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Bank of England raises interest rates to highest level in 13 years
Date: 2022-05-05 16:27:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:60 - ID:9552877
LONDON, May 5 (MENA) - The Bank of England has raised interest rates to their highest level in 13 years as it looks to tackle the cost of living crisis gripping the UK, The Independent reported. It announced an increase from 0.75 per cent to 1 ....
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New naval task force's establishment aims to boost free trade flow in Red Sea : US Fifth Fleet commander
Date: 2022-05-05 16:26:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:9553037
WASHINGTON, May 5 (MENA) - The Combined Maritime Forces (CMF)'s formation of Combined Task Force (CTF) 153 affiliated with the US Fifth Fleet comes in a bid to boost maritime security as well as the free trade flow in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab and ....
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14.9 million excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, 2021: WHO
Date: 2022-05-05 15:45:30 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:56 - ID:9552943
GENEVA, May 5 (MENA) - New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic (described as “excess mortality”) between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021 ....
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No new orders from Putin on Mariupol steel plant, says Kremlin
Date: 2022-05-05 14:26:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:9552857
MOSCOW, May 5 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has not given any new orders on the Azovstal steel complex in the city of Mariupol so the previous decision to call off an operation to storm the facility but block it off instead remains in ....
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OPEC+ confirms 432,000 bpd June quota increase
Date: 2022-05-05 14:11:29 GMT - Austria - World - SN:52 - ID:9552881
VIENNA, May 5 (MENA) - OPEC+ and its oil-producing allies decided to increase output by 432,000 barrels per day (bpd) in June. The 23-member super group of producers, led by Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud and Russian ....
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WHO says surge in COVID-19 cases in Africa fueled by Omicron sub-variants
Date: 2022-05-05 13:57:04 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:50 - ID:9552747
ABUJA, May 5 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Africa is experiencing an increase in reported COVID-19 cases driven by Omicron sub-variants despite a global decline in reported cases and deaths, CGTN reported on ....
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Flash floods, heavy rains kill 20 in Afghanistan, says official
Date: 2022-05-05 13:35:12 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:48 - ID:9552691
KABUL, May 5 (MENA) - Flash floods and heavy storms have killed at least 20 people in different provinces of Afghanistan, an Afghan official said on Thursday. Maulvi Sharafuddin Muslim, an official at the Ministry of State for Disaster ....
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Russia expels 7 Danish diplomats
Date: 2022-05-05 11:30:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:34 - ID:9552557
MOSCOW, May 5 (MENA) - Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday said it had declared seven Danish diplomats 'persona non grata' in response to Copenhagen expelling 15 Russian diplomats last month, according to media reports. The ministry said ....
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If diplomacy fails, pressure will increase on Iran - US envoy to UN
Date: 2022-05-05 11:27:56 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:39 - ID:9552565
NEW YORK, May 5 (MENA) – The US envoy to the United Nations says if diplomacy fails and the nuclear deal cannot be restored with Iran, the international community will increase pressure on the Islamic Republic, Iranian media reported. At a press ....
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Kerry traveling to Norway, UK for climate talks - State Dept.
Date: 2022-05-05 11:08:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:9552566
WASHINGTON, May 5 (MENA) – The Biden administration's special envoy for climate, John Kerry, is heading to Norway and the United Kingdom for talks with government counterparts, Sputnik reported. "John Kerry will travel to Oslo from May 6-7 and ....
