Tue 17 May 2022: The cost of life-saving treatment for the most severely malnourished children is set to jump by up to 16% due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and pandemic disruptions, according to the United Nations’ children’s agency. The raw ingredients of the ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) have leapt in price amid the global […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: Partial results show change in the balance of power in Parliament where Hezbollah and allies once held a majority. Beirut, Lebanon – The Lebanese movement Hezbollah and its allies are expected to suffer setbacks in the parliamentary elections, according to partial results, with several anti-establishment candidates picking up seats in the first election […]
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Mon 16 May 2022: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz left hospital on Sunday following a colonoscopy last week, the royal court said in a statement on state media. Saudi TV ran a video clip showing the monarch walking slowly using a cane as he left King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the city of Jeddah, […]
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Mon 16 May 2022: The United States has provided $219 million to its allies in Iraq and Syria in 2022, so far, in efforts to reportedly maintain the fight against the terror group, Daesh, and prevent its resurgence. In a statement yesterday by the US-led international coalition to defeat Daesh, Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), it […]
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Ukrainian troops stand at the Ukraine-Russia border in what was said to be the Kharkiv region, Ukraine in this screen grab obtained from a video released on May 15, 2022. Ukrainian Ministry of Defence/Handout via REUTERS Mon 16 May 2022: Ukrainian troops defending the city of Kharkiv have reached the state border with Russia, the […]
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Mon 16 May 2022: McDonald’s announced Monday that it will exit the Russian market and sell its operations in the increasingly isolated country. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, several Western companies have left the country. Renault, meanwhile, declared on Monday that it has handed over its Russian assets to the Russian government in […]
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Mon 16 May 2022: North Korea said the death toll has risen to 19 days after it initially identified a coronavirus epidemic. According to official media on Monday, the number of patients with fever symptoms had grown to almost 1.2 million by Sunday evening, citing the emergency center for epidemic prevention. Over half of them […]
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Mon 16 May 2022: Mali’s military junta announced its withdrawal from the G5 Sahel multi-national military group in West Africa on Sunday, claiming a lack of progress in rooting out an insurgency. Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger formed the G5 Sahel in 2014, and its anti-insurgent force was launched in 2017 as part […]
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Mon 16 May 2022: According to the company’s financial data released on Sunday, the net income of Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company climbed by more than 82 percent during the first quarter of 2022, setting a new quarterly earnings record since its initial public offering in 2019. Aramco said in a statement that it earned […]
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Mon 16 May 2022: Russia said on Monday that the West should not expect Moscow to simply accept the Nordic expansion of the US-led NATO military alliance to include Sweden and Finland, calling the move a mistake that will exacerbate military tensions. No one should have any illusions that Russia will simply put up with […]
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