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Egyptian gov't takes upon itself to go on with tangible economic reforms: IMF
Date: 2022-04-20 18:25:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:9531984
WASHINGTON, April 20 (MENA) - Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva said the Egyptian government had made remarkable progress in implementing its economic reforms program. The Egyptian government takes ....
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4 miners killed in coal mine explosion in Poland
Date: 2022-04-20 11:16:47 GMT - Poland - World - SN:25 - ID:9531141
WARSAW, April 20 (MENA) - Four miners were killed and seven were missing as a result of explosions in the Pniowek coal mine in Pawlowice, southern Poland, Deputy Prime Minister Jacek Sasin said via Twitter on Wednesday. The rescue operation is ....
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Japan parliament OKs revoking Russia's "most favored" trade status
Date: 2022-04-20 07:42:08 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9530749
TOKYO, April 20 (MENA) - Japan's parliament Wednesday gave the green light to strip Russia of "most favored nation" trade status, a move taken in unison with other countries to punish Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, Kyodo news agency ....
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Germany records more than 198,000 Covid cases
Date: 2022-04-20 07:31:05 GMT - Germany - World - SN:10 - ID:9530757
BERLIN, April 20 (MENA) - In Germany, 198,583 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 23,658,211. The data for Germany was provided by the Robert Koch Institute, the country’s epidemiological ....
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Poland welcomes 2.86 million refugees from Ukraine: officials
Date: 2022-04-20 07:23:21 GMT - Poland - World - SN:8 - ID:9530706
WARSAW, April 20 (MENA) - Poland has taken in 2.86 million refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Radio Poland quoted the Polish Border Guard agency as saying on Wednesday. "Since February 24, a total of 2,863,000 people have crossed into ....
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Belgium reports 25,759 new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2022-04-20 07:12:38 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:7 - ID:9530705
BRUSSELS, April 20 (MENA) - Belgium registered 25,759 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The Belgian Health ministry said on Wednesday that the death toll from the virus reached 31,262 after reporting 97 new death cases over the past ....
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Norway sends 100 Mistral air defense missiles to Ukraine
Date: 2022-04-20 07:01:24 GMT - Norway - World - SN:5 - ID:9530703
OSLO, April 20 (MENA) - Norway has donated about 100 Mistral air defense missiles to Ukraine, the Norwegian defense ministry said on Wednesday. According to the ministry, the weapons had already been shipped. A press release from the ministry ....
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IMF: War in Ukraine triggered economic damage, significant slowdown in global growth
Date: 2022-04-19 19:59:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:101 - ID:9530351
WASHINGTON, April 19 (MENA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said war in Ukraine has triggered an economic damage that will contribute to a significant slowdown in global growth in 2022. War-induced commodity price increases and ....
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UN chief urges 4-day Easter 'pause' in fighting in Ukraine
Date: 2022-04-19 19:56:06 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:100 - ID:9530432
NEW YORK, April 19 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a four-day “humanitarian pause” in fighting in Ukraine, starting Thursday to coincide with Orthodox Christians’ Holy Week observances, ABC News reported on Tuesday. ....
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European Commission approves €20 billion German scheme to support companies affected by Ukrainian crisis
Date: 2022-04-19 19:54:23 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:99 - ID:9530434
BRUSSELS, April 19 (MENA) - The European Commission has approved an up to €20 billion German scheme to support companies active in all sectors in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it said in a statement Tuesday. The scheme was approved ....
