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  • Canadian dollar falls to a 20-month low after supersized rate hike

    Date: 2022-07-15 06:54:47 GMT - Canada - World - SN:13 - ID:9670165

    OTTAWA, July 15 (MENA) - The Bank of Canada‘s largest interest rate hike in 24 years caused the Canadian dollar to drop to a 20-month low. The Canadian dollar dropped to a low of 75.62 cents US in early trading, its lowest level since November 4, ....

  • G-20 ministers focus on reducing inflation without harming growth

    Date: 2022-07-15 06:49:25 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:9670159

    TOKYO, July 15 (MENA) - Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies began a two-day meeting in Bali on Friday to discuss ways to curb global inflation amid Russia's war in Ukraine while not hampering economic recovery, according to Kyodo ....

  • Japan to give 4th COVID vaccine shots to medical care personnel

    Date: 2022-07-15 06:44:10 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9670140

    TOKYO, July 15 (MENA) – The Japanese government decided Friday to expand the scope of people who can receive fourth COVID-19 vaccine shots to all medical personnel and workers at elderly care facilities as Japan faces a seventh wave of novel ....

  • India reports 20,038 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2022-07-15 06:43:08 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:9670154

    NEW DELHI, July 15 (MENA) - India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 43,710,027 with 20,038 new coronavirus infections, NDTV reported Friday quoting the Union Health Ministry data. The death count climbed to 525,604 with 47 new ....

  • Biden welcomes Riyadh's opening of airspace

    Date: 2022-07-15 06:39:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9670151

    WASHINGTON, July 15 (MENA) -US President Joe Biden "welcomes and commends" Saudi Arabia's decision to allow all nations' civilian aircraft to pass through its airspace. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Friday that Biden ....

  • €23bn allocated to promote economic, social development of Portugal until 2027: European Commission

    Date: 2022-07-15 06:33:11 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:8 - ID:9670148

    BRUSSELS, July 15 (MENA) - Under the Partnership Agreement, concluded between the European Commission and Portugal, €23 billion will be made available to support the economic, social and territorial cohesion in Portugal until the end of the ....

  • New omicron variant BA.2.75 detected in several US states

    Date: 2022-07-15 06:27:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:9670125

    WASHINGTON, July 15 (MENA) – Scientists have their eyes on a new mutation of the COVID-19 virus: BA.2.75, yet another subvariant of omicron, The Hill reported on Friday. The new subvariant has been detected in at least three U.S. states, ....

  • Russia expects rise in Covid incidence due to new Omicron sub-variants

    Date: 2022-07-14 23:08:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:71 - ID:9670065

    MOSCOW, July 14 (MENA) - Russia is expecting Covid cases to increase because of new Omicron sub-variants which are spreading without causing more severe symptoms or more beds taken up by patients, Interfax reported. "With the appearance of new ....

  • US treasury secretary: Inflation is ‘unacceptably high’

    Date: 2022-07-14 23:08:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:9670068

    WASHINGTON, July 14 (MENA) - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen described the US inflation rate as “unacceptably high” on Thursday, adding that it is the Biden administration’s “top economic priority to bring it down,” The Hill reported. Consumer ....

  • Ukraine, Latvia drafting agreement on confiscation of Russia’s state property abroad

    Date: 2022-07-14 23:08:04 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:69 - ID:9670064

    KYIV, July 14 (MENA) - Minister of Justice of Ukraine Denys Malyuska and his Latvian counterpart Jānis Bordāns have started to draft jointly an agreement on the confiscation of Russian state property abroad, Ukrinform reported. The ministers ....

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