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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 ....
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Flash floods kill more than 500 people in Pakistan during heaviest rains in decades
Date: 2022-08-05 13:58:00 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:35 - ID:9705738
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5 (MENA) - Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with remote communities in the impoverished southwestern province of Balochistan among the worst hit, Channel ....
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Kishida, Pelosi agree to work for peace, stability in Taiwan Strait
Date: 2022-08-05 13:45:09 GMT - Japan - World - SN:33 - ID:9705771
TOKYO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed Friday to jointly work to ensure peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, after her visit to the self-ruled island prompted an ....
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Russia-China trade volume may reach $185-190 bln in 2022 - trade representative
Date: 2022-08-05 13:36:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:9705763
BEIJING, Aug 5 (MENA) - The volume of bilateral trade between Russia and China may reach $185-190 bln at the end of 2022, TASS reported Friday quoting Russia’s trade representative in China Alexey Dakhnovsky. "As for forecasts, this is a ....
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Kremlin: Dialogue with US on prisoner swap can be held via channel discussed in Geneva
Date: 2022-08-05 12:01:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:9705690
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - The channel that Russia and the US can use to discuss, among other things, the issue of exchanging prisoners, was agreed on by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden during the Geneva talks, Kremlin ....
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Russian Foreign Ministry announces kicking out 14 Bulgarian diplomats
Date: 2022-08-05 11:37:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:26 - ID:9705661
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Friday that Moscow declared 14 Bulgarian diplomats persona non grata, according to a Foreign Ministry statement. The statement said Bulgaria's Ambassador to Moscow, Atanas Krustin, was ....
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White House summons Chinese ambassador for rebuke on Taiwan response
Date: 2022-08-05 11:14:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:9705536
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (MENA) - The White House summoned China’s ambassador on Thursday to condemn Beijing’s escalating actions against Taiwan and reiterate that the United States does not want a crisis in the region, after a visit to the island by House ....
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India reports 20,551 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hrs
Date: 2022-08-05 10:00:20 GMT - India - World - SN:20 - ID:9705535
NEW DELHI, Aug 5 (MENA) - India reported on Friday a total of 20,551 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total number of infections to 44,107,588, the NDTV said. According to the Union Health Ministry, the active cases reached 135,364. With 70 new ....
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Blinken says China is seeking to change the status quo with Taiwan
Date: 2022-08-05 09:45:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:9705503
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused China of seeking to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait with missile tests and military drills following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island, Time magazine ....
