking Americans hostage as it works to prevent more captive-taking and potentially secure the release of citizens currently being detained, CNN ....
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Guterres, Blinken stress importance of coop. in int'l issues
Date: 2023-04-27 19:05:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:10130705
WASHINGTON, April 27 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Thursday underlined the importance of fostering cooperation between the UN and US in international issues. "I am grateful to the ....
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Iran navy seizes Marshall Islands oil tanker in Gulf of Oman: US Navy
Date: 2023-04-27 18:41:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:10130486
WASHINGTON, April 27 (MENA) - Iran's navy seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, ABC channel reported. The US Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet identified the vessel as the Advantage Sweet. Satellite ....
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OPEC says IEA should be 'very careful' about discouraging oil investments
Date: 2023-04-27 16:08:28 GMT - Kuwait - World - SN:65 - ID:10130487
KUWAIT CITY, April 27 (MENA) - OPEC Secretary General Haitham al Ghais said on Thursday the International Energy Agency (IEA) should be 'very careful' about discouraging investment in the oil industry, which was vital for global economic growth, Al ....
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IOM: Rising needs at Chad–Sudan borders amid funding gaps
Date: 2023-04-27 14:16:23 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:51 - ID:10130094
GENEVA, April 27 (MENA) - As many as 20,000 people – among them Chadians, Sudanese, and foreign nationals fleeing the violence in Sudan, have arrived so far in neighboring Chad; a country that shares a 1400km-long border with Sudan, the ....
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Kremlin welcomes Xi-Zelenskyy call on Ukraine, but says Russian goals remain the same
Date: 2023-04-27 14:15:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:50 - ID:10130134
MOSCOW, April 27 (MENA) - The Kremlin said on Thursday it welcomed anything that could bring the end of the Ukraine conflict closer when asked what it thought of a phone call a day earlier between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President ....
