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To Lam elected as Vietnam's new president
Date: 2024-05-22 06:55:11 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:10 - ID:10715825
HANOI, May 22 (MENA) - To Lam, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam, was elected as the country's new president on Wednesday, CGTN quoted local media as saying on Wednesday. At the ongoing seventh session of the 15th ....
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Japan, Philippines to hold 2-plus-2 security talks in July
Date: 2024-05-22 06:50:55 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:10715817
TOKYO, May 22 (MENA) - Japan and the Philippines are arranging to hold a meeting involving their foreign and defense ministers in Manila in early July, Kyodo quoted government sources as saying. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Defense ....
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Russia's overall combat losses in Ukraine up to 496,370
Date: 2024-05-22 06:47:28 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:10715809
KIEV, May 22 (MENA) - Russia's overall combat losses in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and May 22, 2024 have reached about 496,370, with 1,300 fighters killed or wounded in action in the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of ....
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Five ships of Russian Black Sea Fleet are in waters of Sevastopol Bay
Date: 2024-05-22 06:44:05 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:6 - ID:10715765
KIEV, May 22 (MENA) - Five ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet are in the waters of Sevastopol Bay in the temporarily occupied Crimea. This was reported in Telegram by the Crimean Wind monitoring group, citing radar satellite imagery data, ....
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Ayatollah Khamenei leads prayers as millions of mourners gather for Raeisi funeral
Date: 2024-05-22 06:30:19 GMT - Iran - World - SN:5 - ID:10715758
TEHRAN, May 22 (MENA) - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has led prayers over the bodies of President Ebrahim Raeisi and his companions in Tehran as millions of people gathered to hold funeral procession, Press TV ....
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Infected blood victims could get compensation payments of over £2.5m
Date: 2024-05-21 21:03:40 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:88 - ID:10715648
LONDON, May 21 (MENA) – Victims of the UK contaminated blood scandal could receive more than £2.5m in compensation under a multibillion pound scheme announced a day after a damning report found the NHS and government culpable for the tragedy, The ....
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Ukraine destroys 28 Shahed drones overnight
Date: 2024-05-21 09:48:23 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:27 - ID:10714463
KIEV, May 21 (MENA) - The Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed 28 Shahed drones over night, Ukriform news agency quoted Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force General Mykola Oleshchuk as saying on Tuesday. "On the night of May 21, the Russians ....
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5 dead in coal mine accident in NE China
Date: 2024-05-21 07:52:57 GMT - China - World - SN:20 - ID:10714288
BEIJING, May 21 (MENA) - Five people were killed in a coal mine accident in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Xinhua quoted company sources as saying. The accident happened on Monday night at the Xing'an coal mine of the Hegang mining ....
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US condoles with Iran over Rasisi's death
Date: 2024-05-21 07:45:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:10714205
WASHINGTON, May 21 (MENA) - The US has offered condolences over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, according to a statement issued by the official website of the US Department of State. "The United States expresses its official ....
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China's Kuaizhou-11 Y4 rocket launches 4 new satellites
Date: 2024-05-21 07:44:49 GMT - China - World - SN:18 - ID:10714263
BEIJING, May 21 (MENA) - China on Tuesday launched the Kuaizhou-11 Y4 carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, sending four new satellites into space, Xinhua reported. The commercial rocket blasted off at 12:15 p.m. ....