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International flights avoiding Taipei FIR due to China drills: Official
Date: 2022-08-05 16:56:25 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:57 - ID:9706130
TAIPEI, Aug 5 (MENA) - The number of flights that passed through the Taipei Flight Information Region (FIR) on Thursday was only 150, half the normal daily average, due to the live-fire military drills being conducted by China, Taiwan authorities ....
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US ambassador calls on N. Korea to respond to dialogue offer
Date: 2022-08-05 16:54:02 GMT - south korea - World - SN:56 - ID:9706149
SEOUL, Aug 5 (MENA) - The new US Ambassador to South Korea Philip Goldberg called Friday on Pyongyang to respond to Washington's dialogue offers, as he stressed the firm goal of fully denuclearizing Korea through diplomacy, Yonhap news agency ....
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China launches reusable experimental spacecraft
Date: 2022-08-05 16:37:56 GMT - China - World - SN:53 - ID:9706086
BEIJING, Aug 5 (MENA) - China on Friday successfully launched a reusable experimental spacecraft using a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwest of the country, Xinhua reported on Friday. After a ....
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Greek intelligence chief quits over wiretapping scandal
Date: 2022-08-05 16:36:39 GMT - Greece - World - SN:52 - ID:9706078
ATHENS, Aug 5 (MENA) - Head of Greece's National Intelligence Service (EYP) Panagiotis Kontoleon stepped down on Friday, citing "oversights in the process of statutory inspections" in his letter of resignation to Prime Minister Kyriakos ....
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Chinese Foreign Ministry announces countermeasures in response to Pelosi's visit to Taiwan
Date: 2022-08-05 15:55:29 GMT - China - World - SN:47 - ID:9706052
BEIJING, Aug 5 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday announced adopting number of countermeasures in response to Speaker of US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, Xinhau reported Friday. The measures include: Canceling ....
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WHO Africa sees 10-year growth in healthy life expectancy
Date: 2022-08-05 15:28:39 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:45 - ID:9705655
GENEVA, Aug 5 (MENA) - Africa recorded a ten-year growth in its healthy life expectancy from 2000 to 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa office said exceeding the global average and progress seen in any other region ....
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4 Ukrainian command posts hit over 24 hours - Russian military
Date: 2022-08-05 15:23:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:9705972
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday its military hit four Ukranian command posts, as well as 182 areas of AFU personnel and military equipment concentration over the past 24 hours. "High-precision air-based missiles of ....
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Lavrov says he sent letter to UN chief about US neglect of its duties
Date: 2022-08-05 14:52:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:39 - ID:9705708
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MEMA) - Russia has recently sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres about the neglect by the United States of its responsibilities as host country of the organization's headquarters, TASS cited Russian Foreign Minister ....
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Putin bans transactions with foreigners’ stakes in strategic companies by year-end
Date: 2022-08-05 14:38:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:9705876
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on application of special measures in finance and fuel and energy spheres in view of unfriendly actions of certain foreign states and international organizations, TASS News ....
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Russian minister sees risk of reducing country’s grain harvest this year
Date: 2022-08-05 13:59:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:9705799
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev warned on Friday that the ministry saw risks of the country’s grain harvest target not being reached this year, RT reported. The amount of grain harvested across Russia so far ....
