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  • Biden: June inflation figures "unacceptably high" but out-of-date

    Date: 2022-07-13 16:14:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:9668478

    WASHINGTON, July 13 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said June inflation figures were "unacceptably high" but also said they were out of date given the recent drop in gasoline prices. "Energy alone comprised nearly half of the monthly increase in ....

  • Russia ready to facilitate navigation of foreign vessels to export Ukrainian grain

    Date: 2022-07-13 15:10:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:54 - ID:9667866

    MOSCOW, July 13 (MENA) - Pyotr Ilyichev, head of the international organisations department at the Russian foreign ministry, said Russia is ready to facilitate the navigation of foreign commercial vessels to export Ukrainian grain, SwissInfo ....

  • Firefighters extinguish 70 forest fires in Russian regions over 24 hours

    Date: 2022-07-13 12:01:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:9668030

    MOSCOW, July 13 (MENA) - Specialists extinguished 70 forest fires on an area of 987 hectares in Russian regions over the past day, with extinguishing activities on another 18,913 hectares underway, Tass reported on Wednesday, quoting the press ....

  • Financial Times: Fears grow over plight of Ukraine’s public finances

    Date: 2022-07-13 11:58:40 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:35 - ID:9667937

    LONDON, July 13 (MENA) - Ukraine’s international partners are sounding the alarm over increasing pressure on Kiev’s public finances as the Russian invasion plunges tax revenues and its allies struggle to secure financial support quickly, the ....

  • European pilots seek action from EASA as pressure builds on crews

    Date: 2022-07-13 11:22:42 GMT - Austria - World - SN:31 - ID:9667903

    VIENNA, July 13 (MENA) - There is no easy fix for Europe’s travel nightmares this summer, pilots have warned. They also called on the European aviation safety regulator to take action to help keep passengers safe amid growing pressure on staff. ....

  • South Korea keen to promote ties with Kuwait: FM

    Date: 2022-07-13 11:14:40 GMT - south korea - World - SN:29 - ID:9667907

    SEOUL, July 13 (MENA) - South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin said that he is keen on promoting bilateral ties with Kuwait, especially in the energy and construction domains. During his meeting with Kuwaiti Ambassador to South Korea Bader ....

  • Sri Lanka's PM appointed acting president: Speaker

    Date: 2022-07-13 09:42:56 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:23 - ID:9667763

    COLOMBO, July 13 (MENA) - Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the acting president in accordance with the Article 37.1 of the Constitution, Sri Lankan Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardhane said ....

  • Ukrainian aircraft launch 1,700 strikes on Russian positions since Feb 24

    Date: 2022-07-13 09:23:13 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:20 - ID:9667746

    KYIV, July 13 (MENA) - Ukrainian aircraft have already carried out 1,700 airstrikes against the positions of Russian occupiers since Russia started an all-out invasion of Ukraine in late February, Ukrinform news agency reported. The Ukrainian Air ....

  • Quad ministers seek to deepen ties in future energy at 1st meeting

    Date: 2022-07-13 08:56:39 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:9667688

    KYODO, July 13 (MENA) - Ministers from the Quad group held their first energy meeting Wednesday in Australia to deepen cooperation in next-generation clean energy technologies such as hydrogen and ammonia power generation, Kyodo News Agency ....

  • JHU: Coronavirus cases surpass 557 mn

    Date: 2022-07-13 08:15:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:9667642

    WASHINGTON, July 13 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload reached 557,810,502 and deaths surged to more than six million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) on Wednesday. In its latest update, JHU revealed that the current ....

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