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Nine soldiers die on night helicopter training mission
Date: 2023-03-30 21:13:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:10091494
WASHINGTON, March 30 (MENA) - Nine soldiers died when the two helicopters they were traveling in crashed in Kentucky on Wednesday, US Department of Defense quoted Brig. Gen. John Lubas, deputy commander of the 101st Airborne division, as saying. ....
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Lavrov: West directly involved in the war against Russia
Date: 2023-03-30 21:13:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:73 - ID:10091497
MOSCOW, March 30 (MENA) - Western countries are direct participants in the war against Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Cuba’s Prensa Latina news agency. "We can no longer tolerate the policy of the West, which ....
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US-Romanian defense leaders discuss strategic partnership
Date: 2023-03-30 21:12:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:72 - ID:10091495
WASHINGTON, March 30 (MENA) - The US-Romania strategic partnership has never been stronger or more relevant, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J Austin III said as he met with Romanian Defense Minister Angel Tilvar at the Pentagon Thursday. Romania is ....
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68 percent in new survey worried they won’t have enough money to retire comfortably
Date: 2023-03-30 21:12:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:10091499
WASHINGTON, March 30 (MENA) - The Quinnipiac poll found that 68 percent of American respondents are either very concerned or somewhat concerned that they will not have enough money to “live comfortably during retirement.” Additionally, 33 percent ....
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US firearm homicide rates increased by nearly 35 percent during pandemic: report
Date: 2023-03-30 21:12:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:10091498
WASHINGTON, March 30 (MENA) - The firearm homicide rate in the U.S. surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching its highest level in the country since 1994, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ....
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EU Commissioner: ‘The time for speeding up renewables is now’
Date: 2023-03-30 19:11:16 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:66 - ID:10091376
BRUSSELS, March 30 (MENA) – The Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency Francesco La Camera and EU Commissioner Kadri Simson welcomed the provisional political agreement by the European Union to increase its renewable energy ....
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EU to commit €1.2B to defense research in 2023
Date: 2023-03-30 17:13:41 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:58 - ID:10091281
BRUSSELS, March 30 (MENA) – The European Commission announced on Thursday that it is allocating €1.2 billion to defense collaborative research and development projects for this year. The program will be funded by the European Defence Fund (EDF), ....
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Wall Street Journal reporter’s activity in Yekaterinburg not journalism-related — Russian diplomat
Date: 2023-03-30 13:05:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:10090673
MOSCOW, March 30 (MENA) - The activities of the Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained in Yekaterinburg, were not journalism-related, TASS news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on her Telegram ....
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Poland receives 22,000 refugees from Ukraine over past 24 hours
Date: 2023-03-30 08:09:29 GMT - Poland - World - SN:16 - ID:10090235
WARSAW, March 30 (MENA) – A total of 22,000 refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation there, Radio Poland said on Thursday, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. Nearly ....
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Thai authorities battle spread of mountain wildfires
Date: 2023-03-30 07:56:45 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:13 - ID:10090151
BANGKOK, March 30 (MENA) – Thai authorities on Thursday ordered urgent action to stop the spread of a fire that overnight engulfed forests on two mountains in a province northeast of the capital Bangkok, The San Diego Union Tribune ....