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India reports 8,084 new Covid cases, 10 deaths in 24 hours
Date: 2022-06-13 06:37:52 GMT - India - World - SN:4 - ID:9619097
NEW DELHI, June 13 (MENA) - India on Monday recorded 8,084 fresh Covid cases amid a constant spike in the daily cases, the Hindustan Times reported. With the fresh cases, the overall count currently stands at 43,230,101. The country recorded ....
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US renews its commitments to combat child labor
Date: 2022-06-12 22:27:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:99 - ID:9618977
WASHINGTON, June 12 (MENA) - On World Day Against Child Labor, observed on June 12, the United States renewed its commitments and efforts to combat child labor and protect children. "Investments in our children create better futures for ....
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Russia urges U.S. to explain military biological activities
Date: 2022-06-12 22:18:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:98 - ID:9619019
MOSCOW, June 12 (MENA) - Russia has asked the United States to explain its military biological activities in some post-Soviet countries, Tass news agency reported. On Sunday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the United States ....
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Russia won’t leave global food market — head of delegation at WTO forum
Date: 2022-06-12 22:13:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:96 - ID:9619017
MOSCOW, June 12 (MENA) - Russia, a major global food exporter, doesn’t plan to leave the market, Deputy Economic Development Minister Vladimir Ilyichev told TASS in an interview. He leads the Russian delegation at the 12th ministerial ....
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Taiwan's health minister contracts COVID, feeling fine
Date: 2022-06-12 21:59:04 GMT - China - World - SN:93 - ID:9619010
BEIJING, June 12 (MENA) - Taiwan Health Minister Chen Shih-chung has contracted COVID-19, and is feeling fine and isolating at home, the government said on Sunday. Taiwan has been dealing with a surge of COVID-19 cases since the start of the ....
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McDonald's restaurants in Russia reopen under new name
Date: 2022-06-12 21:44:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:89 - ID:9619001
MOSCOW, June 12 (MENA) - McDonald’s restaurants have flung open their doors in Moscow once again under new Russian ownership and a new name: Vkusno & tochka, which translates as “Tasty and that’s it”. The new dawn for Russia’s fast-food scene ....
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Biden says he will sign Senate’s bipartisan gun proposal
Date: 2022-06-12 19:12:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:9618845
WASHINGTON, June 12 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said on Sunday that he plans to sign gun safety reforms proposed by a bipartisan group of senators earlier in the day, adding that he hopes legislation comes to his desk soon, the Hill reported on ....
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Anti-Russian actions of US ambassadors can be compared to racketeering - Peskov
Date: 2022-06-12 18:08:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:73 - ID:9618807
MOSCOW, June 12 (MENA) - US ambassadors in various countries are now threatening companies that show interest in the Russian economy - these actions can be compared to racketeering, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview ....
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Paper: War in Ukraine sparks "food versus biofuel" debate
Date: 2022-06-12 16:53:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:66 - ID:9618185
LONDON, June 12 (MENA) - Soaring food prices caused by the war in Ukraine have increased the risk of famine, raising pressure on producers of low-carbon fuels derived from crops and sparking a “food versus biofuel” debate, Financial Times ....
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Explosion in Afghanistan's Kunar kills one Taliban member, wounds six other
Date: 2022-06-12 13:27:06 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:50 - ID:9618363
KABUL, June 12 (MENA) - At least one Taliban member was killed and six others, including a civilian, injured in an explosion that rocked Afghanistan’s Kunar. The blast took place in the city of Kunar’s center Assadabad on Sunday when a mine, ....