World News: 20 July 2022

More than 9.5 million border crossings from Ukraine since invasion: UN agency
A total of 9,547,969 border crossings from Ukraine have been recorded since Feb. 24, the agency's tally showed on Wednesday.

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Australians urged to work from home as winter Omicron wave swamps hospitals
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is resisting pressure to reinstate tough curbs to halt the spread of the virus, including making masks mandatory indoors, though he encouraged people to wear it.

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U.S. to send four more HIMARS to Ukraine
The West has supplied Ukraine with longer-range heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems to help Kyiv hold out despite Russian artillery supremacy in numbers and ammunition.

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Mexican beauty queen, Romanian-Dutch man arrested after chase across Europe over $1.7 million wine theft
Among the stolen items of wine was a bottle of prestigious French Bordeaux Chateau d'Yquem from 1806, which had an "incalculable" value, said sommelier Jose Polo, a co-owner of El Atrio.

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EU tells members to cut gas usage amid new Putin warning
Deliveries via Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which accounts for more than a third of Russian gas exports to the EU, are due to resume on Thursday after a 10-day halt for annual maintenance.

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Oil prices slip ahead of U.S. inventory data
Oil prices fell over $2 a barrel on Wednesday before recouping some losses, under pressure from global central bank efforts to limit inflation and ahead of an expected buildup in U.S. crude inventories as fuel demand weakens.

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