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Sri Lanka's PM sworn in as acting president
Date: 2022-07-15 08:22:13 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:20 - ID:9670270
COLOMBO, July 15 (MENA) - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s interim president Friday until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass protests over the country’s economic ....
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Poland receives 4.78 million refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-07-15 07:36:08 GMT - Poland - World - SN:18 - ID:9670211
WARSAW, July 15 (MENA) - Some 4.78 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation there, Radio Poland said Friday quoting Poland's Border Guard. As many as 24,300 refugees ....
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Ukraine says 352 children killed amid Russia military operation
Date: 2022-07-15 07:18:54 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:16 - ID:9670193
KYIV, July 15 (MENA) - Russia has killed 352 Ukrainian children and injured more than 657 children since the start of its operation in Ukraine, Ukrinform reported on Friday. "As of the morning of July 15, 2022, more than 1,009 children suffered ....
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EC approves €5 billion German scheme to support companies over Ukrainian crisis
Date: 2022-07-15 07:09:37 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:15 - ID:9670166
BRUSSELS, July 15 (MENA) – The European Commission (EC) has approved a €5 billion German scheme to support energy and trade intensive companies across industrial sectors in the context of Russia's operations in Ukraine, the body said in a press ....
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Sri Lanka's PM sworn in as acting president
Date: 2022-07-15 07:04:16 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:14 - ID:9670178
COLOMBO, July 15 (MENA) - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the acting President before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya a short while ago, according to Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror Newspaper. He was sworn in after the ....
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Canadian dollar falls to a 20-month low after supersized rate hike
Date: 2022-07-15 06:54:47 GMT - Canada - World - SN:13 - ID:9670165
OTTAWA, July 15 (MENA) - The Bank of Canada‘s largest interest rate hike in 24 years caused the Canadian dollar to drop to a 20-month low. The Canadian dollar dropped to a low of 75.62 cents US in early trading, its lowest level since November 4, ....
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G-20 ministers focus on reducing inflation without harming growth
Date: 2022-07-15 06:49:25 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:9670159
TOKYO, July 15 (MENA) - Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies began a two-day meeting in Bali on Friday to discuss ways to curb global inflation amid Russia's war in Ukraine while not hampering economic recovery, according to Kyodo ....
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Japan to give 4th COVID vaccine shots to medical care personnel
Date: 2022-07-15 06:44:10 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9670140
TOKYO, July 15 (MENA) – The Japanese government decided Friday to expand the scope of people who can receive fourth COVID-19 vaccine shots to all medical personnel and workers at elderly care facilities as Japan faces a seventh wave of novel ....
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India reports 20,038 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2022-07-15 06:43:08 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:9670154
NEW DELHI, July 15 (MENA) - India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 43,710,027 with 20,038 new coronavirus infections, NDTV reported Friday quoting the Union Health Ministry data. The death count climbed to 525,604 with 47 new ....
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Biden welcomes Riyadh's opening of airspace
Date: 2022-07-15 06:39:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9670151
WASHINGTON, July 15 (MENA) -US President Joe Biden "welcomes and commends" Saudi Arabia's decision to allow all nations' civilian aircraft to pass through its airspace. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Friday that Biden ....
