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  • Candidacy for Austrian presidential elections closed

    Date: 2022-09-02 21:57:10 GMT - Austria - World - SN:87 - ID:9752214

    VIENNA, Sept 2 (MENA) - The deadline set for submitting candidacy papers for Austria's presidential elections ended Friday. The President of Austria is directly elected by universal voting-eligible suffrage once every six years, the Federal ....

  • UN: More than 6.4 mln in ‘dire need’ after Pakistan’s unprecedented floods

    Date: 2022-09-02 21:27:31 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:85 - ID:9752226

    NEW YORK, Sept 2 (MENA) – The scale of the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan is unprecedented, with a third of the country under water, UN humanitarians warned on Friday. With more than 33 million people impacted, that represents 15 per cent of the ....

  • INSVikrant 'marvel of modern engineering' - Indian PM

    Date: 2022-09-02 20:40:02 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:84 - ID:9752191

    CAIRO, Sept 2 (MENA) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday described his country's first home-made aircraft carrier as a marvel of modern engineering. INSVikrant is an example of India's engineering prowess, he tweeted. "Such ....

  • Russia worried that extremists may seize weapons supplied to Ukraine

    Date: 2022-09-02 20:18:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:83 - ID:9752192

    MOSCOW, Sept 2 (MENA) – Russia is alarmed by the probability that the US weapons supplied to Ukraine may fall into the hands of extremists, TASS news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov as saying on Friday during a ....

  • G7 finance ministers agree to Russian oil price cap

    Date: 2022-09-02 19:45:57 GMT - World Capitals - World - SN:82 - ID:9752143

    WORLD CAPITALS, Sept 2 (MENA) - The G7 group of industrialized powers have agreed to "urgently" move towards the implementation of a price cap on Russian oil imports as they seek to toughen sanctions on Moscow, France 24 reported. "We commit to ....

  • Over 81% of Russians trust Putin, and over 78% approve of his work

    Date: 2022-09-02 19:45:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:81 - ID:9752176

    MOSCOW, Sept 2 (MENA) – The proportion of Russian citizens' confidence in Russian President Vladimir Putin stood at 81.1% at the end of August, while 78.1% of those polled approved of the president's work, according to the All Russian Public Opinion ....

  • 60 grain ships leave Ukraine

    Date: 2022-09-02 18:44:52 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:76 - ID:9752149

    KIEV, Sept 2 (MENA) - More than 60 agricultural vessels have departed Ukraine in the first month since exports restarted, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said. Under the UN-backed Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal to reopen ....

  • Nordstream gas pipeline to Germany shut indefinitely - Gazprom

    Date: 2022-09-02 18:26:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:75 - ID:9752095

    MOSCOW, Sept 2 (MENA) – Gazprom said Friday that a gas pipeline to Germany due to reopen at the weekend would remain shut until a turbine is repaired, cutting off indefinitely a key supply route to Europe, the Moscow Times reported. In a ....

  • S.Korea president asks Arizona gov. to help address concerns about Inflation Reduction Act

    Date: 2022-09-02 18:25:30 GMT - south korea - World - SN:74 - ID:9752097

    SEOUL, Sept 2 (MENA) – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol met with the visiting governor of Arizona on Friday and asked for his cooperation in addressing South Korea's concerns about the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the presidential office ....

  • 4 killed in shooting at soccer field in central Mexico

    Date: 2022-09-02 16:27:05 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:67 - ID:9752030

    MEXICO CITY, Sept 2 (MENA) - Four people have been killed, including a former mayor, in an attack on a soccer field in central Mexico. The Morelos state prosecutor’s office said, in a statement carried by ABC News, that the attack occurred ....

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