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  • Ukraine war forces France’s Macron to lose majority in Parliament: WSJ

    Date: 2022-06-20 11:10:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:43 - ID:9631716

    WASHINGTON, June 20 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron has lost his majority in the National Assembly, as voters in France’s parliamentary elections delivered a blow to his pro-business agenda and positioned leaders on the far-left and ....

  • Japanese PM, BOJ chief discuss rapid fall of yen as "matter of concern"

    Date: 2022-06-20 11:09:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:42 - ID:9631754

    TOKYO, June 20 (MENA) - Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday discussed the yen's rapid depreciation against the US dollar, with the two seeing the current market situation as a "matter of concern," Kyodo ....

  • Ukraine loses control over Metiolkine village near Siverodonetsk

    Date: 2022-06-20 09:51:58 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:29 - ID:9631412

    KIEV, June 20 (MENA) - Ukraine’s Army is reported to have lost control of the village of Metiolkine just outside the regional center. According to Ukrinform, this was announced on Facebook by the head of the Luhansk Regional Military ....

  • US lawmakers say new Iran nuclear deal unlikely

    Date: 2022-06-20 09:35:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:9631414

    WASHINGTON, June 20 (MENA) - Senators in both parties briefed recently by senior Biden administration officials on negotiations with Iran say they doubt Tehran will agree to any new deal to limit its development of nuclear weapons, The Hill ....

  • Poland receives more than 4.190 mn refugees from Ukraine

    Date: 2022-06-20 08:39:08 GMT - Poland - World - SN:22 - ID:9631228

    WARSAW, June 20 (MENA) - Some 4.190 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, announced Poland's Border Guard on Monday. As many as 24,800 refugees crossed the ....

  • S. Korea, US to hold talks next month on deterrence against N. Korea

    Date: 2022-06-20 08:36:10 GMT - south korea - World - SN:19 - ID:9631259

    SEOUL, June 20 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States have tentatively agreed to hold their regular defense talks in Washington D.C. next month, informed sources said Monday, with joint deterrence against North Korea's nuclear and missile ....

  • 33,800 Russian troops killed since start of military operation in Ukraine

    Date: 2022-06-20 07:39:16 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:15 - ID:9631115

    KYIV, June 20 (MENA) - Ukrainian Armed Forces have already killed 33,800 Russian troops, including 200 over the past day alone, Ukrinform quoted the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as saying. Ukrainian defenders also destroyed 1,477 ....

  • Food prices rising in Japan, cooking oil up 1.5-fold on year

    Date: 2022-06-20 07:20:20 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:9631097

    TOKYO, June 20 (MENA) - Food manufacturers in Japan have been hiking prices as a result of rising raw material and crude oil costs, data showed Monday, dealing a blow to households already hit by the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The ....

  • Biden says emancipation marks beginning of work to deliver on promise of equality

    Date: 2022-06-20 07:13:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9631042

    WASHINGTON, June 20 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has said that emancipation marked the beginning, not the end, of America’s work to deliver on the promise of equality. Speaking on the occasion of Juneteenth, Biden said in a press briefing by ....

  • Another M5-level quake jolts central Japan, agency warns of more

    Date: 2022-06-20 06:54:34 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:9631036

    TOKYO, June 20 (MENA) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Monday, the second strong quake to jolt the region in as many days, the weather agency said, while warning the next week may see ....

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