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  • 36 injured after Hawaii-bound flight hits severe turbulence

    Date: 2022-12-19 08:10:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9928960

    WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (MENA) - At least 36 people were injured, including 11 seriously, during a Hawaiian Airlines flight to Honolulu, Fox19 reported Monday. KHNL reports the flight was traveling from Phoenix, Arizona and hit severe turbulence about ....

  • US concerned at TTP threat to Pakistan’s security: US CENTCOM chief

    Date: 2022-12-19 08:09:23 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:14 - ID:9928962

    ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (MENA) - Amid the ongoing uptick in terrorist violence perpetrated by the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the top US military commander has said that the United States is concerned at the threat posed by the TTP to ....

  • 6 dead, including suspect, after shooting at Vaughan building in northern Toronto

    Date: 2022-12-19 07:21:10 GMT - Canada - World - SN:12 - ID:9928853

    TORONTO, Dec 19 (MENA) - York police said six people, including an alleged gunman, are dead following a shooting at a condo tower in Vaughan on Sunday night, according to CBC news. It's unclear what drove the violence, but York Regional Police ....

  • Ukraine shoots down 15 drones in Kyiv airspace

    Date: 2022-12-19 07:17:21 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:10 - ID:9928840

    KYIV, Dec 19 (MENA) - The Ukrainian authorities announced Monday shooting down 15 Russian drones in Kyiv airspace, Ukrinform News Agency reported. Serhii Popko, the head of the Kyiv city military administration, in turn, posted on Telegram that ....

  • N.Korea says it conducted 'important' test for developing reconnaissance satellite

    Date: 2022-12-19 06:43:14 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:9 - ID:9928818

    SEOUL, Dec 19 (MENA) - North Korea has conducted an "important final-stage" test at its rocket launching facility on putting a military reconnaissance satellite into orbit, with a plan to complete preparations for the project by April next year, ....

  • Putin calls Argentinian president to congratulate on his country’s win at FIFA World Cup

    Date: 2022-12-18 23:07:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:79 - ID:9928741

    MOSCOW, Dec 18 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has called his Argentinian counterpart, Alberto Fernandez, to congratulate him on the Argentinian national team’s win at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases surpass 653mn

    Date: 2022-12-18 20:28:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:9928641

    WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 653 million and the deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Sunday that the current ....

  • Chinese aircraft carrier appears to hold drill in Pacific

    Date: 2022-12-18 17:12:49 GMT - Japan - World - SN:63 - ID:9928472

    TOKYO, Dec 18 (MENA) - Japan's Defense Ministry said Sunday aircraft have been observed taking off from and landing on a Chinese aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean near Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. Ministry officials believe the Chinese ....

  • Putin says 'ongoing big changes are for better'

    Date: 2022-12-18 16:31:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:9928435

    MOSCOW, Dec 18 (MENA) - "The ongoing changes both in Russia and in the entire world are for the better," TASS quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying in a video address to the first congress of the Russian movement of children and the ....

  • US deputy secretary of state meets FM of Cameroon

    Date: 2022-12-18 15:39:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:57 - ID:9928319

    WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (MENA) - US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman met with Cameroonian Foreign Minister Lejeune Mbella Mbella at the Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., according to a statement on the US State Department website. ....

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