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Stories for May 11th 2022
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Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 09:14 UTC
FIH 12-month results to April will “significantly exceed” expectations; FIC less affected by pandemic
Financial and stock exchange media in London reported that the Falkland Islands and Britain-focused specialist services provider FIH, said in an update on Tuesday that trading activity was “heading back” to pre-pandemic levels, with its first-half progress continuing in the historically-stronger second half of the year.
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Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
Germany's largest gas importer accepts Moscow terms and pays in Euros/Rubles
Despite the rules agreed by the European Commission, one of Germany's largest natural gas importers, VNG, has opened an account with Gazprombank for payments for Russian gas under Moscow's new terms, in Euros then converted into Rubles helping the Russian currency to recover its value.
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Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 08:59 UTC
World heading for warmest year on record in the next quinquennium 2022/26, WMO report
There is a 50:50 chance of the annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5 °C above the pre-industrial level for at least one of the next five years – and the likelihood is increasing with time, according to a new climate update issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 07:35 UTC
Bachelet urges Ecuador to follow UNHCHR roadmap to end prison massacres
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged the Ecuadorian Government of President Guillermo Lasso to take concrete measures to bring to an end the ongoing streak of prison massacres, following Monday's riot at a penitentiary which resulted in 44 inmates killed.
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Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 07:20 UTC
First independent Ukraine President Kravchuk dies aged 88
Leonid Kravchuk, Ukraine's first president in the post Societ era, died Tuesday in Kyiv, it was reported by local media. He was 88 years old.
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Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 07:15 UTC
Belgian researchers find new angle to tackle SARS-CoV-2
Belgian scientists have developed a mechanism that could potentially prevent the SARS-CoV-2 virus from infecting humans, according to a paper published Tuesday in Nature.
