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N.K. leader sends condolence message to China's Xi over former leader's death

N.K. leader sends condolence message to China's Xi...

Seoul (South Korea), December 2: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a message of condolence to Chinese President Xi...

S. Korea's consumer prices up 5 pct on-year in Nov., lowest in 7 months

S. Korea's consumer prices up 5 pct on-year...

Seoul (South Korea), December 2: South Korea's on-year growth in consumer prices sharply slowed in November from a month earlier...

Foreign firms refuse to sell medicine, medical equipment to Iran over U.S. sanctions: Iranian official

Foreign firms refuse to sell medicine, medical equipment...

Tehran (Iran), December 2: Head of the Food and Drug Organization of Iran said Thursday that some foreign companies have...

Türkiye calls for U.S. understanding of possible operation in Syria

Türkiye calls for U.S. understanding of possible operation...

Ankara (Turkey), December 2: Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar called on the United States on Thursday to show understanding for...

Yahoo selects AWS as preferred public cloud provider for its advertising business

Yahoo selects AWS as preferred public cloud provider...

San Francisco (US), December 2: Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon, on Thursday announced that Yahoo has selected...

African leaders commit to accelerating continent's industrialization

African leaders commit to accelerating continent's industrialization

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), December 2: African leaders have committed to "far-reaching and firm decisions" to accelerate industrialization as well as...

WHO sees decline of HIV prevalence in Somalia

WHO sees decline of HIV prevalence in Somalia

Mogadishu (Somalia), December 2: The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday it has in partnership with Somalia managed to keep...

French gov't calls on high-risk groups to get 2nd COVID-19 booster shot

French gov't calls on high-risk groups to get...

Paris (France), December 2: French government spokesperson Olivier Veran on Thursday called on high-risk groups to get another booster shot...

Australia not on track to meet emissions target: gov't report

Australia not on track to meet emissions target:...

Canberra (Australia), December 2: Australia is not on track to meet its 2030 emissions reduction target, a government report has...

Interview: UN conference on biological diversity pivotal for future of conservation

Interview: UN conference on biological diversity pivotal for...

Los Angeles (US), December 2: The upcoming UN conference on biological diversity will be really pivotal for the future of...

U.S. saw over 1 mln firearm fatalities over past 30 years: study

U.S. saw over 1 mln firearm fatalities over...

Washington (US), December 2: The United States has seen over 1 million firearm fatalities over the past 30 years, according...

U.S. Senate rejects measure to grant rail workers 7 days of paid sick leave

U.S. Senate rejects measure to grant rail workers...

Washington (US), December 2: The U.S. Senate rejected a measure on Thursday to grant rail workers seven days of paid...

Nearly 600 mln USD of investments pitched to accelerate progress toward SDGs: UN

Nearly 600 mln USD of investments pitched to...

United Nations, December 2: Colombia, Eswatini and Malawi on Thursday pitched nearly 600 million U.S. dollars' worth of high-impact, investment-ready...

Early flu season, COVID-19, RSV causes for concern in Europe, health leaders say

Early flu season, COVID-19, RSV causes for concern...

Copenhagen (Denmark), December 2: European health leaders on Thursday voiced their concern over a potential surge in respiratory virus infections...

EU assists Lebanon's armed forces with 6 mln euros

EU assists Lebanon's armed forces with 6 mln...

Beirut (Lebanon), December 2: The council of the European Union (EU) on Thursday adopted an assistance measure worth 6 million...

Tanzania president calls for renewed efforts to fight new HIV infections

Tanzania president calls for renewed efforts to fight...

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), December 2: Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday called on stakeholders in the fight against...

UNECA official stresses importance of building ICT infrastructure in Africa

UNECA official stresses importance of building ICT infrastructure...

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), December 2: The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Director for Technology, Climate Change and Natural...

Ghana to establish national fund to boost fight against HIV/AIDS

Ghana to establish national fund to boost fight...

Accra (Ghana), December 2: Ghana is to establish a national HIV/AIDS fund to boost the fight to control and eradicate...

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 60,000 amid concerns of winter surge

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 60,000...

Seoul (South Korea), December 1: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 60,000 on Thursday amid lingering concerns over a...

N. Korea to hold key party meeting to unveil next year's policy direction

N. Korea to hold key party meeting to...

Seoul (South Korea), December 1: North Korea will hold a key party meeting later this month to review this year's...

Brazilian market raises inflation forecast to 5.91 pct in 2022

Brazilian market raises inflation forecast to 5.91 pct...

Brasília (Brazil), December 1: Brazilian financial analysts raised their inflation forecast for 2022 from 5.88 to 5.91 percent, the fifth...

Brazil's vice president assures transition process

Brazil's vice president assures transition process

Sao Paulo (Brazil), December 1: Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao Tuesday reiterated the current government's willingness to carry out the...

Roundup: U.S. crude supplies up, other petroleum data mixed

Roundup: U.S. crude supplies up, other petroleum data...

Houston (US), December 1: U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.6 million barrels per day (b/d) during the week ending...

Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand to jointly nominate kebaya for UNESCO heritage list

Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand to jointly nominate kebaya...

Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei ), December 1: Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand will jointly nominate kebaya for inscription on...

New COVID-19 variant drives virus surge in France, says immunologist

New COVID-19 variant drives virus surge in France,...

Paris (France), December 1: The BQ.1.1 subvariant of COVID-19 is currently taking precedence over the BA.5 subvariant in France, immunologist...

U.S. House passes bill aimed at averting national rail shutdown

U.S. House passes bill aimed at averting national...

Washington (US), December 1: The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday aimed at averting a national rail...

U.S. Q3 GDP revised upward amid looming recession fears

U.S. Q3 GDP revised upward amid looming recession...

Washington (US), December 1: The U.S. economy grew at a faster pace in the third quarter than initial estimates showed,...