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Bank of Russia cuts key rate by 1.5 pp to 8% per annum
Date: 2022-07-22 14:01:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:9682782
MOSCOW, July 22 (MENA) - The Bank of Russia reduced its key rate by 1.5 percentage points to 8% per annum, noting low rates of consumer price growth, according to a press release published on Friday. "The Bank of Russia Board of Directors decided ....
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Covid-19 vaccines saved 19.8 million lives in 1st year: WHO
Date: 2022-07-22 13:47:52 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:55 - ID:9682837
GENEVA, July 22 (MENA) - In the first year of rollouts, Covid-19 vaccines are estimated to have saved 19.8 million lives, affirmed the World Health Organization (WHO). In an update published Friday by WHO on the Global COVID-19 Vaccination ....
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19 people taken to hospital in Malaysia after bus overturned
Date: 2022-07-22 12:25:36 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:45 - ID:9682680
KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 (MENA) - Nineteen people were taken to hospital after a double-decker bus travelling from Ipoh to Singapore skidded and overturned in Kuala Lumpur, according to Channel News Asia (CNA). The bus, which was carrying 24 ....
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Sri Lanka: New cabinet sworn in
Date: 2022-07-22 11:19:49 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:37 - ID:9682513
COLOMBO, July 22 (MENA) - Senior Sri Lankan lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in on Friday as the new prime minister, his office said, a day after the swearing-in of a new president as the Indian Ocean nation grapples with its worst economic ....
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India's third monkeypox case reported in Kerala
Date: 2022-07-22 11:05:52 GMT - India - World - SN:35 - ID:9682538
NEW DELHI, July 22 (MENA) - A 35 year-old man, who came to Kerala earlier this month, has tested positive for monkeypox, making him the third case of the virus from the country as well as the state, NDTV reported Friday. Kerala Health Minister ....
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Poland to buy tanks, fighter jets from South Korea: Defense min.
Date: 2022-07-22 11:01:31 GMT - Poland - World - SN:33 - ID:9682441
WARSAW, July 22 (MENA) – Poland’s Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak has confirmed that his country will buy tanks and fighter jets from South Korea, state news agency PAP reported. Błaszczak, who is also a deputy prime minister, made the ....
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Russia says it has destroyed 4 HIMARS launchers in Ukraine
Date: 2022-07-22 10:03:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:28 - ID:9682419
MOSCOW, July 22 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday its forces had destroyed four US-supplied HIMARS rocket systems between July 5-20, Russia Today reported Friday. "Four launchers and one transport-loading vehicle for the ....
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Yoon says North Korea is ready to conduct nuclear test at any time
Date: 2022-07-22 09:59:20 GMT - south korea - World - SN:27 - ID:9682406
SEOUL, July 22 (MENA) - South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol said Friday that North Korea is ready to conduct a nuclear test at any time it decides, Yonhap news agency reported Friday. Yoon was responding to a reporter's question about the US ....
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Russia’s operation narrows the many divides between east and west in Ukraine
Date: 2022-07-22 09:24:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:23 - ID:9682323
WASHINGTON, July 22 (MENA) – With Moscow continuing to wage scorched-earth campaigns in the east and south, Ukrainians have abandoned their homes in droves, a report issued by The Washington Post said. According to the United Nations' ....
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Russia extends restrictions on flights to southern, central cities until July 30
Date: 2022-07-22 08:51:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:9682298
MOSCOW, July 22 (MENA) - The Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport has extended restrictions on flights to 11 airports in the southern and central part of the country until July 30, the press service of the agency said in a statement on ....