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Drought shrinks China's largest freshwater lake by 75 pct
Date: 2022-08-19 08:43:11 GMT - China - World - SN:18 - ID:9728236
BEIJING, Aug 19 (MENA) - Drought conditions triggered by sustained hot weather and low precipitation in east China's Jiangxi Province have reduced the country's largest freshwater lake, Poyang, by 75 percent, Xinhua news agency reported. As of 10 ....
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Four people wounded in shooting in Dagestan
Date: 2022-08-19 08:39:49 GMT - Dagestan - World - SN:17 - ID:9728230
MAKHACHKALA, Aug 19 (MENA) - Four people were wounded in the shooting in the Dagestani village of Almak in the Kazbekovsky district, including the deputy imam of the mosque and a village lawmaker, village head Mukhudin Salayev told TASS on ....
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Philippines detects 2 new cases of monkeypox
Date: 2022-08-19 07:50:02 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:16 - ID:9728172
MANILA, Aug 19 (MENA) - The Philippines has recorded two additional cases of monkeypox, the Department of Health said Friday, raising the total number of cases to 3, ABS-CBN News reported. The new cases, ages 34 and 29, have recent travel ....
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EU marks World Humanitarian Day
Date: 2022-08-19 07:42:40 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:15 - ID:9728167
BRUSSELS, Aug 19 (MENA) - European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell and EU Commissioner Janez Lenarčič issued a statement to mark the World Humanitarian ....
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17 civilians killed in Russia’s missile strikes on Kharkiv
Date: 2022-08-19 07:36:10 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:14 - ID:9728161
KIEV, Aug 19 (MENA) - A total of 17 civilians have been killed in Russia’s late night and early morning missile strikes on the city of Kharkiv. Two more civilians were killed in Russia’s missile strike on the city of Krasnohrad. The relevant ....
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Indonesian president: Xi, Putin to attend G-20 summit in Bali
Date: 2022-08-19 07:33:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:13 - ID:9728157
LONDON/JAKARTA, Aug 19 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are both planning to attend a Group of 20 summit in the resort island of Bali later this year, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said. "Xi Jinping will ....
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5 dead, including 2 girls, in Austria storms
Date: 2022-08-19 07:29:32 GMT - Austria - World - SN:12 - ID:9728152
VIENNA, Aug 19 (MENA) - Authorities in Austria said five people, including two children, have died in heavy storms that hit the Alpine country, ABC News reported Friday. Two girls, ages 4 and 8, were killed when sudden strong winds toppled trees ....
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US military left over dlrs 7bn of military equipment to Taliban
Date: 2022-08-19 07:26:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:9728148
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (MENA) - The US government left behind more than dlrs 7 billion in military equipment when it pulled out of Afghanistan during a chaotic and deadly withdrawal last year, Fox News quoted an inspector general as saying. A US ....
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Poland receives 5.619 mn refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-08-19 07:15:01 GMT - Poland - World - SN:9 - ID:9728134
WARSAW, Aug 19 (MENA) - Some 5.619 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 26,000 ....
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Moscow: US tells lies in statements about situation at Zaporozhye nuclear power plant
Date: 2022-08-19 07:11:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:8 - ID:9728131
MOSCOW, Aug 19 (MENA) - The Russian embassy in Washington said the US in its attempts to smear Russia stoops to lies in the statements about the situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, TASS news agency reported. The embassy in ....
