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Singapore firms scramble to soften blow of soaring rent costs

Singapore firms scramble to soften blow of soaring...

Singapore, May 9: Companies in Singapore are partially paying housing costs of employees and even relocating staff to cheaper neighbouring...

Mexican president to discuss migration with Biden ahead of U.S. policy change

Mexican president to discuss migration with Biden ahead...

Mexico City [Mexico], May 9: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he will discuss migration with U.S....

King Charles gives 'heartfelt' thanks as coronation celebrations end

King Charles gives 'heartfelt' thanks as coronation celebrations...

London [UK], May 9: King Charles on Monday gave "sincere and heartfelt" thanks to everyone involved in his coronation weekend...

U.S. seeks to shore up border as migrants gather ahead of end to Title 42

U.S. seeks to shore up border as migrants...

Washington [US], May 9: The Biden administration and Texas state government are sending reinforcements to the U.S.-Mexico border to prepare...

Abu Dhabi fastest-growing economy in MENA Region with GDP growth rate of 9.3% in 2022

Abu Dhabi fastest-growing economy in MENA Region with...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 9: The Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi (SCAD) has released the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates...

Ruler of Fujairah sends condolences to Saudi King on death of mother of Prince Mansour bin Nasser

Ruler of Fujairah sends condolences to Saudi King...

Fujairah [UAE], May 9: H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah has sent...

5.2% growth in Sharjah GDP in 2022

5.2% growth in Sharjah GDP in 2022

Sharjah [UAE], May 9: The Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD) in Sharjah has announced a significant upswing in...

1 killed, 30 injured in bus accident in central Indonesia

1 killed, 30 injured in bus accident in...

Jakarta [Indonesia], May 8: A bus carrying 50 people plunged into a river in Indonesia's Central Java province on Sunday...

Age of criminal responsibility in Australian capital to be raised to 14

Age of criminal responsibility in Australian capital to...

Canberra [Australia], May 8: The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is set to become the first jurisdiction in the country to...

Philippines' unemployment rate drops to 4.7 pct in March

Philippines' unemployment rate drops to 4.7 pct in...

Manila [Philippines], May 8: The unemployment rate in March dropped to 4.7 percent from 4.8 percent in February, the Philippine...

Fighting rages in Sudan as mediators seek end to conflict

Fighting rages in Sudan as mediators seek end...

Khartoum [Sudan], May 8: Battles raged in Khartoum on Sunday as envoys from Sudan's warring parties were in Saudi Arabia...

Congo flooding death toll rises to 287

Congo flooding death toll rises to 287

Goma [Democratic Republic of Congo], May 8: The death toll following flooding and landslides in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

Syria back in Arab League after years-long suspension

Syria back in Arab League after years-long suspension

Cairo [Egpyt], May 8: Arab foreign ministers on Sunday adopted a decision readmitting Syria to the Arab League, more than...

Wagner says it is receiving supplies after threatened Bakhmut retreat

Wagner says it is receiving supplies after threatened...

Moscow [Russia], May 8: Russia's Wagner Group of mercenaries says it has been promised ammunition it demanded, along with reinforcements,...

The US is about to have a new regulation against illegal immigration

The US is about to have a new...

Washington [US], May 8: By May 11, Washington will finalize a new rule denying asylum to migrants caught crossing the...

Israel destroys Palestinian schools in West Bank, EU condemns

Israel destroys Palestinian schools in West Bank, EU...

Tel Aviv [Israel], May 8: Israeli authorities on May 7 destroyed a Palestinian school in the West Bank, drawing harsh...

Middle East takes another big step towards peace

Middle East takes another big step towards peace

Saudi Arabia [UAE], May 8: The Arab League has agreed to reinstate Syria's membership after a 10-year suspension, a step...

Facing new challenges, Japan - Korea tighten ties

Facing new challenges, Japan - Korea tighten ties

Seoul [South Korea], May 8: During his visit to Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made an important move to...

US wants Türkiye to send S-400 bought from Russia to Ukraine, Ankara says no

US wants Türkiye to send S-400 bought from...

Ankara [Turkey], May 8: Turkish Foreign Minister MevlutCavusoglu said that Washington had asked Ankara to send Kyiv an S-400 missile...

Driver arrested after 7, including migrants, killed in Brownsville, Texas

Driver arrested after 7, including migrants, killed in...

Washington [US], May 8: At least seven pedestrians were killed and several others injured on Sunday when an SUV mowed...

Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Wagner group appears to U-turn on Bakhmut withdrawal

Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Wagner group appears...

Moscow [Russia], May 8: Russia's Wagner mercenary group appeared on Sunday to ditch plans to withdraw from Bakhmut in eastern...

Migrants stranded on Chile-Peru border repatriated to Venezuela

Migrants stranded on Chile-Peru border repatriated to Venezuela

Vallenar [Chile], May 8: Chile's government said that 115 Venezuelan migrants who had been stranded on the border with Peru...

Russia steps up fight for Bakhmut, hopes to capture it soon, says Ukraine general

Russia steps up fight for Bakhmut, hopes to...

Moscow [Russia], May 8: Russia has intensified shelling of Bakhmut hoping to take it by Tuesday, Ukraine's top general in...

More than 1,600 evacuated from areas near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

More than 1,600 evacuated from areas near Zaporizhzhia...

Moscow [Russia], May 8: Some 1,679 people, including 660 children, have been evacuated from areas near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant,...

Texas mall shooting prompts Biden to renew call for gun control

Texas mall shooting prompts Biden to renew call...

Dallas (Texas) [US], May 8: U.S. President Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass gun control bills in the...

Prince William invokes Queen Elizabeth in tribute to King Charles

Prince William invokes Queen Elizabeth in tribute to...

London [UK], May 8: The late Queen Elizabeth would be "very proud" of King Charles on his coronation, his son...

Sanism, racism make U.S. black man blamed for his own death: Truthout

Sanism, racism make U.S. black man blamed for...

New York [US], May 7: Anti-Black racism and the society's dehumanizing attitude toward people seen by others as "mentally ill"...