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  • US sanctions 18 Iranian banks

    Date: 2020-10-08 18:24:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:8620577

    WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (MENA) – The Trump administration announced sweeping new sanctions on Iran’s financial sector, a move intended to choke off the country’s economy from the rest of the world and raise pressure on its government to abandon nuclear ....

  • Race to become WTO leader narrows to final two candidates

    Date: 2020-10-08 16:12:34 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:40 - ID:8620417

    GENEVA, Oct 8 (MENA) - The World Trade Organization said Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee advanced to the final round in the race to be its director-general, setting the stage for the first woman to lead the 25-year-old ....

  • EBRD elects France's Renaud-Basso as next president

    Date: 2020-10-08 14:10:29 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:30 - ID:8620261

    LONDON, Oct 8 (MENA) - The Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has elected Odile Renaud-Basso of France as the Bank's next President. Currently Director-General at the French Treasury, Ms Renaud-Basso ....

  • Louise Glück wins 2020 Nobel prize in literature

    Date: 2020-10-08 13:03:59 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:25 - ID:8620142

    STOCKHOLM, Oct 8 (MENA) - The poet Louise Glück has become the first American woman to win the Nobel prize for literature in 27 years, cited for “her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal,” The ....

  • Brazil's coronavirus cases pass five million

    Date: 2020-10-07 22:28:14 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:72 - ID:8619578

    BRASILIA, Oct 7 (MENA) - Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Brazil have passed five million, with deaths in the country approaching 150,000, RT reported Wednesday quoting health officials. Brazil's health ministry reported 31,553 new cases on ....

  • UN high commissioner for refugees chief tests positive for COVID-19

    Date: 2020-10-07 20:49:34 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:67 - ID:8619545

    GENEVA, Oct 7 (MENA) - The UN refugee chief said Wednesday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 after leading the first day of the agency's main annual meeting in person. Filippo Grandi, who kicked off UNHCR's week-long Executive Committee ....

  • Report: 3.7 million Afghan children don't attend school

    Date: 2020-10-07 20:06:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:8619523

    WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (MENA) - Nearly half of war-torn Afghanistan’s 18,000 schools lack proper buildings and an estimated 3.7 million school-aged children are still out of school — despite massive investment in the country’s education sector, the ....

  • Coronavirus updates: US case count tops 7.5 million

    Date: 2020-10-07 19:43:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:8619489

    WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (MENA) - US coronavirus cases surpassed 7.5 million on Wednesday with most states seeing a rise in cases. A USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins data through late Tuesday shows Alaska, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, ....

  • France records new all-time high of nearly 19,000 cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2020-10-07 19:43:09 GMT - France - World - SN:61 - ID:8619491

    PARIS, Oct 7 (MENA) - French health authorities reported 18,746 new confirmed COVID-19 cases over 24 hours on Wednesday, a new all-time daily high, and almost double Tuesday's tally of 10,489, France 24 said. The number of people in France who ....

  • Berlin and Frankfurt tighten coronavirus rules

    Date: 2020-10-07 08:52:42 GMT - Germany - World - SN:15 - ID:8618396

    BERLIN, Oct 7 (MENA) - New curfews for bars and cafes, and tighter rules on social gatherings, were announced for Berlin and Frankfurt on Tuesday as authorities tackled coronavirus spikes, The Local reported Wednesday. In Berlin, the restrictions ....

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