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Biden orders flags be lowered to honor victims of Highland Park shooting
Date: 2022-07-06 07:08:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9658307
WASHINGTON, July 6 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has ordered flags be lowered to half-staff until Saturday evening to honor the victims of a shooting at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, The Hill reported Wednesday. The president ....
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India reports 16,159 new Covid cases
Date: 2022-07-06 06:19:14 GMT - India - World - SN:2 - ID:9658284
NEW DELHI, July 6 (MENA) - India reported 16,159 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, raising its tally to 43,547,809, according to NDTV. The death count has climbed to 525,270, with 28 fresh fatalities, data by the Health Ministry said on ....
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British health minister Sajid Javid resigns
Date: 2022-07-05 20:10:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:71 - ID:9657990
LONDON, July 5 (MENA) - British Health Secretary Sajid Javid resigned on Tuesday, Sky News reported. Moments later, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced he was quitting. In his letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Javid ....
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UN official: 2030 Agenda characterized by shallow commitment to racial justice
Date: 2022-07-05 18:28:11 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:9657991
GENEVA, July 5 (MENA) - Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Tendayi Achiume told the Human Rights Council that the 2030 Agenda was characterized by a shallow commitment to ....
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JHU: Coronavirus cases surpass 550 mn
Date: 2022-07-05 10:44:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:9656838
WASHINGTON, July 5 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload reached 550,055,526 and deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) on Tuesday. In its latest update, JHU revealed that the current ....
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South Korea to lift nuclear power share of energy mix to 30% by 2030
Date: 2022-07-05 08:57:29 GMT - south korea - World - SN:16 - ID:9656644
SEOUL, July 5 (MENA) - South Korea plans to increase the contribution of nuclear power in the country's energy mix to 30 per cent or more by 2030 from 27 per cent in 2021, the industry ministry said on Tuesday (Jul 5), pledging to resume stalled ....
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Monsoon rains lash Pakistan; 6 killed in country's southwest
Date: 2022-07-05 08:54:58 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:15 - ID:9656636
ISLAMABAD, July 5 (MENA) - At least six people, including women and children, were killed when the roofs of their homes collapsed in heavy rains lashing southwestern Pakistan and other parts of the country, ABC News quoted a provincial disaster ....
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Australia's central bank hikes interest rates for 3rd month in a row
Date: 2022-07-05 08:48:46 GMT - Australia - World - SN:14 - ID:9656602
CANBERRA, July 5 (MENA) - Australia's central bank on Tuesday raised interest rates for a third straight month and flagged more ahead as it struggles to contain surging inflation even at the risk of triggering an economic downturn. Wrapping up ....
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Poland receives 4.551 million refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-07-05 08:46:11 GMT - Poland - World - SN:13 - ID:9656615
WARSAW, July 5 (MENA) - Some 4.551 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation there, Radio Poland said Tuesday quoting Poland's Border Guard. As many as 21,000 refugees ....
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2 Chinese ships enter Japanese territorial waters off Senkaku Islands
Date: 2022-07-05 07:21:03 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:9656479
TOKYO, July 5 (MENA) - Japan Coast Guard officials say two Chinese government ships have entered Japan's territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, NHK reported Tuesday. The officials say the ships entered waters off ....
