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Girl rescued from rubble in Turkey 10 days after quake
Date: 2023-02-16 12:23:08 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:44 - ID:10022990
ANKARA, Feb 16 (MENA) - A 17-year-old girl was rescued from the rubble of a building that collapsed in the southern central province of Kahramanmaras, 248 hours after a massive earthquake struck the area the past week, killing more than 42,000 ....
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China blasts US over response to Chinese balloon incursion
Date: 2023-02-16 09:37:31 GMT - China - World - SN:26 - ID:10022414
BEIJING, Feb 16 (MENA) - China's ceremonial parliament has accused American lawmakers of trampling on the sovereignty of other nations after the US passed a measure condemning a suspected Chinese spy balloon's intrusion into US airspace, according ....
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Raquel Welch: Hollywood actress dies at 82 after brief illness
Date: 2023-02-16 08:20:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:10022329
NEW YORK, Feb 16 (MENA) - Hollywood actress Raquel Welch has died at the age of 82, Sky News reported. The US star "passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness", her management company said. Her career spanned more than 50 ....
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Japan Jan. trade deficit at record 3.5 tril. yen on energy imports
Date: 2023-02-16 08:01:17 GMT - Japan - World - SN:17 - ID:10022256
TOKYO, Feb 16 (MENA) - Japan posted its largest-ever trade deficit of 3.5 trillion yen (dlrs 26 billion) in January after energy import prices jumped and export growth slowed, with record red ink logged with major trading partner China, the Japanese ....
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UN and partners appeal for $5.6 billion to help millions affected by Russian operation in Ukraine
Date: 2023-02-16 07:59:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:10022203
NEW YORK, Feb 16 (MENA) – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) jointly appealed for $5.6 billion to ease the plight of millions of people affected by the Russian military ....
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S. Korea to offer dlrs 1 mln in aid to quake-hit Syria through UN
Date: 2023-02-16 07:52:20 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:10022229
SEOUL, Feb 16 (MENA) - South Korea plans to provide emergency humanitarian aid of dlrs 1 million to Syria for victims and others suffering from last week's catastrophic earthquake that also affected Turkey, the Korean news agency Yonahp reported ....
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Chinese scientists find new plant species in Hubei
Date: 2023-02-16 07:38:06 GMT - China - World - SN:12 - ID:10022186
BEIJING, Feb 16 (MENA) – Chinese scientists have found a new plant species, namely Astragalus bashanensis, in central China's Hubei Province, Xinhua reported. The findings have been published in the journal PhytoKeys, sources from the Wuhan ....
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Texas shooting: One dead in El Paso shopping center attack
Date: 2023-02-16 07:33:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:10022160
WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (MENA) - One person is dead and three others injured after a shooting Wednesday evening at the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas, according to police. A suspect is in custody and police believe there may be another suspect ....
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Magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattles Hawaii
Date: 2023-02-16 07:18:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:10022161
WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (MENA) - A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck a few miles off the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii on Tuesday night, with shaking widely felt across the island and as far away as Oahu, the US Geological Survey said. "No tsunami ....
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Russia strikes critical infrastructure facility in Lviv - Regional Administration
Date: 2023-02-16 06:05:36 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:1 - ID:10022096
KIEV, Feb 16 (MENA) - An air raid alert was announced throughout Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday. A critical infrastructure object in Lviv region was hit during the raid . This was stated by the head of the Lviv Regional Military ....
