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IAEA chief concerned over shelling of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant
Date: 2022-08-06 19:45:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:9707586
MOSCOW, Aug 6 (MENA) - IAEA Chief Grossi expressed alarm over shelling at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant, IAEA said in a statement on Saturday. "I am extremely concerned by the shelling yesterday at Europe's largest nuclear power plant, ....
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20 Chinese warplanes, 14 warships deployed around Taiwan
Date: 2022-08-06 18:32:30 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:63 - ID:9707513
TAIPEI, Aug 6 (MENA) - China continued to send military planes and ships into sea areas around Taiwan on Saturday in retaliation for U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan earlier this week, deploying 20 aircraft and 14 vessels as of 5 ....
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Almost 35,000 Britons in Portugal urge residence permits
Date: 2022-08-06 14:47:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:39 - ID:9707225
LONDON, Aug 6 (MENA) - British nationals living in Portugal are unable to access healthcare, change jobs, or travel in and out of the country as its ministers have not issued them with post-Brexit residency cards, it has emerged, The Guardian ....
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Bus crash on highway in Croatia kills at least 11 people
Date: 2022-08-06 09:35:36 GMT - Croatia - World - SN:18 - ID:9706747
ZAGREB, Aug 6 (MENA) - A Poland-registered bus skidded from a highway in northern Croatia early Saturday, killing at least 11 people and injuring several others, police said. Croatian police said on Twitter that “in the skidding of a bus with ....
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John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 583 mln
Date: 2022-08-06 09:29:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:9706738
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (MENA) - As many as 583,031,596 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported on Saturday. It added that about 6,416,288 have died from the virus ....
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11 dead, 12 fall ill in illicit liquor tragedy in dry Bihar
Date: 2022-08-06 09:09:43 GMT - India - World - SN:15 - ID:9706689
NEW DELHI, Aug 6 (MENA) - Eleven people have died and 12 have fallen seriously ill, many of them losing their eyesight, after consuming toxic liquor in Saran district of dry Bihar, officials said. According to District Magistrate Rajesh Meena and ....
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Japanese FM condemns China's ballistic missile launches
Date: 2022-08-06 08:45:40 GMT - Cambodia - World - SN:12 - ID:9706639
PHNOM PENH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa strongly condemned China's ballistic missile launches. He had brief talks in Cambodia on the sidelines of meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, NHK said. ....
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Hiroshima marks 77th anniv. of atomic bombing amid nuclear threat
Date: 2022-08-06 08:14:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9706580
TOKYO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Hiroshima on Saturday marked the 77th anniversary of its atomic bombing, amid heightened concern in Japan and elsewhere over repeated Russian threats to resort to nuclear weapons amid the military operation in Ukraine. Mayor ....
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Japan PM says Cabinet to be reshuffled next week
Date: 2022-08-06 08:02:17 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:9706559
TOKYO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday he will make prospective Cabinet ministers review and clarify links to a religious group under the spotlight since the killing of a former Japanese premier, when he reshuffles ....
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Indian PM votes in Vice President election
Date: 2022-08-06 07:50:50 GMT - India - World - SN:8 - ID:9706538
NEW DELHI, Aug 6 (MENA) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast his vote in Parliament on Saturday for the Vice President election. NDA's Jagdeep Dhankar is fielded against Margaret Alva, republicworld.com reported. While voting will take ....