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China's Xi Jinping offers Sri Lanka's new president support amid crisis
Date: 2022-07-22 15:00:53 GMT - China - World - SN:68 - ID:9682881
BEIJING, July 22 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping offered Sri Lanka's new president his support on Friday, as the Indian Ocean island grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades, according to Channel News Asia on Friday. Ranil ....
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Over 800,000 t of grain transported to EU: Ukraine
Date: 2022-07-22 14:49:41 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:65 - ID:9682927
KYIV, July 22 (MENA) - About 880 thousand tonnes of grain crops have been transported to the European Union via Zakarpattia Customs Office. The relevant statement was made by Zakarpattia Customs Office on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent ....
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JHU: Coronavirus cases surpass 567 mn
Date: 2022-07-22 14:03:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:9682858
WASHINGTON, July 22 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload reached 567,979,761 and deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) on Friday. In its latest update, JHU revealed that the current ....
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Bank of Russia cuts key rate by 1.5 pp to 8% per annum
Date: 2022-07-22 14:01:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:9682782
MOSCOW, July 22 (MENA) - The Bank of Russia reduced its key rate by 1.5 percentage points to 8% per annum, noting low rates of consumer price growth, according to a press release published on Friday. "The Bank of Russia Board of Directors decided ....
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Covid-19 vaccines saved 19.8 million lives in 1st year: WHO
Date: 2022-07-22 13:47:52 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:55 - ID:9682837
GENEVA, July 22 (MENA) - In the first year of rollouts, Covid-19 vaccines are estimated to have saved 19.8 million lives, affirmed the World Health Organization (WHO). In an update published Friday by WHO on the Global COVID-19 Vaccination ....
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19 people taken to hospital in Malaysia after bus overturned
Date: 2022-07-22 12:25:36 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:45 - ID:9682680
KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 (MENA) - Nineteen people were taken to hospital after a double-decker bus travelling from Ipoh to Singapore skidded and overturned in Kuala Lumpur, according to Channel News Asia (CNA). The bus, which was carrying 24 ....
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Sri Lanka: New cabinet sworn in
Date: 2022-07-22 11:19:49 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:37 - ID:9682513
COLOMBO, July 22 (MENA) - Senior Sri Lankan lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in on Friday as the new prime minister, his office said, a day after the swearing-in of a new president as the Indian Ocean nation grapples with its worst economic ....
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India's third monkeypox case reported in Kerala
Date: 2022-07-22 11:05:52 GMT - India - World - SN:35 - ID:9682538
NEW DELHI, July 22 (MENA) - A 35 year-old man, who came to Kerala earlier this month, has tested positive for monkeypox, making him the third case of the virus from the country as well as the state, NDTV reported Friday. Kerala Health Minister ....
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Poland to buy tanks, fighter jets from South Korea: Defense min.
Date: 2022-07-22 11:01:31 GMT - Poland - World - SN:33 - ID:9682441
WARSAW, July 22 (MENA) – Poland’s Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak has confirmed that his country will buy tanks and fighter jets from South Korea, state news agency PAP reported. Błaszczak, who is also a deputy prime minister, made the ....
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Russia says it has destroyed 4 HIMARS launchers in Ukraine
Date: 2022-07-22 10:03:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:28 - ID:9682419
MOSCOW, July 22 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday its forces had destroyed four US-supplied HIMARS rocket systems between July 5-20, Russia Today reported Friday. "Four launchers and one transport-loading vehicle for the ....
