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Death toll from Hawaii wildfires hits 110
Aug 17, 2023 10:59The death toll from the Maui wildfires in the US state of Hawaii reached 110, up from 106 the day before, Hawaii Governor Josh Green said at a news conference on Wednesday.
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Moscow urges US to stop 'hunting down' Russians in third countries: Envoy
Aug 17, 2023 10:48Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov has called on Washington to stop hunting down Russian nationals in third countries, stressing that Moscow considers the speedy repatriation of all its citizens detained in American prisons its priority.
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Death toll from devastating Maui fire reaches 101
Aug 17, 2023 06:42Public schools on Maui started the process of reopening and a major access road reopened in signs of recovery a week after wildfires demolished a historic town and killed over 100 people, even as officials raised concerns Wednesday that the very young and old were among the dead on Hawaii's second-largest island.
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Crime against humanity: Iran’s top rights official decries Western sanctions
Aug 17, 2023 03:13Iran’s top rights official says the unilateral US sanctions on the Islamic Republic amounts to a crime against humanity, as they severely undermine the basic rights of the entire nation.
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West military presence in region ‘illegal’, US must leave Persian Gulf: Iran cmdr.
Aug 17, 2023 02:20The spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces says the military presence of Western governments in West Asia is illegitimate, stressing that the United States must withdraw its troops from the strategic Persian Gulf region.
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Deal on unblocking funds part of Iran’s dignified diplomacy, serves as ‘test’ for US: FM
Aug 16, 2023 12:42Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the recent deal with the United States regarding the unblocking of Iran’s illegally frozen funds serves as a test for Washington.
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Entire police force of US city in Minnesota resigns over low wages
Aug 16, 2023 09:37The entire police department of Minnesota state's Goodhue city has quit work over a pay dispute with the mayor of the Upper Midwestern US city.
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Kennedy Jr. confirms existence of American biolabs in Ukraine
Aug 16, 2023 03:17US politician Robert Kennedy Jr. has confirmed the existence of American biological laboratories in Ukraine which are used to produce banned biological weapons.
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Trump indicted again for plot to overturn 2020 presidential poll results
Aug 15, 2023 12:52Hawkish former US president Donald Trump has again been slammed with an extensive fourth set of criminal charges after a grand jury from the State of Georgia issued an indictment blaming him for plotting to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat to his Democratic rival and current President Joe Biden.
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US announces new $200m military aid package for Ukraine
Aug 15, 2023 09:11The United States has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $200 million, as the Ukrainian troops are struggling to penetrate heavy Russian fortifications as part of their so-called counteroffensive.