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Press releases published on August 28, 2025
Russia Launches Strikes on Ukraine’s Military Complexes, Airbases
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) Russian forces launched a coordinated strike against Ukraine’s military-industrial complexes and airbases, the Russian Defense Ministry announced Thursday. The offensive employed long-range, precision-guided air-launched weapons, including Kinzhal …
Indonesia’s industrial confidence index strengthens in August
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) Indonesia’s industrial confidence index saw an improvement in August, supported by growth across 21 different processing sub-sectors, according to officials from the Ministry of Industry. The index reached 53.55 in August, marking a 1.15-point …
Gaza Starves: Israeli Blockade Kills Four More Palestinians
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) Four Palestinians, including two children, have succumbed to malnutrition and starvation in the Gaza Strip within the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported on Thursday. According to the ministry’s statement, these recent deaths raise the …
Eighth anniversary of WWII to take place in China
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is set to visit China next week to attend ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, where he will join Russian President Vladimir Putin and numerous other international figures, according …
Trump Directs Flags Lowered to Half-Staff After Minnesota School Shooting
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff nationwide following a tragic shooting that took the lives of two children in Minnesota, officials confirmed Wednesday. In a formal proclamation, Trump directed that all US flags …
Gaza Boycott Drives 36 Percent Drop in Malaysia Starbucks' Sales
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) Starbucks' Malaysian operations reported a sharp 36% year-on-year revenue drop for the financial year ending June 2025, as mounting public boycotts tied to Israel's war on Gaza continued to disrupt business, according to financial results released …
Putin Eyes Global Economic Power Moving to Asia
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on Thursday that the center of global economic power is increasingly moving toward Asia, presenting fresh opportunities for enhanced cooperation through organizations like the Shanghai Cooperation …
Microsoft Sacks Two Employees for Protesting Israel Ties
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) Microsoft announced on Thursday that it had dismissed two employees following an unauthorized entry into President Brad Smith’s office earlier this week amid protests against the company’s alleged connections to Israel, according to media reports. …
Building Collapse Claims 15 Lives in India
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) Fifteen people have died and nine others were injured after a four-story building collapsed late Tuesday night in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, officials said Thursday. The sudden collapse triggered an urgent rescue operation as emergency …
Uzbekistan Secures USD233M ADB Loan for Key Road Project
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has greenlit a $233.1 million loan to Uzbekistan aimed at upgrading a vital section of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Road Corridor 2, the bank announced Thursday. According to a statement …
Malaysia, Brunei Commit to Boosting Economic Partnership
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) Malaysia and Brunei have committed to intensifying their economic partnership, focusing on key sectors such as energy, agriculture, and tourism, following the 26th Malaysia-Brunei Annual Leaders' Consultation (ALC) held Wednesday. Malaysian Prime …
Indonesia’s Industrial Confidence Strengthens in August
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) Indonesia’s industrial confidence strengthened in August, fueled by growth across the majority of its processing sectors, according to a senior government official on Thursday. The country’s Ministry of Industry reported that the Industrial …
WSJ states EU is unhappy about plan of sending troops to Ukraine
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) A large portion of the European Union population is reluctant to send troops to Ukraine after any ceasefire or peace agreement, citing a lack of firm US “security guarantees” and concerns about being drawn into conflict with Russia, according to …
FBI states Minneapolis’s shooting accident is anti-Catholic hate crime
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) Authorities are examining a tragic shooting at a Minneapolis school that claimed the lives of two children and injured 17 others as a potential anti-Catholic hate crime, according to reports. "The FBI is investigating this shooting as an act of …
Russia's HIV vaccine might be ready in two years
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) A Russian HIV vaccine could be available in roughly two years, according to a leading epidemiologist from Moscow’s Gamaleya Center, as reported by sources. The anticipated vaccine will utilize mRNA technology, explained Vladimir Gushchin, head of …
France gives back three looted human skulls to Madagascar
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) France has returned three human skulls to Madagascar that were looted during the colonial period and kept in a Paris museum for over a century. Among the remains handed over during a ceremony hosted by the French Culture Ministry on Tuesday was a …
WHO Chief Sounds Alarm: Over 15,800 Gaza Patients Must Be Evacuated
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus revealed that more than 15,800 critically ill patients in Gaza urgently require medical evacuation amid escalating Israeli attacks and severe shortages. In a post on the …
Venezuela accuses US of breaking regional nuclear ban
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) Venezuela has accused the United States of violating a regional nuclear prohibition and called on the United Nations to intervene after American warships and a naval submarine were deployed to the Caribbean. The announcement follows Washington’s …
Fourteen civilians get murdered by Russian attack on Kyiv
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) A Russian strike on Kyiv early Thursday resulted in at least 14 fatalities, including three children, Ukrainian authorities reported. The Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that by 11 am local time (0800GMT), the death toll had reached 14, …
Moscow court fines Twitch over not opening regional office in Russia
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) A Moscow court has imposed a fine of 61 million rubles (around $760,000) on Twitch, the American live-streaming platform popular for video gaming, for not establishing a local representative office in Russia. The case was heard in the Russian …