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UK shoppers face biggest price rises in 30 years this Christmas
Date: 2021-12-13 21:19:30 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:89 - ID:9317507
LONDON, Dec 13 (MENA) - Recent figures put inflation in the United Kingdom at 4.2 percent although there have been warnings it could peak at over five percent next year, the Daily Express reported Monday. Record numbers of manufacturers are ....
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Poland to handle EU vaccines for Eastern Partnership countries
Date: 2021-12-13 20:32:49 GMT - Poland - World - SN:87 - ID:9317539
WARSAW, Dec 13 (MENA) - Poland has become the coordinator of the EU TeamEurope project for the distribution of vaccines to the Eastern Partnership countries. On Monday, Poland signed an agreement with the European Commission on the resale and ....
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Omicron causing 200,000 new infections per day: UK health secretary
Date: 2021-12-13 20:27:05 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:9317506
LONDON, Dec 13 (MENA) - The National Health Service (NHS) will need to exceed 840,000 booster jabs per day in a bid to fight Omicron which is causing around 200,000 new infections per day, the British health secretary has said. Sajid Javid told ....
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Germany reports 21,743 new coronavirus cases, 116 deaths
Date: 2021-12-13 08:06:59 GMT - Germany - World - SN:18 - ID:9316097
BERLIN, Dec 13 (MENA) - The health authorities in Germany reported 21,743 new corona infections within one day, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported on Monday. According to the new information released by RKI, 116 deaths were recorded across ....
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Fox anchor Chris Wallace leaving network for CNN
Date: 2021-12-13 07:52:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9315988
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (MENA) - Veteran anchor Chris Wallace signed off his Fox News Sunday show after 18 years to join CNN, dealing a blow to Fox's news operation at a time its opinion side has become preeminent, the New York Times reported. CNN ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases top 270mn
Date: 2021-12-13 06:56:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:9315974
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 270 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed Monday that the current ....
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Weaponized illegal migration could come to Australia too, Poland warns
Date: 2021-12-12 19:47:33 GMT - Australia - World - SN:78 - ID:9315676
CANBERRA, Dec 12 (MENA) - Eastern Europe may seem geopolitically remote from Australia, but Poland has a warning for Canberra: authoritarian regimes’ hybrid-warfare tactics, including weaponizing illegal migrants, could happen elsewhere – and ....
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Omicron COVID variant appears to spread faster than Delta, WHO says
Date: 2021-12-12 18:31:11 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:73 - ID:9315685
GENEVA, Dec 12 (MENA) - The newly discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant likely spreads faster than the Delta variant, the World Health Organization (WHO) noted in a technical brief, adding that vaccines may be less effective against it, Euronews ....
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Thousands protest in Prague against mandatory vaccination
Date: 2021-12-12 17:55:17 GMT - Czech - World - SN:72 - ID:9315604
PRAGUE, Dec 12 (MENA) - Around 4,000 protesters have gathered on Wenceslas Square on Sunday to demonstrate against mandatory vaccination as well as what they see as infringements against personal liberties and violations against the constitution by ....
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Putin offers 'sincere condolences' to Biden after US tornado deaths
Date: 2021-12-12 14:46:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:9315309
MOSCOW, Dec 12 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday offered "sincere condolences" to his US counterpart Joe Biden in the wake of devastating tornadoes that ripped through six US states and left dozens dead. "Russia shares in the ....