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Russian election officials to monitor referendums in Donbass, liberated areas
Date: 2022-09-22 22:56:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:86 - ID:9787151
MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - The Russian Central Election Commission’s delegation will take part in monitoring the upcoming referendums in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, Tass reported. Four members of ....
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Gatwick Airport sees chaos, train station closed after power cut
Date: 2022-09-22 20:48:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:9786844
LONDON, Sept 22 (MENA) - Chaos ensued at Gatwick Airport where a power cut has caused its train station to close, Express reported. Images shared online appeared to show passengers suck as a result of the disruption to their journeys. A power ....
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Russia agrees to Lynne Tracy's appointment as US ambassador in Moscow
Date: 2022-09-22 13:02:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:52 - ID:9786331
MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - Russia has given its consent to the appointment of Lynne Tracy as the new US ambassador in Moscow, Interfax News Agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying. "We have given our agreement. They ....
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Bank of England raises interest rates to 2.25%
Date: 2022-09-22 13:00:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:51 - ID:9786327
LONDON, Sept 22 (MENA) - Britain’s central bank raised its key interest rate Thursday by another half-percentage point to the highest level in 14 years, but it avoided more aggressive steps to tame inflation that the US Federal Reserve and other ....
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Biden, S. Korean leader discuss climate change crisis
Date: 2022-09-22 09:04:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:9785670
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - US President Joseph R. Biden met on Wednesday with President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea (ROK) on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to the the US State Department. ....
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UN chief urges more action, leadership to tackle the climate crisis
Date: 2022-09-22 08:39:10 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:25 - ID:9785698
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General António Guterres called for more action and leadership to tackle the climate crisis, warning that efforts to keep the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels ....
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UN Chief welcomes exchanging over 250 prisoners of war between Ukraine, Russia
Date: 2022-09-22 08:05:40 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:21 - ID:9785632
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General António Guterres warmly welcomed the exchange of more than 250 prisoners of war between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, UN Secretary General Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said. ....
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Biden thanks Japan for historic pledge to Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment
Date: 2022-09-22 07:57:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:9785537
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA)- US President Joseph Biden thanked Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for Japan’s historic $1.08 billion pledge to the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment, according to the White White House. President Biden met today with ....
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Poland receives 6.46 mn refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-09-22 07:50:40 GMT - Poland - World - SN:19 - ID:9785549
WARSAW, Sept 22 (MENA) – Some 6.46 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. Poland received on ....
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John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 613 mln
Date: 2022-09-22 07:46:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9785589
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - As many as 613,459,898 people have been reported to be infected by coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Thursday. It added that about 6,531,491 have died from the virus worldwide. The US ....