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Japan's daily COVID-19 cases hit record high of 250,403
Date: 2022-08-10 20:30:25 GMT - Japan - World - SN:85 - ID:9714402
TOKYO, Aug 10 (MENA) - Japan logged 250,403 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a daily record high, amid concerns over a strain on the medical system due to a new wave of the pandemic, Kyodo news agency reported. Fueled by the highly transmissible ....
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Antarctica’s ‘sleeping giant’ risks melting, threatens spike in sea levels
Date: 2022-08-10 20:01:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:9714366
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - Scientists say the window for protecting the world’s largest ice sheet from significantly shrinking is narrowing, with troubling new predictions that it has the potential to unleash sea level rises of up to 16½ feet over ....
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Germany plans tax changes to help households cope with inflation
Date: 2022-08-10 16:40:08 GMT - Germany - World - SN:70 - ID:9714125
BERLIN, Aug 10 (MENA) - Germany's finance ministry plans to raise income tax thresholds and slightly increase child benefits in response to the highest inflation in the country in decades, euro news reported. The tax-free allowance will rise to ....
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US downplays tensions with China amid fears of military escalation
Date: 2022-08-10 15:56:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:9714065
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - Following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) high-profile trip showing solidarity with Taiwan, Washington and Taipei are taking drastically different tracks toward China’s retaliatory military drills encircling the ....
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John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 586 mln
Date: 2022-08-10 12:24:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:9713611
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - As many as 586,511,476 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported on Wednesday. It added that about 6,423,998 have died from the virus ....
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US inflation will likely stay high even as gas prices fall - Report
Date: 2022-08-10 11:41:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:9713451
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) – Americans may finally be catching a break from relentlessly surging prices — if just a slight one — even as inflation is expected to remain painfully high for months, the AP said in a report published on ....
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Sourh Korean Defense chief calls for firm readiness against possible N.K. provocations during allied drills
Date: 2022-08-10 10:39:49 GMT - south korea - World - SN:28 - ID:9713387
SEOUL, Aug 10 (MENA) - South Korea's Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup called on top military commanders Wednesday to ensure strong readiness against possibilities of North Korea launching provocations around the time of the upcoming combined exercise ....
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Russia wants IAEA to have objective picture of situation at Zaporozhye NPP
Date: 2022-08-10 10:14:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:9713320
MOSCOW, Aug 10 (MENA) - Russia wants the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to have a full and objective picture of the current situation on the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (NPP), and is ready to assist in organizing an ....
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Russia requests UN Security Council meeting over Ukraine’s shelling of NPP: Russian source
Date: 2022-08-10 10:08:26 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:25 - ID:9713269
NEW YORK, Aug 10 (MENA) - Russia has requested a UN Security Council meeting on August 11 in connection with Ukraine’s attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (NPP), a source in Russia’s mission to the UN told reporters on Tuesday. "Russia ....
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Greek coastguard rescues 29 off Rhodes island
Date: 2022-08-10 09:10:07 GMT - Greece - World - SN:18 - ID:9713065
ATHENS, Aug 10 (MENA) - Greece’s coastguard has saved 29 people, most of them believed to be irregular migrants from Afghanistan, after their boat ran into difficulty off the south coast of Rhodes island in the eastern Aegean. Two coastguard ....
