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5 killed, 44 injured in hospital fire south Seoul
Date: 2022-08-05 09:25:34 GMT - south korea - World - SN:17 - ID:9705498
SEOUL, Aug 5 (MENA) - Five people were killed and 44 others were injured Friday in a fire at a four-story building that contains a hospital in Icheon, some 50 kilometers southeast of Seoul, Yonhap reported quoting fire officials. The fire broke ....
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China sanctions Pelosi in response to her visit to Taiwan
Date: 2022-08-05 09:18:13 GMT - China - World - SN:16 - ID:9705487
BEIJING, Aug 5 (MENA) - Beijing has decided to sanction Nancy Pelosi and her immediate family over her trip to Taiwan this week, RT said quoting a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Friday. The US House speaker’s trip to Taiwan was an ....
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Poland receives more than 5.27 mn refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-08-05 08:29:06 GMT - Poland - World - SN:13 - ID:9705389
WARSAW, Aug 5 (MENA) - Some 5.274 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said on Friday citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. About 25,000 ....
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Russia ready to discuss prisoner swap with US: Lavrov
Date: 2022-08-05 08:25:38 GMT - Cambodia - World - SN:12 - ID:9705334
PHNOM PENH, Aug 5 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Moscow is ready to discuss prisoner exchanges with Washington through an existing diplomatic channel, Al Arabiya reported. "We are ready to discuss this topic, ....
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Fire at music pub in eastern Thailand kills at least 13
Date: 2022-08-05 07:44:33 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:10 - ID:9705332
BNAGKOK, Aug 15 (MENA) - At least 13 people were killed and dozens injured when a fire broke out early Friday morning at a crowded music pub in eastern Thailand, ABC News quoted police and rescue workers as saying. Video circulating on social ....
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Pelosi vows China will not isolate Taiwan as military tensions soar
Date: 2022-08-05 07:33:14 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:9705285
TOKYO, Aug 5 (MENA) – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed that China would not succeed in isolating Taiwan, as she capped off her Asia tour on Friday amid a flurry of Chinese military exercises that have sent fears of conflict in the region ....
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Pelosi, Japanese PM discuss Taiwan tensions
Date: 2022-08-05 07:33:02 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:9705304
TOKYO, Aug 5 (MENA) - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio in Tokyo on Friday. At the top of their agenda was the heightened tension between China and the US, NHK reported on Friday. Pelosi and Kishida ....
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Pentagon again delays nuclear missile test amid Chinese drills near Taiwan
Date: 2022-08-05 06:15:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9705256
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has again ordered the Pentagon to postpone a planned test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, this time amid increased tension with China over Taiwan, the White House ....
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Russian envoy says he is ready for dialogue with US on Iran nuclear deal
Date: 2022-08-04 23:06:22 GMT - Austria - World - SN:88 - ID:9705207
VIENNA, Aug 4 (MENA) - (MENA) - Russia’s Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said on Thursday that he was ready to talk to all participants in the Vienna Talks, including the US, on the Joint ....
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Senate panel deadlocks on Biden's judicial pick with history of gun control work
Date: 2022-08-04 23:06:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:9705206
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden's nominee to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Rachel Bloomekatz, is deadlocked in a vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee after Republicans were critical of her past work on gun ....
