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  • France’s high-speed railway hit by 'sabotage' hours before Olympics

    Date: 2024-07-26 10:49:46 GMT - France - World - SN:22 - ID:10802573

    PARIS, July 26 (MENA) - France’s high-speed rail network was hit by arson attacks that disrupted travel for hundreds of thousands of passengers on Friday, just hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, Digital Journal reported. ....

  • Japan sees surge in coronavirus infections

    Date: 2024-07-26 07:34:10 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:10802421

    TOKYO, July 26 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus infections is on the rise in Japan, prompting experts to encourage preventative measures during the summer holiday season. NHK World visited a clinic in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on July 18, where a ....

  • Russia’s total combat losses in Ukraine up to 572,300

    Date: 2024-07-26 07:33:10 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:12 - ID:10802432

    KIEV, July 26 (MENA) - Russia’s total combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to July 26, 2024 amounted to an estimated 572,300, including 950 killed and wounded in the past day alone. That’s according to the General Staff of Ukraine’s ....

  • Japanese authorities warn of heatstroke on Friday

    Date: 2024-07-26 07:11:54 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:10802402

    TOKYO, July 26 (MENA) - Japanese authorities are urging people to take measures to prevent heatstroke as scorching heat is expected again across wide areas of Japan on Friday, NHK reported. The meteorological agency says high temperatures have ....

  • US arrests Mexican drug kingpins ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and son of ‘El Chapo’

    Date: 2024-07-26 07:05:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:10802399

    WASHINGTON, July 26 (MENA) - The US Justice Department announced the arrests of alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael Zambada Garcia (El Mayo) and Joaquin Guzman Lopez. "The Justice Department has taken into custody two additional alleged ....

  • Ukraine downs 20 Russian drones overnight Friday

    Date: 2024-07-26 06:35:33 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:8 - ID:10802383

    KIEV, July 26 (MENA) - Ukraine’s air defense forces intercepted 20 Russian kamikaze drones in the early hours of Friday. That’s according to the Ukrainian Air Force, Ukrinform reported. In total, Russia launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile ....

  • Sri Lanka will hold presidential election on September 21

    Date: 2024-07-26 06:17:19 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:7 - ID:10802367

    COLOMBA, July 26 (MENA) - Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on September 21 that will likely be a test of confidence in President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s efforts to resolve the country’s worst economic crisis, ABC news reported. The ....

  • Harris says she’s 'ready' to debate Trump in September

    Date: 2024-07-26 05:55:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:10802331

    WASHINGTON, July 26 (MENA) - Vice President Kamala Harris said on Thursday that she’s "ready to debate Donald Trump," agreeing to the September 10 date previously set to be hosted by ABC News. "[Trump] agreed to that previously. Now here he is ....

  • US, its allies getting dragged deeper into Ukraine conflict — Russia's UN ambassador

    Date: 2024-07-25 22:12:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:52 - ID:10802254

    MOSCOW, July 25 (MENA) - The United States and its allies are getting dragged deeper into the conflict in Ukraine by sending their military instructors since the Ukrainians don’t want to die on the frontline for Western geopolitical interests, ....

  • Russia does not interfere in other countries' internal affairs: Presidential Aide

    Date: 2024-07-25 20:52:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:51 - ID:10802263

    MOSCOW, July 25 (MENA) - Russia does not interfere in internal affairs of other countries, unlike the United States, who sees it as a usual element of its foreign policy, Russian Presidential Aide Nikolay Patrushev said in an interview with ....

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