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S. Korea to open temporary settlement lines for trade financing with Russia
Date: 2022-03-18 09:39:54 GMT - south korea - World - SN:23 - ID:9475989
SEOUL, March 18 (MENA) - South Korea said Friday it plans to open temporary settlement lines between local banks and their units in Russia in a bid to help local firms facing difficulties in trade financing due to global sanctions against Russia, ....
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S. Korean president-elect stresses overcoming COVID-19 crisis as transition team sets sail
Date: 2022-03-18 08:46:18 GMT - south korea - World - SN:20 - ID:9475876
SEOUL, March 18 (MENA) – South Korea’s President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol asked his transition committee to put top priority on overcoming the COVID-19 crisis, including compensation for small businesses hit by the pandemic, as he presided over the first ....
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S. Korea, US to discuss cooperation in space security, N. Korean threats
Date: 2022-03-18 08:38:17 GMT - south korea - World - SN:19 - ID:9475877
SEOUL, March 18 (MENA) - South Korea's Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Park In-ho will meet the chief of the US Space Command here later this week to discuss North Korea's long-range rocket development and other security issues, his office said ....
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Ukraine's military: Russia fired 6 missiles toward Lviv, 2 were intercepted
Date: 2022-03-18 08:36:31 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:18 - ID:9475867
KIEV, March 18 (MENA) - Russia launched six missiles toward the western city of Lviv on Friday morning, CNN reported, quoting the Ukrainian Armed Forces as saying on Friday. The projectiles were most likely cruise missiles fired from warplanes ....
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Czech Republic reports 8,163 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2022-03-18 08:31:55 GMT - Czech - World - SN:17 - ID:9475865
PRAGUE, March 18 (MENA) - The Czech Republic recorded 8,163 new Covid-19 cases were on Thursday, the lowest number on a weekday in a fortnight. There were also nearly 1,500 suspected reinfections, Radio Prague reported Friday. The number of ....
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Earthquake in Punjab with Magnitude 4.4 Strikes Near Bathinda
Date: 2022-03-18 08:23:12 GMT - India - World - SN:16 - ID:9475844
NEW DELHI, March 18 (MENA) - India's National Center for Seismology said that an earthquake of magnitude 4.4 was reported near Bathinda in Punjab on Friday morning. NDTV reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was 231 km west of Bathinda, ....
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Australia imposes sanctions on 11 Russian banks, gov't bodies
Date: 2022-03-18 07:43:06 GMT - Australia - World - SN:13 - ID:9475808
CANBERRA, March 18 (MENA) - Australia has imposed sanctions on 11 Russian banks and many governmental entities, including those responsible for managing the Russian sovereign debt, Business Standard quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying on ....
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US imposes sanctions over illicit exports of gold from DRC
Date: 2022-03-18 07:39:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:9475760
WASHINGTON, March 18 (MENA) – The United States imposed sanctions on Belgian businessman Alan Goetz and a network of companies tied to him that it accused of being involved in the illicit movement of gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo, US ....
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EU condemns Russia's targeting of Mariupol city
Date: 2022-03-18 07:36:36 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:11 - ID:9475799
BRUSSELS, March 18 (MENA) - The European Union condemns in the strongest possible terms the Russian Armed Forces and their proxies' continued targeting of Ukraine's civilian population and civilian infrastructure, as well as their siege of the city ....
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Biden to speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday
Date: 2022-03-18 07:18:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9475719
WASHINGTON, March 18 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday for their first known discussion in months, the White House said. In a press release, White House press secretary Jen Psak said "This is part ....
