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  • 10 killed, injured in Ukrainian strike on bus in Kherson region

    Date: 2022-10-07 08:02:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:9810332

    MOSCOW, Oct 7 (MENA) – At least five people were killed and as many injured after Ukrainian forces shelled a bus in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's southern Kherson region, TASS news agency reported on Friday. Russian-installed ....

  • Avalanche in Indian Himalayas kills at least 19 climbers

    Date: 2022-10-07 08:01:55 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:9810333

    NEW DELHI, Oct 7 (MENA) – At least 19 people are confirmed dead after an avalanche struck climbers in the Indian Himalayas, authorities said Friday, with bad weather hampering the fourth day of search and rescue efforts, France 24 reported. A ....

  • Poland receives 6.836 mn refugees from Ukraine

    Date: 2022-10-07 08:00:29 GMT - Poland - World - SN:9 - ID:9810342

    WARSAW, Oct 7 (MENA) – Some 6.836 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 ....

  • Int'l study: Liver cancer deaths predicted to soar more than 55% by 2040

    Date: 2022-10-07 06:20:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9810259

    WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Oct 7 (MENA) - The number of people who develop or die from liver cancer worldwide will increase by more than 55 per cent by 2040 unless more is done to fight the often preventable disease, researchers said Thursday. Some ....

  • US, South Korea, Japan begin ballistic missile defense exercises after North Korea missile launches

    Date: 2022-10-06 22:59:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:9810210

    WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (MENA) - The United States, South Korea and Japan have begun ballistic missile defense exercises in the Sea of Japan in response to a series of North Korean missile launches, the Hill reported quoting the Pentagon’s top ....

  • DNA from skeletons ‘challenges perceptions and understanding of ancient England’

    Date: 2022-10-06 22:28:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:87 - ID:9810174

    LONDON, Oct 6 (MENA) - Ancient DNA extracted from skeletons in burial sites across England shows evidence of mass migration from Europe and movement of people from as far as West Africa, challenging perceptions that English ancestors lived in small ....

  • Belarus in nuclear danger – president

    Date: 2022-10-06 22:26:58 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:85 - ID:9810205

    MINSK, Oct 6 (MENA) - Belarus is facing the possibility of a tactical nuclear attack from Poland, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday, in response to revelations that Warsaw and Washington have been in “nuclear sharing” talks. Lukashenko ....

  • Biden to pardon all federal offenses of simple marijuana possession

    Date: 2022-10-06 22:25:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:9810173

    WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden is taking his first major steps toward decriminalizing marijuana, fulfilling a campaign pledge to erase prior federal possession convictions and beginning the process of potentially loosening federal ....

  • Citing Ebola concerns, US to divert and screen all travelers from Uganda

    Date: 2022-10-06 21:51:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:9810184

    WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (MENA) - The Biden administration on Thursday said it will begin redirecting travelers coming from Uganda to one of five different airports where they can be screened for Ebola, the Hill reported. Beginning on Friday, all ....

  • It's time for Washington to admit its involvement in Kiev's crimes: diplomat

    Date: 2022-10-06 21:51:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:82 - ID:9810186

    MOSCOW, Oct 6 (MENA) - It is time for the US State Department to admit its involvement in the situation in Ukraine, from regime change to motives for blowing up gas pipelines, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing ....

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