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  • Brexit nightmare: UK exporters rage at EU red tape 'Lack of understanding is shocking'

    Date: 2021-12-23 22:23:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:9334096

    LONDON, Dec 23 (MENA) - RED tape is causing growing problems for firms trying to trade with the EU with 60 percent of UK exporters reporting difficulties, the Express reported. Overall 45 percent of firms reported problems according to data from ....

  • Mounting evidence shows Omicron much milder than Delta

    Date: 2021-12-23 22:21:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:80 - ID:9334103

    LONDON, Dec 23 (MENA) - Two-thirds of new Covid hospital patients in England were actually admitted for a different ailment, MailOnline's analysis of NHS data suggests - as a growing number of studies show Omicron is much milder than Delta. In ....

  • 4 dead, dozens rescued in new migrant boat sinking in Greece

    Date: 2021-12-23 22:21:26 GMT - Greece - World - SN:79 - ID:9334047

    ATHENS, Dec 23 (MENA) - At least four people died after a sailboat carrying dozens of migrants struck rocks and sank off southern Greece, authorities said Thursday, in the second deadly incident involving migrants in two days. The coast guard ....

  • Germany reports 45,000 new Covid cases, 425 deaths in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-12-23 17:44:05 GMT - Germany - World - SN:68 - ID:9333848

    BERLIN, Dec 23 (MENA) – The confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Germany have risen by 44,927 in the past 24 hours to 6,923,636, according to data released Thursday by the Robert Koch Institute, the country's epidemiological watchdog. As many as 425 ....

  • US to continue to support efforts by partners to scale up assistance to Afghan people

    Date: 2021-12-23 12:15:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:43 - ID:9333343

    WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US is working tirelessly with the international community to ensure humanitarian assistance and other essential support flows to the people of Afghanistan to support those in ....

  • Russia, China jointly developing high-tech weapons, Putin says

    Date: 2021-12-23 11:43:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:9333300

    MOSCOW, Dec 23 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin Russia and China are jointly working to develop state-of-the-art weapons, Sputnik news agency reported. Speaking at an annual press conference on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin ....

  • Moscow actively engaged in efforts to resolve situation on Korean Peninsula, Russian envoy says

    Date: 2021-12-23 10:34:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:33 - ID:9333157

    MOSCOW, Dec 23 (MENA) - Moscow is ready to facilitate the resumption of dialogue with North Korea on the nuclear issue, Russian Ambassador to Seoul Andrey Kulik said in an interview with TASS on Thursday. "Russia is actively engaged in the search ....

  • US designates 3 men in Brazil as affiliated with al Qaida

    Date: 2021-12-23 07:54:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9332889

    WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (MENA) - The US Treasury on Wednesday designated three men in Brazil as being affiliated with al Qaida and having given support to the terrorist group, ABC News reported. The Treasury said the action targets the international ....

  • Japan to retain virus restrictions easing despite Omicron spread

    Date: 2021-12-23 07:35:29 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:9332811

    TOKYO, Dec 23 (MENA) - Japan will not immediately retighten restrictions on people's activities after seeing its first case of community transmission of the Omicron coronavirus variant, as the government has taken full-fledged measures against it, ....

  • India's Omicron tally surges to 269

    Date: 2021-12-23 06:50:04 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:9332806

    NEW DELHI, Dec 23 (MENA) - The total number of Omicron cases in India has now mounted to 269 with Tamil Nadu reporting 33 fresh cases of this latest coronavirus variant on Thursday. As of now, Omicron cases in Tamil Nadu stand at 34. Earlier in ....

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