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Pakistan rushes to protect key power station as flood threat rises
Date: 2022-09-13 07:45:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:10 - ID:9769465
LONDON, Sept 13 (MENA) - Authorities in Pakistan are scrambling to protect a vital power station supplying electricity to millions of people against a growing threat of flooding, officials said, the Guardian reported. Floods from record monsoon ....
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Typhoon Muifa passes Okinawa islands, moves slowly toward China
Date: 2022-09-13 07:40:49 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:9769484
TOKYO, Sept 13 (MENA) - Typhoon Muifa brought strong winds overnight into Tuesday as it passed a group of islands in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on its slow trajectory toward the East China Sea, Kyodo news agency quoted the weather ....
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Poland receives 6.239 mn refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-09-13 07:23:10 GMT - Poland - World - SN:8 - ID:9769459
WARSAW, Sept 13 (MENA) - Some 6.239 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. Poland received on ....
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Japan's police increase patrols at Tokyo airport ahead of ex-PM Abe state funeral
Date: 2022-09-13 07:10:46 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:9769416
TOKYO, Sept 13 (MENA) - Police officers increased their patrols at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Tuesday as Japan strengthens security ahead of a state funeral later this month for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kyodo news agency reported. ....
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US confirms 1st death from monkeypox in California
Date: 2022-09-13 07:09:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9769375
WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (MENA) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first death in California due to monkeypox, CNN reported on Tuesday. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the person had a severely ....
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Blinken says Ukraine has made 'significant progress' in counteroffensive
Date: 2022-09-13 07:08:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:9769368
WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that it was still early days in Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces, but Ukrainian forces have made "significant progress." "What they have done is very ....
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Nine more ships with grain leave Ukrainian ports
Date: 2022-09-12 11:19:11 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:26 - ID:9768124
KIEV, Sept 12 (MENA) - Nine more vessels loaded with Ukrainian-produced agricultural crops have left Odesa Region’s ports. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry on Facebook, Ukrinform reported Monday. “On ....
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‘Solutions lie in solidarity’ UN chief says on South-South Cooperation Day
Date: 2022-09-12 10:11:08 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:20 - ID:9767825
NEW YORK, Sept 12 (MENA) - Secretary-General António Guterres stressed the importance of Southern-led development solutions being shared “far and wide”. In this era of unprecedented challenge and upheaval, “solutions lie in solidarity,” the UN ....
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Zelensky: Negotiations with Russia currently 'impossible'
Date: 2022-09-12 10:00:26 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:19 - ID:9767849
KIEV, Sept 12 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stressed that it remains "impossible" to negotiate the end of the war with Russia because it has failed to formulate any adequate positions, Ukrinform reported. Speaking at the ....
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Americans give health care system failing mark: AP-NORC poll
Date: 2022-09-12 09:18:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:9767789
WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (MENA) - A majority of adults in the US say that health care is not handled well in the country, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll reveals that public ....