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California rainstorm leaves 20 persons dead
Date: 2023-01-17 09:50:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:9972155
CALIFORNIA, Jan 17 (MENA) - At least 20 people have died as a result of the rainstorms in California, Governor Gavin Newsom’s office said. It has been a "very difficult time in the state of California," Lt. Gov Eleni Kounalakis told CNN. "To ....
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Russia carries out two mass rocket strikes on Ukraine killing at least 30 people: The Guardian
Date: 2023-01-17 09:09:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:22 - ID:9972018
LONDON, Jan 14 (MENA) - Russia has carried out two mass rocket strikes on Ukraine on Saturday, devastating an apartment block in the south-central city of Dnipro, where at least 30 people have died and scores were injured, according to The Guardian ....
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PH daily average of new Covid cases down by 6%
Date: 2023-01-17 08:41:10 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:19 - ID:9972003
MANILA, Jan 17 (MENA) - The country’s daily average of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases went down by 6 percent from January 9 to 15, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. In its latest case bulletin, the DOH noted the daily ....
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'Politicization of sports': Envoy castigates Russian flag ban at Australian Open
Date: 2023-01-17 08:27:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:9971981
MELBOUNE, Jan 17 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador to Australia Alexey Pavlovsky lashed out at the Australian Open’s ban on Russian and Belarusian flags, blasting the move as just another example of the unacceptable politicization of sports, TASS news ....
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Poland receives 9.230 refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2023-01-17 08:10:45 GMT - Poland - World - SN:15 - ID:9971942
WARSAW, Jan 17 (MENA) – Some 9.230 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said, citing figures from Polish Border Guard. Poland received on Monday about ....
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Russian, Iranian foreign ministers mutually agree to postpone talks
Date: 2023-01-17 07:57:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:9971882
MOSCOW, Jan 17 (MENA) - Talks between Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian, scheduled for Tuesday in Moscow, have been postponed by mutual consent, TASS news agency quoted the Russian Foreign ....
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China population: 2022 marks first decline in 60 years
Date: 2023-01-17 07:57:01 GMT - China - World - SN:13 - ID:9971855
BEIJING, Jan 17 (MENA) - China's population has declined for the first time in six decades, with the national birth rate for 2022 falling to a record low and the nation’s deepening demographic crisis threatening far-reaching implications for ....
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UN condemns Russian missile attack in Dnipro as possible war crime
Date: 2023-01-17 07:56:16 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:11 - ID:9971880
NEW YORK, Jan 17 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, with at least 40 dead, as a possible war crime, his spokesperson said in a statement ....
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Tanker explodes in Thailand, dock workers missing
Date: 2023-01-17 07:56:01 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:10 - ID:9971821
BANGKOK, Jan 17 (MENA) - Eight workers were missing and houses damaged after an empty oil tanker caught fire and exploded at a dockyard on the Mae Klong river in Muang district on Tuesday morning, the Bangkok Post reported. The tanker, which ....
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Taiwan tracks 8 Chinese military aircraft, 3 naval ships around country
Date: 2023-01-17 07:26:23 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:9 - ID:9971841
TAIPEI, Jan 17 (MENA) - The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked eight Chinese military aircraft and three naval vessels around Taiwan between (6 a.m.) on Monday and (6 a.m.) on Tuesday, Taiwan News reported. Of the eight People’s ....
