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  • EU Commission approves French liquidity scheme to support companies in context of Ukraine crisis

    Date: 2022-04-08 07:40:18 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:14 - ID:9511519

    BRUSSELS, April 8 (MENA) - The European Commission has approved a French scheme that enables up to €155 billion in liquidity support for companies across all sectors in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the EU Commission said on its ....

  • EU welcomes decision to transfer power to presidential council in Yemen

    Date: 2022-04-08 07:28:11 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:12 - ID:9511528

    BRUSSELS, April 8 (MENA) - The European Union (EU) welcomed the decision of Yemeni President Abdul Rabbo Mansour Hadi to transfer his powers to the Presidential Council. "We commend the efforts of the Gulf Cooperation Council to hold Yemen-Yemen ....

  • India reports 1,109 new Covid cases

    Date: 2022-04-08 06:55:48 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:9511499

    NEW DELHI, April 8 (MENA) - With 1,109 new coronavirus infections being reported in a single day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 43,033,067 while the active cases dipped to 11,492, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated ....

  • Japan considers cutting Russia coal imports in shift of position

    Date: 2022-04-08 06:52:32 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:9511495

    TOKYO, April 8 (MENA) - Japan is considering measures to curb imports of Russian coal, signaling a potential policy shift by in one of the world’s biggest energy importers, the Japan Times reported. The island nation "will aim to stop importing ....

  • US Treasury lays out plan to starve Russia's 'war machine'

    Date: 2022-04-08 06:49:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9511490

    WASHINGTON, April 8 (MENA) - US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said that the United States is ramping up sanctions against Russia to deprive Moscow’s "war machine" of money and components needed to sustain its invasion of Ukraine, the ....

  • South Korea's new COVID-19 cases stay in 200,000s for 4th day

    Date: 2022-04-08 06:39:18 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:9511479

    SEOUL, April 8 (MENA) - South Korea's new coronavirus cases remained in the 200,000s for the fourth consecutive day Friday in a downward trend that could cause health officials to lower the infectious disease level of COVID-19 amid eased social ....

  • Thousands of homes across dozens of UK regions without power in huge outage

    Date: 2022-04-07 22:02:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:91 - ID:9511345

    LONDON, April 7 (MENA) – Nearly a dozen regions across the UK are currently suffering from an ongoing power outage, as seen on a UK Power Networks map that details the postcodes affected by the cuts, the Express reported. More than half are in ....

  • Russia does not expect oil price drop — Deputy PM

    Date: 2022-04-07 20:08:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:89 - ID:9511290

    MOSCOW, April 7 (MENA) - Russia has not yet seen preconditions for the oil price drop from the current level above $100 per barrel, TASS cited Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak as saying on Thursday. "It is difficult to forecast now because ....

  • Russia will continue to provide evidence on Ukraine’s Bucha — deputy envoy to UN

    Date: 2022-04-07 20:05:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:87 - ID:9511289

    MOSCOW, April 7 (TASS) - Russia will continue to provide evidence on the situation in Bucha, but it expects new provocations to follow, First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky told Rossiya-24 TV channel on ....

  • Russia to defend its interests, Kremlin says after UN human rights body suspension

    Date: 2022-04-07 19:35:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:86 - ID:9511218

    MOSCOW, April 7 (MENA) – Russia will continue to defend its interests, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday after the United Nations suspended Moscow’s membership in its Human Rights Council over the invasion of Ukraine. “We are sorry ....

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