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  • Russia accuses Ukraine of carrying out poisonous attack in Zaporizhzhia on July 31

    Date: 2022-08-20 18:54:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:64 - ID:9730390

    MOSCOW, Aug 20 (MENA) - Russia has accused Ukraine of making use of "poisonous substances" against Russian armed forces in Zaporizhzhia. Russian Defence Ministry remarked that the Ukrainian government had approved a "terrorist act" by using ....

  • 22 dead, 5 missing after flash floods, landslides in India’s Himachal Pradesh

    Date: 2022-08-20 16:27:48 GMT - India - World - SN:52 - ID:9730225

    NEW DELHI, Aug 20 (MENA) - At least 22 people, including eight members of a family, were killed and five others went missing in incidents of landslide, flash flood and cloud burst triggered by heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh in the past 24 hours, ....

  • EU gives member states the green light to help energy-intensive businesses

    Date: 2022-08-20 15:25:03 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:47 - ID:9730128

    BRUSSELS, Aug 20 (MENA) - The European Commission is authorizing member states to provide energy-intensive companies with at times significant State aid to offset certain costs, The Brussels Times reported. A case in point is Germany, authorized ....

  • Two more vessels loaded with grain leave Chornomorsk Port

    Date: 2022-08-20 11:36:28 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:29 - ID:9729748

    GENEVA, Aug 20 (MENA) - Two more vessels loaded with Ukrainian-produced grain have left Chornomorsk Port this morning, according to the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform. “As part of grain shipments, two more vessels have left Ukraine’s Chornomorsk ....

  • Chemical tanker, cargo ship crash near southwestern Japan

    Date: 2022-08-20 09:47:17 GMT - Japan - World - SN:21 - ID:9729549

    TOKYO/WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) - A Japanese chemical tanker ship crashed into a cargo ship off the coast of southwestern Japan, the coast guard said Saturday. No one was injured among the six Japanese crew aboard Ryoshinmaru, the tanker, and 14 ....

  • EC approves €125 million Estonian scheme to support companies in context of Russia's operation in Ukraine

    Date: 2022-08-20 08:52:25 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:17 - ID:9729328

    BRUSSELS, Aug 20 (MENA) – The European Commission has approved a €125 million Estonian scheme to support the liquidity needs of companies across sectors in the context of Russia's operation in Ukraine, according to a press release issued by the ....

  • US denies making new concessions to Iran in bid to revive 2015 nuclear deal

    Date: 2022-08-20 08:50:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9729334

    WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) – The White House denied reports that the US has made new concessions to Iran as talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal approach their 500th day, Al Arabiya reported. London-based Iran International had earlier published ....

  • Russian Defense Ministry: 100 militants killed in Kharkiv region

    Date: 2022-08-20 08:46:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:9729425

    MOSCOW, Aug 20 (MENA) - Russian forces, in an attack with high-precision weapons, killed more than 100 militants, including 20 mercenaries, in the Andreevka area of ​​the Kharkiv region. This was stated by the spokesman of the Russian Defense ....

  • Mexico arrests former top prosecutor over 2014 missing students case

    Date: 2022-08-20 08:37:21 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:14 - ID:9729418

    MEXICO CITY, Aug 20 (MENA) - Mexico on Friday arrested a former attorney general who led a controversial investigation into the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 -- one of the country's worst human rights tragedies, France24 channel reported. ....

  • EU Commission approves €687 million Finnish scheme to compensate energy-intensive companies for indirect emission costs

    Date: 2022-08-20 08:31:50 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:13 - ID:9729405

    BRUSSELS, Aug 20 (MENA) - The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Finnish scheme to partially compensate energy-intensive companies for higher electricity prices resulting from indirect emission costs under the EU Emission ....

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