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US Consumer Prices Up 8.3% in Year to April, Slight Drop From March - Labo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 11 (ANI/Sputnik): US consumer prices rose 8.3% in the year to April, easing slightly from March while keeping inflation in the world's largest economy not far from the four-decade highs seen in recent months, the Labor Department said Wednesday.
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UK to Introduce Life Sentence for Espionage : Report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Under the new legislation, targeted at modernizing the country's outmoded counterintelligence rules, the United Kingdom has announced the maximum penalty for espionage will be increased from 14 years to life, cited Home Secretary Priti Patel, as reporte
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Colombia signs Artemis Accords to join NASA's Moon program
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], May 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Colombia has signed the Artemis Accords to join the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) lunar program, intended to return humans to the moon by 2024 and conduct research on Mars, Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Mar
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UK to launch satellites from its territory first time this Summer: Governm
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK will launch satellites from its territory for the first time this summer, the government said in a statement.
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US house passes nearly USD 40 billion funding bill for Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The US House of Representatives passed a supplemental funding bill for Ukraine that provides the country with nearly USD 40 billion in assistance amid Russia's special military operation, including more than USD 20 billion in defense aid.
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UNSC meeting on humanitarian situation in Ukraine scheduled for Thursday:
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Security Council will hold a meeting on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine on May 12, sources in the Security Council told Sputnik.
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Biden's Ukraine ambassador nominee says does not know when US embassy will
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 11 (ANI/Sputnik): President Joe Biden's candidate for US Ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, during her confirmation hearing said she does not know when the US embassy will return to Kyiv.
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First Lady Jill Biden, others not entirely safe on Ukraine visits: US Inte
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 10 (ANI/Sputnik): First Lady Jill Biden and other top US officials who have visited Ukraine in recent weeks could not be guaranteed complete safety on their trips, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier said on Tuesday.
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US gasoline prices at record high as Biden prepares to address nation on i
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Prices of gasoline at the pump in the United States have hit record highs and added to runaway inflation as President Joe Biden prepares to address the nation later on Tuesday on measures taken by his administration to control prices of goods and necess
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US announces USD 800 million in new humanitarian aid for Syria
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has pledged to provide more than USD 800 million in new humanitarian aid to the Syrian people, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced in Brussels on Tuesday at an international donors conference for Syria
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EU pledges nearly USD 1.6bn in humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union has pledged to increase humanitarian assistance to Syrians up to 1.5 billion euros ($1.58 billion) for 2022 and to allocate an equal amount following year, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday.
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Over 100 inmates escape from Ecuador's prison during row between rival gan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Santo Domingo [Ecuador], May 10 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 100 prisoners managed to escape from a jail in the Ecuadorian city of Santo Domingo during clashes between rival gangs, which had killed 43 inmates, media reported on Tuesday.
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