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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • Four days of UK power cuts and blackouts in January warning as part of contingency plan

    Date: 2022-08-10 09:08:01 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:17 - ID:9712977

    LONDON, Aug 10 (MENA) - The UK is braced for four days of power cuts and blackouts in January, as part of a winter contingency plan, the Express reported. The Government's "reasonable worst-case scenario" plan shows that Britain could face an ....

  • Yoon apologizes to nation after heavy rains trigger massive flooding

    Date: 2022-08-10 08:59:26 GMT - south korea - World - SN:16 - ID:9713173

    SEOUL, Aug 10 (MENA) - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol apologized to the nation Wednesday after heavy rains triggered massive flooding in southern Seoul this week and sparked criticism the capital city lacks adequate flood control ....

  • US allows alternate Monkeypox vaccine injection method to boost supply

    Date: 2022-08-10 08:06:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:9712976

    WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - US health regulators have authorized injecting a monkeypox vaccine intradermally in adults, meaning between layers of the skin rather than below the skin, in an effort to stretch out low vaccine supplies, the US Food and ....

  • Shionogi confirms efficacy of oral COVID drug for Omicron subvariant

    Date: 2022-08-10 08:03:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:9713047

    TOKYO, Aug 10 (MENA) - Japanese pharmaceutical firm Shionogi & Co. said Wednesday its oral COVID-19 drug currently under development has been confirmed in preclinical testing as effective against the Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 that has been detected ....

  • US unveils $89 million package to help Ukraine clear Russian mines

    Date: 2022-08-10 07:45:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:9713020

    WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - The United States says it will provide $89 million to help clear land mines, improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordinance planted by Russian forces as part of the Kremlin’s five-and-a-half-month-long invasion of ....

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