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Fire in Mexico City prison kills 3, injures 7
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], Aug 16 (Sputnik/ANI) - At least three people were killed, while seven were injured after a fire broke out at a prison in eastern Mexico City on Thursday morning, local media reported.
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90 killed, 200 injured in communal clashes in Libya's Murzug
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], Aug 16 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 90 people were killed and more than 200 others wounded in communal clashes in the Libyan town of Murzug, said The United Nations on Thursday.
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Syrian Air Force warplane drowned by militants
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], August 15 (Sputnik/ANI): Militants operating in the Idlib province shot down a Syrian air force plane on Wednesday, Syria's state television reported.
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Two Epstein jail guards put on administrative leave, warden reassigned: US
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 14 (Sputnik/ANI): Two prison guards assigned to the unit that housed accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein have been put on administrative leave after his alleged suicide over the weekend, US Department of Justice spokesperson Kerri Kupec said on Tuesday.
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65 killed in Myanmar's landslide: UN
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], Aug 14 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 65 people were killed in a landslide triggered by monsoon rains in the Myanmar's state of Mon, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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US ban on govt contracts with Huawei, other Chinese tech companies takes e
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 13 (Sputnik/ANI): The ban on purchases of products and services from Huawei, ZTE and other Chinese tech companies for the US federal agencies has entered into force on Tuesday, according to an entry on the US Federal Register website.
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Hong Kong leader says city becoming dangerous amid protests
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 13 (Sputnik/ANI): Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday said that violent actions of protesters, who paralysed the city's airport the day before, were pushing the autonomous region to a point of no return and making it a dangerous place.
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Turkey mulling purchasing Russia's Su-35 jets
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Aug 12 (Sputnik/ANI): After the United States expelled Turkey from the F-35 jet program, Ankara is mulling over Russia's offer to export Su-35 fighters to their nation.
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Russia to complete tests of Su-57 in 2019, MiG-35 in 2021
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 12 (Sputnik/ANI): State tests of Russia's advanced Su-57 fifth-generation fighters will be completed this year, while trials of MiG-35 fighters are planned to be finalised by the end of 2021, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Lieutenant General Se
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Yemen conflict: Saudi Arabia invites govt, other parties for urgent peace
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Aug 11 (Sputnik/ANI): Saudi Arabia on Saturday invited the Yemeni government and all parties involved in the conflict in Aden to hold emergency peace negotiations in a bid to strike a deal to end the four-year-old civil war in the neighbouring country.
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Libyan govt agrees for Eid truce with Haftar's forces
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Aug 10 (Sputnik/ANI): Libya's internationally recognised government announced a truce with forces loyal to self-styled commander of Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar for the period of Eid al-Adha.
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Trade war with US to moderately slowdown China's economic growth in 2019:
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 10 (Sputnik/ANI): Trade tariffs imposed by the United States against China will moderately slow the country's economic growth this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday.
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