KIEV -- Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Wednesday announced new aid packages for Ukraine, local media reported.

Speaking at a press conference in Kiev, Blinken said that the United States would provide more than 700 million U.S. dollars for Ukraine in fresh assistance, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported. (Ukraine-Aid)

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PRAGUE -- Heavy rains are expected to hit the Czech Republic in the second half of this week and are likely to cause widespread watercourse flooding over a large part of the country, with the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMU) issuing a flood warning on Wednesday.

"During the next few days, at least until Sunday, the weather in our country will be influenced by a pressure low associated with a frontal break-up, which will bring significant rainfalls to most of the territory," the CHMU said. (Czech Republic-Flood warning)

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AMMAN -- Jordan's Independent Election Commission Chairman Musa Maaytah announced on Wednesday preliminary results from the country's 20th parliamentary election.

The voter turnout was 32.13 percent, with 1,632,696 of the 5.1 million eligible voters participating in Tuesday's election, Maaytah reported. (Jordan-Parliament-Elections)

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ISLAMABAD -- A polio worker and a policeman were killed in firing by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, according to police officials on Wednesday.

Unknown miscreants riding on a motorcycle opened fire at a polio vaccination team in Salarzai area of Bajaur district of the province, said the police in the area. (Pakistan-Attack-Polio) Enditem

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