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Bank of England raises interest rates to 2.25%
Date: 2022-09-22 13:00:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:51 - ID:9786327
LONDON, Sept 22 (MENA) - Britain’s central bank raised its key interest rate Thursday by another half-percentage point to the highest level in 14 years, but it avoided more aggressive steps to tame inflation that the US Federal Reserve and other ....
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Biden, S. Korean leader discuss climate change crisis
Date: 2022-09-22 09:04:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:9785670
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - US President Joseph R. Biden met on Wednesday with President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea (ROK) on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to the the US State Department. ....
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UN chief urges more action, leadership to tackle the climate crisis
Date: 2022-09-22 08:39:10 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:25 - ID:9785698
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General António Guterres called for more action and leadership to tackle the climate crisis, warning that efforts to keep the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels ....
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UN Chief welcomes exchanging over 250 prisoners of war between Ukraine, Russia
Date: 2022-09-22 08:05:40 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:21 - ID:9785632
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General António Guterres warmly welcomed the exchange of more than 250 prisoners of war between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, UN Secretary General Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said. ....
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Biden thanks Japan for historic pledge to Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment
Date: 2022-09-22 07:57:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:9785537
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA)- US President Joseph Biden thanked Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for Japan’s historic $1.08 billion pledge to the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment, according to the White White House. President Biden met today with ....
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Poland receives 6.46 mn refugees from Ukraine
Date: 2022-09-22 07:50:40 GMT - Poland - World - SN:19 - ID:9785549
WARSAW, Sept 22 (MENA) – Some 6.46 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency. Poland received on ....
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John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide exceed 613 mln
Date: 2022-09-22 07:46:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9785589
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - As many as 613,459,898 people have been reported to be infected by coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Thursday. It added that about 6,531,491 have died from the virus worldwide. The US ....
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Japan could intervene in currency market "anytime": official
Date: 2022-09-22 07:43:40 GMT - Japan - World - SN:17 - ID:9785547
TOKYO, Sept 22 (MENA) – Japan could intervene in the foreign exchange market "anytime" to prevent the yen from plunging further, Kyodo News quoted a senior Finance Ministry official as saying on Thursday, hours after the currency hit a 24-year low ....
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Blinken comments on partial mobilization in Russia, assures US to continue support Ukraine
Date: 2022-09-22 07:41:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9785542
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - US authorities will continue to support Ukraine for as long as necessary, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a written statement issued in connection with the announcement of a partial mobilization in ....
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US Senate gives advice, consent to ratification of Kigali Amendment
Date: 2022-09-22 07:38:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9785579
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - The US Senate, with strong bipartisan support, gave advice and consent to ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, the US State Department said in a press ....
