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  • White House adviser Fauci warns of ‘pretty bad flu season’ in US

    Date: 2022-09-01 22:36:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:9751086

    WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (MENA) - Outgoing chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci said the U.S. should prepare for a “pretty bad flu season” later this year, the Hill reported. Speaking with Bloomberg Law, Fauci noted that a more severe flu ....

  • Almost 300 migrants crossed English Channel everyday last month

    Date: 2022-09-01 21:23:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:86 - ID:9751060

    LONDON, Sept 1 (MENA) – Some 8,644 people made the perilous journey in 189 boats over the course of the 31-day period, equal to 278 a day, with trips taking place on 21 of those days. The total, the highest since records began in 2018, outstrips the ....

  • IAEA mission arrives at Ukraine's Zaporozhye nuclear power plant

    Date: 2022-09-01 13:22:15 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:51 - ID:9750265

    KIEV, Sept 1 (MENA) - An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission arrived at Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Thursday, TASS News Agency reported. The IAEA mission will assess the physical damage caused to the plant, ....

  • Japan reports over 149,906 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2022-09-01 10:34:39 GMT - Japan - World - SN:39 - ID:9749884

    TOKYO, Sept 1 (MENA) - Japan reported 149,906 cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, taking the tally of infections to 19,117,599, public broadcaster NHK reported Thursday. Health authorities said 303 deaths have also been registered during ....

  • Sri Lanka, IMF reach preliminary deal on $2.9 billion loan

    Date: 2022-09-01 08:41:25 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:27 - ID:9749626

    COLOMBO, Sept 1 (MENA) - The International Monetary Fund has preliminarily agreed to extend a 48-month $2.9 billion loan to Sri Lanka to help restore economic stability to the crisis-hit South Asian country, CNBC reported. The loan will be made ....

  • US, China planning Biden, Xi meeting: official

    Date: 2022-09-01 08:40:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:26 - ID:9749628

    WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (MENA) - President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are still planning on meeting in person at some point, National Security Council coordinator John Kirby told reporters Wednesday, but it remains unclear when the meeting ....

  • White House says the next security assistance package for Ukraine will be announced ‘in the coming days’

    Date: 2022-09-01 08:30:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:25 - ID:9749640

    WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (MENA) - The US administration will announce a new security assistance package for Ukraine “in the coming days,” CNBC reported, quoting US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby as having said. ″We have committed more ....

  • Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor brings strong winds to Okinawa

    Date: 2022-09-01 08:24:21 GMT - Japan - World - SN:24 - ID:9749630

    TOKYO, Sept 1 (MENA) - Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor brought strong winds to the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Thursday as it regained strength while moving near the island region, according to the Japanese news agency Kyodo. The Japan ....

  • China’s carbon emissions fall 8% as economic growth slows

    Date: 2022-09-01 08:15:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:22 - ID:9749618

    LONDON, Sept 1 (MENA) - China’s carbon emissions fell almost 8 per cent in the April to June quarter compared with the same period last year, their sharpest decline in the past decade, according to climate research service Carbon Brief. The fall ....

  • Over 1.5M tonnes of grain already exported from Ukrainian ports - Zelensky

    Date: 2022-09-01 08:06:27 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:21 - ID:9749604

    KIEV, Sept 1 (MENA) - More than 1.5 million tonnes of grain and other foodstuffs have already been exported from three Ukrainian ports under a landmark agreement, the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform reported. Ukrainian President Volodymyr ....

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