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Flood alert issued for Chenab River as heavy rains continue to lash Pakistan

Flood alert issued for Chenab River as heavy...

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30: As heavy monsoon rains continue to lash various parts of Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority...

Chinese firm donates aid to Afghan quake victims

Chinese firm donates aid to Afghan quake victims

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 30: A handover ceremony of earthquake relief donated by a Chinese firm has been held in the...

4 wounded in sport stadium blast in Afghanistan's Kabul

4 wounded in sport stadium blast in Afghanistan's...

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 30: At least four people were wounded in an explosion at a sport stadium during a cricket...

Japanese life expectancy declines for 1st time in decade due to COVID-19

Japanese life expectancy declines for 1st time in...

Tokyo [Japan], July 30:The average life expectancy of Japanese women and men decreased for the first time in a decade...

Singapore reports 7,938 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore reports 7,938 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore [Singapore], July 30: Singapore reported 7,938 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total tally to 1,702,392.

Pakistani, Afghan FMs meet on enhancing economic integration

Pakistani, Afghan FMs meet on enhancing economic integration

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30: Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari held talks with Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister of...

Uzbekistan's economy grows 5.4 pct in first half 2022

Uzbekistan's economy grows 5.4 pct in first half...

Tashkent [Uzbekistan], July 30: Uzbekistan's gross domestic product (GDP) increased 5.4 percent in the first six months of 2022 than...

Malaysia reports 4,860 new COVID-19 infections, 10 new deaths

Malaysia reports 4,860 new COVID-19 infections, 10 new...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], July 30: Malaysia reported 4,860 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Friday, bringing the national total to...

Cambodia's banking industry enjoys robust growth in H1 of 2022

Cambodia's banking industry enjoys robust growth in H1...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], July 30: Cambodia's banking industry enjoyed robust growth in both loans and deposits in the first half...

New Zealand reports 6,232 new community cases of COVID-19

New Zealand reports 6,232 new community cases of...

Wellington [New Zealand], July 30: New Zealand reported 6,232 new community cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the Ministry of Health...

SK Innovation's Q2 profit soars on upbeat petroleum product sales

SK Innovation's Q2 profit soars on upbeat petroleum...

Seoul (South Korea), July 29: SK Innovation Co. said Friday its second-quarter profit more than quadrupled from a year earlier,...

N.K. leader says blood-sealed ties with China will develop for generations

N.K. leader says blood-sealed ties with China will...

Seoul (South Korea), July 29: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said his country's ties with China, "sealed in blood," will...

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases below 90,000 for 2nd day

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases below 90,000 for...

Seoul (South Korea), July 29: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases stayed below 90,000 for the second consecutive day Friday but...

Yoon, Widodo agree to boost cooperation on supply chains of key minerals

Yoon, Widodo agree to boost cooperation on supply...

Seoul (South Korea), July 29: President Yoon Suk-yeol and Indonesian President Joko Widodo held a summit in Seoul on Thursday...

Brazilian authorities rescue over 300 workers in slave labor

Brazilian authorities rescue over 300 workers in slave...

Brasília (Brazil), July 29: Brazilian authorities rescued 337 people working as slave laborers in a joint operation since July 4,...

Yemen's presidential council appoints 4 ministers

Yemen's presidential council appoints 4 ministers

Aden (Yemen), July 29: Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) on Thursday appointed four ministers, including a war-worn veteran who will...

U.S. daily COVID-19 cases remain close to 130,000

U.S. daily COVID-19 cases remain close to 130,000

Washington (US), July 29: Newly diagnosed COVID-19 cases in the United States remain close to 130,000 daily, the highest level...

Ukrainian parliament adopts draft law on special status for Polish citizens

Ukrainian parliament adopts draft law on special status...

Kiev (Ukraine), July 29: The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday adopted a draft law to grant special status to Polish citizens...

Uzbek president says China is always Uzbekistan's reliable friend, partner

Uzbek president says China is always Uzbekistan's reliable...

Tashkent (Uzbekistan), July 29: Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Thursday that Uzbekistan values its high-level strategic communication and coordination...

News Analysis: U.S. hits technical recession, but many sectors remain healthy

News Analysis: U.S. hits technical recession, but many...

Washington (US), July 29: The U.S. economy shrank for the second consecutive quarter, meeting the textbook definition of recession, but...

Australian energy prices hit all-time high

Australian energy prices hit all-time high

Canberra (Australia), July 29: Australian energy prices have soared to their highest level amid "an unparalleled period."

Finland ranks first in EU digital performance comparison

Finland ranks first in EU digital performance comparison

Helsinki (Finland), July 29: Finland ranks first in the European Union's (EU) digital performance comparison, according to a press...

Poland to build Europe's strongest NATO army: defense minister

Poland to build Europe's strongest NATO army: defense...

Warsaw (Poland), July 29: Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Thursday that his country aims...

S. Korea's 1st lunar orbiter mission to be delayed amid SpaceX rocket maintenance issue

S. Korea's 1st lunar orbiter mission to be...

Seoul (South Korea), July 28: The upcoming launch of South Korea's first lunar orbiter mission will be postponed by at...

N.K. leader warns S. Korean gov't, military to be annihilated in event of preemptive strike bid

N.K. leader warns S. Korean gov't, military to...

Seoul (South Korea), July 28: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un warned that South Korea's Yoon Suk-yeol government and its "military...

Indonesian president arrives in S. Korea for summit with Yoon

Indonesian president arrives in S. Korea for summit...

Seoul (South Korea), July 28: Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrived in South Korea Wednesday for a two-day official visit that...

Yoon vows to defend freedom through firm alliance with U.S.

Yoon vows to defend freedom through firm alliance...

Seoul (SoUTH Korea), July 28: President Yoon Suk-yeol celebrated the unveiling of a new Korean War monument in Washington on...