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British PM warns ‘no more excuses’ for climate change failures
Date: 2021-10-31 20:39:12 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:103 - ID:9246614
LONDON, Oct 31 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned the COP26 summit will be a “failure” unless countries up their game in the battle against global warming in the next few days, the Evening Standard reported on Sunday. The prime ....
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UK pledges £50 mln. to help Afghan women most at risk
Date: 2021-10-31 19:26:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:100 - ID:9246477
LONDON, Oct 31 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged £50 million of funding towards humanitarian support for two and a half million Afghans, most of them women and girls. The funding is drawn from the UK’s £286 million aid ....
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New coronavirus cases, deaths recorded worldwide
Date: 2021-10-31 18:47:59 GMT - World Capitals - World - SN:96 - ID:9246446
CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) - The United Kingdom; the country most affected by the current wave of coronavirus, once again reported record numbers, announcing 38,009 cases over the past 24 hours to raise the total to 9,057,629. The death toll hit ....
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One killed, 15 injured in explosion in east-central Mexico
Date: 2021-10-31 18:10:30 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:92 - ID:9246450
MEXICO CITY, Oct 31 (MENA) - A large explosion attributed to a gas leak in east-central Mexico's Puebla state has left at least one dead, 15 injured and damaged between 30 to 50 buildings, local government authorities are reporting. Search and ....
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UK says 'up to France' to end fishing row
Date: 2021-10-31 17:19:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:9246452
LONDON, Oct 31 (MENA) - It is "up to France" to solve the ongoing fishing row with the UK by stepping back from threats over access to ports, the UK government has said. Boris Johnson met French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday to discuss the ....
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US companies struggle with staff shortages despite raising wages
Date: 2021-10-31 11:21:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:46 - ID:9245610
LONDON, Oct 31 (MENA) - Some of America’s largest companies are struggling to secure enough staff to handle a surge in consumer demand, despite raising wages to levels that are prompting them to push up prices to protect their profit margins, ....
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Russia reports more than 40,000 new cornavirus cases in past 24 hrs
Date: 2021-10-31 10:11:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:9245370
MOSCOW, Oct 31 (MENA) - Russia registered 40,993 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cornavirus cases in the country to 8,514,790, the national coronavirus information center said in a statement Sunday. The ....
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Voting in Japan's general elections starts
Date: 2021-10-31 08:55:31 GMT - Japan - World - SN:24 - ID:9245261
YOKYO, Oct 31 (MENA) - Voting got under way Sunday in Japan's general election as new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida seeks a public mandate for his COVID-19, economic and security policies while capitalizing on his experience as foreign minister and ....
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WHO director meets Russian FM in Rome
Date: 2021-10-31 08:54:51 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:23 - ID:9245287
GENEVA, Oct 31 (MENA) - Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met on Sunday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the G20 Rome Summit. "We agreed we must strengthen the health architecture, ....
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Mitigate climate risks, build resilience, UN chief says in message celebrating world’s cities
Date: 2021-10-31 08:15:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:9245227
NEW YORK, Oct 31 (MENA) - In his message for World Cities Day on Sunday, the UN chief called for renewed resolve to confront urban challenges, mitigate risks and forge lasting solutions. Although sea level rise could put more than 800 million ....
