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Russia climbed to 45th place in the competitiveness rating
Date: 2021-06-17 07:36:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:9014642
MOSCOW, June 17 (MENA) - Russia ranked 45th out of 64 in the 2021 competitiveness rating of the world’s leading economies, compiled by the International Business School IMD in partnership with the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo, Pledge Times ....
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Pakistan reports 1,119 coronavirus cases, 46 deaths over past 24 hours
Date: 2021-06-17 06:02:36 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:1 - ID:9014593
ISLAMABAD, June 17 (MENA) - Pakistan reported 46 deaths by the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, The Nation reported on Thursday. The total number of positive cases has risen to 945,184, while the total nationwide number of deaths has jumped to ....
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London mayor urges more vaccines to open up capital
Date: 2021-06-16 22:51:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:120 - ID:9014527
LONDON, June 16 (MENA) - London Mayor Sadiq Khan requested extra supplies of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines so that they can tackle worryingly low levels of take-up in the capital, Sky new reported. He wants to rush out doses to hundreds of ....
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White House: Biden head nod when asked if he trusts Putin not meant as agreement
Date: 2021-06-16 19:54:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:107 - ID:9014358
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - When US President Joe Biden appeared to nod in response to a question about whether he trusts Russian President Vladimir Putin at the start of a hotly anticipated summit with the Russian president, the White House ....
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Biden says he told Putin his agenda is "not against Russia" but "for the American people"
Date: 2021-06-16 18:38:42 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:98 - ID:9014255
GENEVA, June 16 (MENA) – After meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Joe Biden said the two leaders "share a unique responsibility to manage the relationship between two powerful and proud countries, a relationship that has to ....
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Greece confirms 549 new Covid-19 cases, 13 deaths
Date: 2021-06-16 18:37:56 GMT - Greece - World - SN:97 - ID:9014265
ATHENS, June 16 (MENA) – The number of deaths from Covid-19 in Greece reached 13 over the past 24 hours, with the overall fatalities rising to 12,478, according to the daily bulletin of the National Organization for Public Health (EODY). An easing ....
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As Biden, Putin meet, press chaos reigned
Date: 2021-06-16 17:49:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:9014116
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - While US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in a well-choreographed greeting and posed for photos ahead of their summit in Geneva, a chaotic scene was unfolding between the U.S. and the ....
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IMF chief: Vaccines will be 'most important' economic policy in 2021
Date: 2021-06-16 17:42:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:9014153
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - Kristalina Georgieva, director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said during an event on Wednesday that vaccine policy should be the top economic priority for 2021, reported The Hill Wednesday. “Vaccine policy ....
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Biden, Putin take first photo and shake hands as high-stakes summit gets underway
Date: 2021-06-16 17:08:17 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:73 - ID:9013585
GENEVA, June 16 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin took their first photo at the historic meeting at Villa La Grange in Geneva as their meeting gets underway. The two presidents stood outside the villa with ....
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Talks in private between Putin, Biden concluded--Kremlin spokesman
Date: 2021-06-16 16:56:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:9013823
MOSCOW, June 16 (MENA) - Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden have completed their talks in private in Geneva. The meeting began at Villa La Grange at 13:36 local time. "The private [talks] are concluded," Kremlin spokesman ....