World
- Service : English General
- Category : World
-
Monkeypox cases rise in UK to 1,735
Date: 2022-07-12 15:49:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:47 - ID:9667204
LONDON, July 12 (MENA) - British health officials said there have now been 1,735 confirmed cases of monkeypox and that three-quarters of those cases are in London, ABC News reported Tuesday. Scientists warn that anyone who is in close physical ....
-
COVID-19 remains a global health emergency: WHO
Date: 2022-07-12 15:42:55 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:46 - ID:9667194
GENEVA, July 12 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly 2-1/2 years after it was first declared. The Emergency Committee, made up of independent experts, said in a statement ....
-
Oil sinks further below dlrs 100, as renewed COVID-19 lockdowns in China
Date: 2022-07-12 15:31:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:9667177
NEW YORK, July 19 (MENA) - Oil prices fell sharply on Tuesday on a strong dollar, demand-sapping COVID-19 curbs in top crude importer China and fears of a global economic slowdown, according to The Economic Times. Multiple Chinese cities are ....
-
Lifting of sanctions against Russia would bring down world food, energy prices: Russian finance minister
Date: 2022-07-12 15:12:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:42 - ID:9667152
MOSCOW, July 12 (MENA) - The lifting of western sanctions against Russia would bring down prices for both food and energy resources, said Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. "Of course, and this applies to both food and energy resources, and ....
-
EU invests €1.8 billion in clean tech projects
Date: 2022-07-12 15:03:37 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:41 - ID:9667144
BRUSSELS, July 12 (MENA) - The EU announced that it is investing over €1.8 billion in 17 large-scale innovative clean-tech projects with a third round of awards under the Innovation Fund. Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help ....
-
Daesh leader in Syria killed in drone strike: Pentagon
Date: 2022-07-12 14:30:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:9667078
WASHINGTON, July 12 (MENA) - The Daesh leader in Syria, who is one of the top five leaders of the terrorist group, has been killed in a US air strike, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The leader of Daesh in Syria, who is one of the top five leaders ....
-
Greek armed forces chief meets US counterpart in Washington
Date: 2022-07-12 14:29:48 GMT - Greece - World - SN:37 - ID:9667056
WASHINGTON, July 12 (MENA) - The head of the Greek Armed Forces, General Konstantinos Floros, met with his American counterpart, General James McConville in Washington on Monday and discussed Ukraine, the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, ....
-
IPU delegation visits Russia, Ukraine
Date: 2022-07-12 14:04:04 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:35 - ID:9666989
GENEVA, July 12 (MENA) - On the invitation of the Ukrainian and Russian Parliaments, the IPU Task Force for the peaceful resolution of the military operation in Ukraine will visit Kyiv and Moscow. The IPU delegation is led by the President of ....
-
ICRC: Deteriorating hunger situation an urgent crisis for millions caught in conflict
Date: 2022-07-12 11:14:31 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:27 - ID:9666714
GENEVA, July 12 (MENA) - Hundreds of millions of people are at risk of severe hunger in the coming months as extreme poverty, inequality and food insecurity rise, particularly in parts of Africa and the Middle East, following shocks in the food, ....
-
China earmarks 270 mn yuan to support disaster relief work
Date: 2022-07-12 10:27:39 GMT - China - World - SN:21 - ID:9666594
BEIJING, July 12 (MENA) - China has allocated an advance 270 million yuan (40.32 million U.S. dollars) from its central natural disaster relief funds to help local governments with flood control and drought relief work, Xinhua reported. The ....