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Japan reports over 149,906 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2022-09-01 10:34:39 GMT - Japan - World - SN:39 - ID:9749884
TOKYO, Sept 1 (MENA) - Japan reported 149,906 cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, taking the tally of infections to 19,117,599, public broadcaster NHK reported Thursday. Health authorities said 303 deaths have also been registered during ....
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Sri Lanka, IMF reach preliminary deal on $2.9 billion loan
Date: 2022-09-01 08:41:25 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:27 - ID:9749626
COLOMBO, Sept 1 (MENA) - The International Monetary Fund has preliminarily agreed to extend a 48-month $2.9 billion loan to Sri Lanka to help restore economic stability to the crisis-hit South Asian country, CNBC reported. The loan will be made ....
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US, China planning Biden, Xi meeting: official
Date: 2022-09-01 08:40:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:26 - ID:9749628
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (MENA) - President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are still planning on meeting in person at some point, National Security Council coordinator John Kirby told reporters Wednesday, but it remains unclear when the meeting ....
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White House says the next security assistance package for Ukraine will be announced ‘in the coming days’
Date: 2022-09-01 08:30:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:25 - ID:9749640
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (MENA) - The US administration will announce a new security assistance package for Ukraine “in the coming days,” CNBC reported, quoting US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby as having said. ″We have committed more ....
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Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor brings strong winds to Okinawa
Date: 2022-09-01 08:24:21 GMT - Japan - World - SN:24 - ID:9749630
TOKYO, Sept 1 (MENA) - Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor brought strong winds to the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Thursday as it regained strength while moving near the island region, according to the Japanese news agency Kyodo. The Japan ....
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China’s carbon emissions fall 8% as economic growth slows
Date: 2022-09-01 08:15:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:22 - ID:9749618
LONDON, Sept 1 (MENA) - China’s carbon emissions fell almost 8 per cent in the April to June quarter compared with the same period last year, their sharpest decline in the past decade, according to climate research service Carbon Brief. The fall ....
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Over 1.5M tonnes of grain already exported from Ukrainian ports - Zelensky
Date: 2022-09-01 08:06:27 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:21 - ID:9749604
KIEV, Sept 1 (MENA) - More than 1.5 million tonnes of grain and other foodstuffs have already been exported from three Ukrainian ports under a landmark agreement, the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform reported. Ukrainian President Volodymyr ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 603 mn
Date: 2022-09-01 07:52:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:9749588
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (MENA) - Some 603,055,521 people are reported to have been infected with the coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said. In a latest update Thursday, the JHU said 6,494,856 people have died from the virus ....
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Biden declares state of emergency in Mississippi due to capital's water crisis
Date: 2022-09-01 07:47:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9749579
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (MENA) - President Biden has declared a state of emergency in Mississippi as a result of "a water crisis" in the state capital of Jackson, CBS news reported, quoting the White House. White House press secretary Karine ....
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Poland receives 5.960 mn refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-09-01 07:42:49 GMT - Poland - World - SN:14 - ID:9749511
WARSAW, Sept 1 (MENA) - Some 5.960 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said on Thursday, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. About 25,300 ....
