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  • South Korean president calls for details of 'audacious plan' for N. Korea

    Date: 2022-07-22 16:25:40 GMT - south korea - World - SN:81 - ID:9683057

    SEOUL, July 22 (MENA) - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol instructed the unification ministry Friday to prepare the details of his "audacious plan" to revive North Korea's economy in the event it accepts denuclearization, Yonhap News Agency ....

  • Inflation in Sri Lanka hit 58.9% in June

    Date: 2022-07-22 16:17:55 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:80 - ID:9683006

    COLOMBO, July 22 (MENA) - Sri Lanka's red-hot inflation firmed up in June as the country's broader measure of consumer prices climbed 58.9 percent from a year ago, accelerating from 45.3 percent in May. Prices measured by the National Consumer ....

  • Most Russian companies keeping staff amid sanctions, study reveals

    Date: 2022-07-22 16:07:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:78 - ID:9683033

    MOSCOW, July 22 (MENA) - The bulk of Russian companies (63%) have retained their personnel amid the ongoing sanctions, compared to 23% of firms that have cut the number of employees. Meanwhile, the wage level has remained unchanged in 77% of ....

  • Two more cases of monkeypox recorded this week in Czech Republic

    Date: 2022-07-22 15:39:03 GMT - Czech - World - SN:75 - ID:9682930

    PRAGUE, July 22 (MENA) - Two more cases of monkeypox have been recorded in Prague this week, bringing the total in the Czech Republic up till now up to 16, Radio Prague International reported. Of this total, 15 cases have been recorded in the ....

  • Bank of Russia’s Chief rules out possibility of banning circulation of dollar in Russia

    Date: 2022-07-22 15:31:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:9682985

    MOSCOW, July 22 (MENA) - The Bank of Russia’s Chief Elvira Nabiullina ruled out the possibility of banning the circulation of the dollar in Russia, according to TASS News Agency. "Even in the most apocalyptic scenario, cash dollars will circulate ....

  • China's Xi Jinping offers Sri Lanka's new president support amid crisis

    Date: 2022-07-22 15:00:53 GMT - China - World - SN:68 - ID:9682881

    BEIJING, July 22 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping offered Sri Lanka's new president his support on Friday, as the Indian Ocean island grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades, according to Channel News Asia on Friday. Ranil ....

  • Over 800,000 t of grain transported to EU: Ukraine

    Date: 2022-07-22 14:49:41 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:65 - ID:9682927

    KYIV, July 22 (MENA) - About 880 thousand tonnes of grain crops have been transported to the European Union via Zakarpattia Customs Office. The relevant statement was made by Zakarpattia Customs Office on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent ....

  • JHU: Coronavirus cases surpass 567 mn

    Date: 2022-07-22 14:03:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:9682858

    WASHINGTON, July 22 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload reached 567,979,761 and deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) on Friday. In its latest update, JHU revealed that the current ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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