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EC approves €5 billion German scheme to support companies over Ukrainian crisis
Date: 2022-07-15 07:09:37 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:15 - ID:9670166
BRUSSELS, July 15 (MENA) – The European Commission (EC) has approved a €5 billion German scheme to support energy and trade intensive companies across industrial sectors in the context of Russia's operations in Ukraine, the body said in a press ....
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Sri Lanka's PM sworn in as acting president
Date: 2022-07-15 07:04:16 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:14 - ID:9670178
COLOMBO, July 15 (MENA) - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the acting President before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya a short while ago, according to Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror Newspaper. He was sworn in after the ....
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Canadian dollar falls to a 20-month low after supersized rate hike
Date: 2022-07-15 06:54:47 GMT - Canada - World - SN:13 - ID:9670165
OTTAWA, July 15 (MENA) - The Bank of Canada‘s largest interest rate hike in 24 years caused the Canadian dollar to drop to a 20-month low. The Canadian dollar dropped to a low of 75.62 cents US in early trading, its lowest level since November 4, ....
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G-20 ministers focus on reducing inflation without harming growth
Date: 2022-07-15 06:49:25 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:9670159
TOKYO, July 15 (MENA) - Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies began a two-day meeting in Bali on Friday to discuss ways to curb global inflation amid Russia's war in Ukraine while not hampering economic recovery, according to Kyodo ....
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Japan to give 4th COVID vaccine shots to medical care personnel
Date: 2022-07-15 06:44:10 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9670140
TOKYO, July 15 (MENA) – The Japanese government decided Friday to expand the scope of people who can receive fourth COVID-19 vaccine shots to all medical personnel and workers at elderly care facilities as Japan faces a seventh wave of novel ....
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India reports 20,038 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2022-07-15 06:43:08 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:9670154
NEW DELHI, July 15 (MENA) - India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 43,710,027 with 20,038 new coronavirus infections, NDTV reported Friday quoting the Union Health Ministry data. The death count climbed to 525,604 with 47 new ....
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Biden welcomes Riyadh's opening of airspace
Date: 2022-07-15 06:39:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9670151
WASHINGTON, July 15 (MENA) -US President Joe Biden "welcomes and commends" Saudi Arabia's decision to allow all nations' civilian aircraft to pass through its airspace. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Friday that Biden ....
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€23bn allocated to promote economic, social development of Portugal until 2027: European Commission
Date: 2022-07-15 06:33:11 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:8 - ID:9670148
BRUSSELS, July 15 (MENA) - Under the Partnership Agreement, concluded between the European Commission and Portugal, €23 billion will be made available to support the economic, social and territorial cohesion in Portugal until the end of the ....
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New omicron variant BA.2.75 detected in several US states
Date: 2022-07-15 06:27:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:9670125
WASHINGTON, July 15 (MENA) – Scientists have their eyes on a new mutation of the COVID-19 virus: BA.2.75, yet another subvariant of omicron, The Hill reported on Friday. The new subvariant has been detected in at least three U.S. states, ....
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Russia expects rise in Covid incidence due to new Omicron sub-variants
Date: 2022-07-14 23:08:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:71 - ID:9670065
MOSCOW, July 14 (MENA) - Russia is expecting Covid cases to increase because of new Omicron sub-variants which are spreading without causing more severe symptoms or more beds taken up by patients, Interfax reported. "With the appearance of new ....
