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  • India records 16,906 Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2022-07-13 07:00:13 GMT - India - World - SN:7 - ID:9667544

    NEW DELHI, July 13 (MENA) - India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 43,669,850 with 16,906 new coronavirus infections, NDTV reported Wednesday quoting the Union Health Ministry data. The death count climbed to 525,519 with 45 new ....

  • Sri Lanka president flees to Maldives

    Date: 2022-07-13 07:00:00 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:6 - ID:9667537

    COLOMBO, July 13 (MENA) - Sri Lankan President President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country for the Maldives early on Wednesday morning, along with his wife and two security officers amid mass scale protests against him. Rajpaksa landed at the ....

  • US emissions inflict almost $2 trn in damage to other countries: study says

    Date: 2022-07-12 21:02:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:69 - ID:9667426

    WASHINGTON, July 12 (MENA) - China and the US, the world’s top two greenhouse gas emitters, have collectively cost the global economy more than $3 trillion, forming the basis for potential litigation, according to research published ....

  • Biden: Killing of "Maher Al Aqal" to limit Daesh ability to conduct operations in region

    Date: 2022-07-12 19:34:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:9667360

    WASHINGTON, July 12 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden considered the killing of Daesh leader "Maher Al Aqal" will limit the terrorist organization's ability to plan and conduct its operations in the region. "Today, the men and women of the US ....

  • Urgent call for better use of existing vaccines, development of new vaccines to tackle AMR: WHO

    Date: 2022-07-12 17:59:12 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:57 - ID:9667308

    GENEVA, July 12 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) released Tuesday the first-ever report on the pipeline of the vaccines currently in development to prevent infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacterial pathogens. WHO's ....

  • IMF, WB annual meetings to be held in October

    Date: 2022-07-12 16:36:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:9667245

    WASHINGTON, April 12 (MENA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) said on Tuesday they will hold 2022 annual meetings fully in person in October. The two institutions said in a joint statement that would hold the meetings ....

  • Russia's latest Sarmat ICBM set for new stage of tests

    Date: 2022-07-12 16:28:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:51 - ID:9666724

    MOSCOW, July 12 (MENA) - Russia's new state-of-the-art Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is set to undergo a new stage of tests, Head of the State Space Corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said on Tuesday, TASS news agency ....

  • Nearly 5,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine: UN

    Date: 2022-07-12 16:08:58 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:48 - ID:9667223

    GENEVA, July 12 (MENA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) said nearly 5,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since Russia's military operation began. The UNHCHR's Office said that at least 4,889 civilians, including 335 ....

  • 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 ....

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