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UN finalizes new cybercrime convention
Date: 2024-08-10 14:20:02 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:45 - ID:10823451
CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) - After three years of work, the committee established by the UN General Assembly to negotiate a new convention on cybercrime agreed today on a draft convention text. The draft convention is expected to be adopted by the ....
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Plane crash in Brazil's São Paulo state kills all 61 on board
Date: 2024-08-10 07:20:12 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:12 - ID:10822829
BRASILIA, Aug 10 (MENA) - A plane has crashed in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, killing all 61 people on board, BBC reported. The twin-engine turboprop was flying from Cascavel in the southern state of Paraná to Guarulhos airport in São Paulo ....
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Typhoon may make landfall in north Japan on Aug. 12, bring heavy rain
Date: 2024-08-10 06:02:25 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:10822761
TOKYO, Aug 10 (MENA) - A typhoon is projected to make landfall in northern Japan on Monday during the annual Bon summer holidays, possibly bringing downpours equivalent to more than the average monthly rainfall for August in the region, the weather ....
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Japan urges public not to hoard disaster kits amid megaquake fear
Date: 2024-08-09 14:11:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:35 - ID:10822292
TOKYO, Aug 9 (MENA) - The Japanese government on Friday urged the public to refrain from excessively hoarding disaster kits, as some items have gone out of stock due to a surge in demand following a megaquake advisory issued by authorities the ....
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Dangerous heat expected for much of Japan on Friday
Date: 2024-08-09 07:43:18 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:10821890
TOKYO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Japanese authorities expect Friday to be another dangerously hot day and urge people across the country to continue taking precautions against heat stroke, NHK reported. The Meteorological Agency expected daytime highs to ....
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35 killed, injured when bus crashes into a pillar of an overpass in Turkey
Date: 2024-08-09 07:40:49 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:17 - ID:10821886
ANKARA, Aug 9 (MENA) - A bus traveling between cities in Turkey swerved off a highway and slammed into an overpass pillar Friday, killing nine people and injuring 26 others on board, ABC News quoted an official as saying. The crash occurred near ....
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Nagasaki urges nuke abolition on A-bomb anniv. rocked by Israel snub
Date: 2024-08-09 07:37:32 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:10821853
TOKYO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Nagasaki called for a shift toward abolishing nuclear weapons on the 79th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the city on Friday, in the absence of ambassadors from the United States and other key nuclear states at its ....
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China says it welcomes establishment of Bangladesh interim gov't
Date: 2024-08-09 07:03:25 GMT - China - World - SN:14 - ID:10821849
BEIJING, Aug 9 (MENA) - China welcomes the establishment of Bangladesh's interim government, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday, adding that China respects its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity and the development path ....
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6 injured as Russian forces shell 19 settlements in Ukraine’s Kherson region last 24 hours
Date: 2024-08-09 07:00:55 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:13 - ID:10821826
KIEV, Aug 9 (MENA) - The Russian military attacked 19 towns and villages in the Kherson region, injuring six people, Ukrinform quoted Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the region's military administration, as saying. According to the regional ....
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Japan PM Kishida cancels Central Asia trip after powerful Miyazaki quake
Date: 2024-08-09 06:59:55 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:10821845
TOKYO, Aug 9 (MENA) - NHK has learned that Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has canceled a visit to three Central Asian countries to deal with the magnitude 7.1 quake that struck off Miyazaki Prefecture on Thursday. He also wants to take ....
