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Russia triumph over Switzerland to claim 5th Billie Jean King Cup
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], November 7 (ANI): The Russian Tennis Federation claimed Billie Jean King Cup by defeating Switzerland on Saturday in the championship tie to claim the premier team competition in women's tennis for the fifth time.
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Kenya gets 264 mln USD from IMF to boost economic recovery
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], November 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Kenya has received the green light to access 29.4 billion shillings (264 million U.S. dollars) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following the conclusion of a second review of the institution's extended fund facility and extended credit faci
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Pakistan: Opposition leader calls Imran Khan's Rs 120 billion relief packa
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], November 5 (ANI): Pakistan's opposition leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has slammed the Rs 120 billion "relief package" announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan and called it a "pack of lies", reported a local media.
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U.S. trade deficit hits record high in September
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], Nov. 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The U.S. trade deficit hit a record high of 80.9 billion U.S. dollars in September as American exports fell sharply, the U.S. Commerce Department reported on Thursday.
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US trade deficit reaches record USD 80.9 Bln in September
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The deficit in US advance international trade, which accounts for payments done ahead of shipment, rose by 11 per cent to reach a record USD 80.9 billion in September, the Commerce Department announced on Thursday.
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Tom Hanks says he rejected Jeff Bezos's offer to go to space
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI): Hollywood star Tom Hanks recently said in an interview that Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon, offered to fly him to space before William Shatner, but joked that he would have to pay.
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S Korea's foreign reserves come to USD 469.2, hit a 'record high' for 4 mo
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], November 4 (ANI/Global Economic): South Korea's foreign reserves rose by more than USD 5 billion in a month to an all-time high for four consecutive months.
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Foreign bio raw and subsidiary materials companies to invest 400 billion w
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], November 4 (ANI/Global Economic): Global biopharmaceutical raw and subsidiary material suppliers are announcing investment plans in Korea. As companies convert to 'local production' strategy due to the shortage of bio-materials, components, and equipment during the pande
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Pakistan utility stores hike ghee, cooking oil prices after Imran Khan ann
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 3 (ANI): The Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan on Wednesday hiked the price of ghee and cooking oil just after Imran Khan announced a Rs 120-billion "relief package" for the most vulnerable segments of the population, local media reported.
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Least developed countries voice concern over progress at Glasgow Climate S
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], November 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The chairman of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) bloc, Sonam Wangdi, on Wednesday said that progress at the UN Conference on Climate Change or COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, has been "disappointing," and even "frightening" so far, as he claimed that the
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#PepsiSwagStepChallenge garners a massive 12.5 billion views on MX TakaTak
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 3 (ANI/Mediawire): This summer, PepsiCo India presented viewers with a new brand proposition - 'Pepsi Aur Bhi Zyada Refreshing' and in a bid to engage with audiences in an entertaining format, PepsiCo India joined hands with India's leading short video
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Japan to allocate up to USD 10bn to support Asia's decarbonization
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan plans to allocate up to $10 billion within the next five years to support effort toward Asia's decarbonization and to double its financial aid to foreign countries' fight against climate change and natural disasters to $14.8 billion, Prime Minis
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