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Russia economy to shrink 11% , World Bank says
Date: 2022-04-11 07:41:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:9515804
WASHINGTON, April 11 (MENA) - The economy of Russia is forecast to contract about 11 per cent, the World Bank said on its official website Monday. Output of emerging market and developing countries in Europe and Central Asia is expected to shrink ....
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Seoul rejects Kyiv’s request for anti-aircraft weapons
Date: 2022-04-11 07:41:15 GMT - south korea - World - SN:16 - ID:9515811
SEOUL, April 11 (MENA) - South Korea has turned down a Ukrainian request for anti-aircraft weaponry because of its “principled stance” on not providing lethal hardware to the war-torn country, South China Morning Post reported quoting a defense ....
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Ukraine economy to shrink by almost half this year, World Bank forecasts
Date: 2022-04-11 07:32:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9515788
WASHINGTON, April 11 (MENA) - Ukraine’s economy is on course to contract by almost half this year as the Russian military operation and the impact of a “deep humanitarian crisis” takes its toll, The Guardian quoted the World Bank as saying. With ....
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New Zealand records 7,633 new infections
Date: 2022-04-11 07:30:45 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:14 - ID:9515779
WELLINGTON, April 11 (MENA) - New Zealand recorded 7,633 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 774,928, according to TVNZ. The total number of publicly reported deaths with ....
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Mexican president wins recall vote, early count shows
Date: 2022-04-11 06:59:18 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:13 - ID:9515763
MEXICO CITY, April 11 (MENA) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has easily won a divisive referendum he promoted on whether he should step down or complete his term, France 24 reported Monday. The 68-year-old president, elected in ....
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Thailand reports more than 22,000 new Covid cases
Date: 2022-04-11 06:49:50 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:12 - ID:9515734
BANGKOK, April 11 (MENA) - Thailand Monday announced 22,387 new Covid-19 cases and 105 coronavirus-related deaths over the previous 24 hours. On Sunday, 27,680 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the ....
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S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases below 100,000 for first time in 7 weeks
Date: 2022-04-11 06:48:14 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:9515732
SEOUL, April 11 (MENA) - South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 100,000 for the first time in seven weeks on Monday, as the omicron wave is slowing after reaching its peak in mid-March, the Korean news agency, Yonhap, reported. The country ....
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Zelensky says Russian troops to move to larger operations in Ukraine's east
Date: 2022-04-11 06:30:27 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:9515714
KYIV, April 11 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned his nation Sunday night that the coming week would be as crucial as any in the war, adding in his nightly address that he expects Russian troops to "move to even larger operations ....
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Germany reports more than 30,000 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2022-04-11 06:16:55 GMT - Germany - World - SN:8 - ID:9515713
BERLIN, April 11 (MENA) - Germany recorded 30,789 new coronavirus cases and 13 more deaths in the last 24 hours, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday. Coronavirus numbers remain very high in the ....
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Macron leads 1st round of French election, to face Le Pen in run-off
Date: 2022-04-10 19:48:09 GMT - France - World - SN:82 - ID:9515501
PARIS, April 10 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron will face the far right’s Marine Le Pen in a presidential run-off on April 24 after leading the first round on Sunday with 28.4% of the vote to Le Pen's 23.4%. Macron was projected to win ....