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  • Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan 'doing fine and stable' in hospital after assassination bid

    Date: 2022-11-04 08:04:00 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:13 - ID:9857475

    ISLAMABAD, Nov 4 (MENA) - Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was recovering in hospital on Friday after an assassination attempt that left him with a gunshot wound to the leg, Channel News Asia reported. The attack on his convoy, ....

  • 7.497 million Ukrainian refugees cross into Poland since Feb.

    Date: 2022-11-04 07:38:50 GMT - Poland - World - SN:12 - ID:9857455

    WARSAW, Nov 4 (MENA) - Some 7.497 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation in February, announced Poland's Border Guard on Friday. As many as 24,400 refugees crossed the ....

  • Kuleba, Tajani discuss air defense systems as part of Italy’s next military aid package

    Date: 2022-11-04 07:33:42 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:11 - ID:9857449

    KIEV, Nov 4 (MENA) - Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Antonio Tajani have discussed the ways of speeding up the delivery of Italy’s latest security assistance package to Ukraine and the ....

  • UK: Interest rate rises to 3% as Bank of England imposes biggest hike in three decades

    Date: 2022-11-03 13:37:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:45 - ID:9856489

    LONDON, Nov 3 (MENA) - The Bank of England has raised the base rate of interest by 0.75 percentage points to 3% - the single biggest increase in more than three decades - and said that the UK is already in recession. The Bank warned that the UK ....

  • EBRD goes to COP27 with ambitious plans for shift to green

    Date: 2022-11-03 13:35:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:43 - ID:9856471

    LONDON, Nov 3 (MENA) - The EBRD will go to COP27, the international climate conference in Egypt from 6 to 18 November, with ambitious plans to ratchet up its pioneering climate work across the regions where it works. Together with other ....

  • Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan survives assassination attempt

    Date: 2022-11-03 12:37:34 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:42 - ID:9856464

    ISLAMABAD, Nov 3 (MENA) - Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has been shot in the leg in what his supporters say was an assassination attempt. A gunman opened fire while Mr Khan, 70, was giving a speech to supporters at a rally in ....

  • John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 631 mln

    Date: 2022-11-03 11:05:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:9856272

    WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (MENA) - As many as 631,399,938 people have been reported to be infected with coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Thursday. It added that about 6,594,950 have died from the virus worldwide. The US ....

  • North Korea fires 3 missiles eastward, including apparent ICBM

    Date: 2022-11-03 06:26:19 GMT - Japan - World - SN:3 - ID:9855633

    TOKYO, Nov 3 (MENA) - North Korea launched three missiles eastward Thursday morning, the Japanese government said, adding one of them may have been an intercontinental ballistic missile. The Japanese government had initially issued a J-Alert ....

  • US major stocks fall after Fed's interest-rate decision

    Date: 2022-11-02 22:27:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:85 - ID:9855553

    NEW YORK, Nov 2 (MENA) - Major US stock indexes fell after the Federal Reserve lifted interest rates by 0.75 percentage point to combat inflation, WSJ reported Wednesday The major stock indexes, which had been trading modestly lower for much of ....

  • Schools discuss moving lessons online in desperate ploy to survive cost of living crisis

    Date: 2022-11-02 21:50:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:9855552

    LONDON, Nov 2 (MENA) - UK schools are grasping at straws to find ways to tackle out-of-control bills, including considering moving lessons online for one day every week, the Express reported. Other alternatives being looked at include children ....

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