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Canada-U.S. border agreement on travel restrictions extended to late July

Canada-U.S. border agreement on travel restrictions extended to...

Ottawa (Canada) June 19: Canada announced on Friday that the Canada-U.S. border agreement on travel restrictions will be extended for...

U.S. Fed official sees first rate hike in late 2022 amid inflation concerns

U.S. Fed official sees first rate hike in...

Washington DC (USA) June 19: A U.S. Federal Reserve official said on Friday that he expects the central bank's first...

COVID-19 lab leak theory short on evidence, long on guesswork: Foreign Policy

COVID-19 lab leak theory short on evidence, long...

New York (USA) June 19: The lab leak theory about the current COVID-19 pandemic just doesn't hold up, reported U.S....

UAE delivers 60,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Yemen's strategic island: gov't source

UAE delivers 60,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Yemen's...

Aden (Yemen), June 18: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday dispatched a plane carrying a shipment of 60,000 COVID-19...

UK reports over 11,000 new coronavirus cases

UK reports over 11,000 new coronavirus cases

London (UK), June 18: Britain has reported another 11,007 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number...

One in 100 deaths is by suicide: WHO

One in 100 deaths is by suicide: WHO

Geneva (Switzerland), June 18: One in a hundred deaths globally can directly be attributed to suicide, the World Health Organization...

Canada's using human rights as political tool at UN doomed to failure: Chinese diplomat

Canada's using human rights as political tool at...

Geneva (Switzerland), June 18: Canada's spreading disinformation to frame China at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is nothing...

U.S. House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq war authorization

U.S. House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq war...

Washington (US), June 18: The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to repeal the 2002 authorization for the Iraq...

EMA to look at full data of CureVac vaccine, may not enforce efficacy threshold

EMA to look at full data of CureVac...

Brussels (Belgirm), June 18: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Thursday it may not enforce a 50 percent efficacy...

Biden signs bill making Juneteenth federal holiday

Biden signs bill making Juneteenth federal holiday

Washington (US), June 18: U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday...

U.S. initial jobless claims rise to highest level in a month amid constrained labor supply

U.S. initial jobless claims rise to highest level...

Washington (US), June 18: After hitting pandemic lows in prior weeks, initial jobless claims in the United States unexpectedly rose...

Italy launches coronavirus "green pass"

Italy launches coronavirus "green pass"

Rome (Italy), June 18: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday signed a decree to create "green pass," a digital...

AU chairperson mourns passing of Zambia's first president Kaunda

AU chairperson mourns passing of Zambia's first president...

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), June 18: Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Muhamat on Thursday expressed his deep...

EU launches action plan as relations with Russia reach "lowest level"

EU launches action plan as relations with Russia...

Brussels (Belgium), June 17: Relations between Russia and the European Union (EU) are at the lowest possible level and a...

Land degradation undermines well-being of 3.2 bln people, warns UN chief

Land degradation undermines well-being of 3.2 bln people,...

United Nations, June 17: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned that land degradation from climate change and the...

U.S. House votes to make Juneteenth federal holiday, sends bill to Biden's desk

U.S. House votes to make Juneteenth federal holiday,...

Washington (US), June 17: The U.S. House voted Wednesday to make June 19, also known as Juneteenth, a federal holiday...

Study points to possible earlier COVID-19 infections in U.S.

Study points to possible earlier COVID-19 infections in...

Washington (US), June 17: A new antibody testing study suggested SARS-CoV-2 infections happened in the United States earlier than previously...

U.S. Fed keeps interest rates near zero amid inflation concerns

U.S. Fed keeps interest rates near zero amid...

Washington (US), June 17: The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept its benchmark interest rates unchanged at the record-low level...

UN chief calls for full respect of ceasefire agreement between Israel, Hamas

UN chief calls for full respect of ceasefire...

United Nations, June 17: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for the full respect of the ceasefire agreed...

Putin lashes out at U.S. after meeting with Biden

Putin lashes out at U.S. after meeting with...

Geneva (Switzerland), June 17: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday lashed out at the United States on arms control, human...

UK reports highest daily increase of COVID cases since February

UK reports highest daily increase of COVID cases...

London (US), June 17: Britain has reported another 9,055 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, the highest daily increase...

European Commission approves Portuguese recovery plan

European Commission approves Portuguese recovery plan

Lisbon (Portugal), June 17: The president of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, announced here on Wednesday the...

EU should strive for dialogue of equals, says Spanish expert

EU should strive for dialogue of equals, says...

Madrid (Spain), June 16: In the present-day world, the European Union (EU) should strive for a dialogue on equal terms...

UN special envoy calls for ending war in Yemen without delay

UN special envoy calls for ending war in...

United Nations, June 16: UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths on Tuesday called for ending the war in Yemen...

World Bank, AU join hands to deploy vaccines for 400 mln Africans

World Bank, AU join hands to deploy vaccines...

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), June 16: The World Bank (WB) and the African Union (AU)'s COVID-19 Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team...

UN official condemns killing of 5 health workers in Afghanistan

UN official condemns killing of 5 health workers...

United Nations, June 16: A senior UN official on Tuesday condemned the killing of five health workers and the wounding...

Colombian president confirms car bomb blast at military outpost

Colombian president confirms car bomb blast at military...

Bogota (Colombia), June 16: Colombian President Ivan Duque on Tuesday confirmed that a car bomb exploded at a national army...