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Russian rouble firms past 55 vs dollar to strongest since June 2015
Date: 2022-06-21 09:04:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:9633263
MOSCOW, June 21 (MENA) - The Russian rouble jumped to a near seven-year high against the dollar on Moscow Exchange on Tuesday, supported by capital controls and the prospect of favourable month-end tax payments, Russia Today reported. The rouble ....
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Kremlin hits back at EU’s ‘man-made crisis’, says Russia remains reliable gas supplier
Date: 2022-06-20 15:51:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:73 - ID:9632140
MOSCOW, June 20 (MENA) - Europe’s anti-Russia sanctions have impacted the Nord Stream gas pipeline's physical infrastructure, but Moscow remains an utterly reliable gas supplier, TASS quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as telling reporters on ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....