Starmer, European leaders will join Zelensky in talks with Trump today
LONDON, Aug 17 (BBC/AFP): British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and several other European leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a meeting with President Trump at the White House on Monday.US President Donald Trump dropped his push for a ceasefire following an Alaska summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.Securing...
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Israeli attacks kill 18 in Gaza
GAZA, Aug 17 (AFP/AP): Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 18 Palestinians on Sunday, including seven people shot dead while waiting to collect food aid.Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that seven people were killed in an Israeli drone strike that hit a...
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Over 150 missing in flood-hit northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Aug 17 (AFP): More than 150 people are missing in northwest Pakistan, the head of the provincial disaster authority said Sunday, after flash floods that have killed at least 344 people in the country.Thousands of rescuers were battling rain and knee-deep mud, digging homes out from under massive boulders...
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Fires keep burning in western Spain
MADRID, Aug 17 (AFP): As Spain enters its third week of heatwave alerts, firefighters continue to battle blazes in the northwest and west of the country, with army units deployed to help contain the blazes.Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he had held a "coordination meeting" Saturday, as France and Italy...
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Nine dead, 3 missing in N China flood
BEIJING, Aug 17 (AFP): A flash flood in Inner Mongolia killed nine people and left three missing, Chinese state media said Sunday.A group of 13 people were camping outdoors in Inner Mongolia's Urat Rear Banner when a flash flood occurred around 10 pm (1400 GMT) on Saturday, state news agency...
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