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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • South Korean president calls for firm response to coercive diplomacy, nuclear threats

    Date: 2023-05-17 07:42:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:17 - ID:10162056

    SEOUL, May 17 (MENA) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called on the world Wednesday to respond firmly to forces that attempt to change the status quo by force or use nuclear weapons for blackmail, Yonhap reported. Yoon issued the call in ....

  • 22,100 Ukrainians cross border with Poland over past 24 hours

    Date: 2023-05-17 07:29:29 GMT - Poland - World - SN:14 - ID:10162033

    WARSAW, May 17 (MENA) - A total of 11.91 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation there, Radio Poland said on Wednesday citing figures from Poland's Border Guard ....

  • 9 killed in cracker factory explosion in Bengal's East Midnapore

    Date: 2023-05-17 07:24:10 GMT - India - World - SN:13 - ID:10162017

    NEW DELHI, May 17 (MENA) - Nine people were killed after an explosion in an illegal firecracker factory in West Bengal's East Midnapore district on Tuesday, India Today quoted the police as saying. The blast occurred in the factory in East ....

  • UK, Netherlands agree ‘international coalition’ to help Ukraine procure F-16 jets

    Date: 2023-05-17 07:23:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:11 - ID:10161998

    LONDON, May 17 (MENA) - The British government has announced that Prime minister Rishi Sunak and Dutch leader Mark Rutte have agreed to build an "international coalition" to help procure F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine, The Guardian reported on ....

  • Australia PM says Quad leaders hope to meet in Hiroshima

    Date: 2023-05-17 07:03:42 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:10161983

    TOKYO, May 17 (MENA) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday a planned Quad summit will not go ahead in Sydney next week, and he instead hopes to meet the leaders from Japan, the United States and India in Hiroshima while there ....

  • Russia's military death toll in Ukraine hits 200,000 mark

    Date: 2023-05-17 06:48:09 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:10161902

    KIEV, May 17 (MENA) - Ukraine's defense forces killed about 200,590 Russian troops between February 24, 2022 and May 17, 2023, including 610 in the past day alone. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a post on Facebook, ....

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