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Malaysia reports 993 new COVID-19 infections, 5 more deaths

Malaysia reports 993 new COVID-19 infections, 5 more...

Kuala Lumpur, December 18 : Malaysia reported 993 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to...

Quadrilateral agreement inked on Black Sea electric cable

Quadrilateral agreement inked on Black Sea electric cable

Bucharest (Romania), December 18: Romania, Hungary, Azerbaijan and Georgia signed on Saturday an agreement on the Black Sea submarine cable...

Uzbekistan gets about 1-bln-USD World Bank loan for strategic reforms

Uzbekistan gets about 1-bln-USD World Bank loan for...

Tashkent (Uzbekistan), The World Bank has approved a financial support package to Uzbekistan comprised of 470-million-U.S.-dollar highly concessional loans and...

Tunisia holds 1st legislative elections since parliament's dissolution

Tunisia holds 1st legislative elections since parliament's dissolution

Tunis (Tunisia), December 18: Tunisia held on Saturday the first parliamentary elections since President Kais Saied disbanded the legislative body...

UNHCR praises Tanzania for support to refugees

UNHCR praises Tanzania for support to refugees

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), December 18: The United Nations refugee agency commended Tanzania for its unwavering support in hosting refugees,...

Jordan to step up nationwide security after police officer killed in "riots"

Jordan to step up nationwide security after police...

Amman (Jordan), December 18: Jordan's Public Security Directorate (PSD) said on Saturday that it will beef up security presence across...

Russia keeps key interest rate at 7.5 pct

Russia keeps key interest rate at 7.5 pct

Moscow [Russia], December 17: Russia's central bank decided on Friday to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 7.5 percent...

Food prices in Poland unlikely to fall next year: minister

Food prices in Poland unlikely to fall next...

Warsaw [Poland], December 17: Food prices in Poland will not fall next year, the goal of the government is not...

Slovenian central bank slashes 2023 GDP forecast

Slovenian central bank slashes 2023 GDP forecast

Ljubljana [Slovenia], December 17: The Bank of Slovenia on Friday slashed its forecast for gross domestic product (GDP) growth for...

Pope returns Parthenon sculptures to Greece

Pope returns Parthenon sculptures to Greece

Athens [Greece], December 17: Pope Francis has decided to return to Greece three fragments of the Parthenon that have been...

Finnish economy to fall into recession in 2023: central bank

Finnish economy to fall into recession in 2023:...

Helsinki [Finland], December 17: The Finnish economy is expected to fall into a mild recession in 2023, although it will...

Over 16,000 demonstrate in Brussels for higher wages

Over 16,000 demonstrate in Brussels for higher wages

Brussels [Belgium], December 17: An estimated 16,500 people took to the streets in the capital of Belgium on Friday to...

NASA launches new mission to survey Earth's water

NASA launches new mission to survey Earth's water

Los Angeles [US], December 17: The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the newest Earth science satellite on...

U.S. records over 15 mln flu illnesses this season: CDC estimates

U.S. records over 15 mln flu illnesses this...

Los Angeles [US], December 17: There have been at least 15 million illnesses, 150,000 hospitalizations, and 9,300 deaths from flu...

U.S. dollar rises amid hawkish central bank signals

U.S. dollar rises amid hawkish central bank signals

New York [US], December 17: The U.S. dollar moved higher in late trading on Friday as market participants digested statements...

Oil prices drop as central banks spark recession fears

Oil prices drop as central banks spark recession...

New York [US], December 17: Oil prices fell on Friday as hawkish talk from major central banks stoked recession fears.

Los Angeles hospital beds at lowest availability since pandemic began

Los Angeles hospital beds at lowest availability since...

Los Angeles [US], December 17: The number of available Los Angeles County hospital beds has fallen to its lowest level...

Biden signs short-term funding bill

Biden signs short-term funding bill

Washington [US], December 17: U.S. President Joe Biden signed a short-term funding bill on Friday to avert a government shutdown.

U.S. CDC director warns vaccine misinformation one of biggest public health threats

U.S. CDC director warns vaccine misinformation one of...

Los Angeles [US], December 17: Vaccine misinformation is among the biggest threats to public health, Director of the U.S. Centers...

U.S. stocks drop as recession fears persist

U.S. stocks drop as recession fears persist

New York [US], December 17: Wall Street's major averages fell on Friday as market participants remain concerned about the economic...

Search underway for medical transport plane that crashed off Hawaii coast

Search underway for medical transport plane that crashed...

Los Angeles [US], December 17: A search is underway Friday for a medical transport plane that crashed into the sea...

China-funded project aiding remote areas inaugurated in Nepal

China-funded project aiding remote areas inaugurated in Nepal

Kathmandu [Nepal], December 17: A China-funded project to supply Nepal's remote areas with sanitation materials and daily necessities was inaugurated...

Brunei launches trial of gigabit Internet service

Brunei launches trial of gigabit Internet service

Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], December 17: Brunei launched a one-gigabit-per-second (Gbps) fiber broadband proof of concept by the telco industry,...

Myanmar reports 22 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 22 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], December 17: Myanmar has reported 22 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the tally to 633,543, the country's Ministry...

Vietnam's tra fish exports to hit record high this year

Vietnam's tra fish exports to hit record high...

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 17: Vietnam's tra fish exports are forecast to reach a new record high of 2.4 billion U.S....

Death toll rises to 21 in landslide in Malaysia

Death toll rises to 21 in landslide in...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 17: The death toll of a landslide in Malaysia's Selangor state has risen to 21 with...

Lebanon receives 900,000 additional doses of cholera vaccine

Lebanon receives 900,000 additional doses of cholera vaccine

Beirut [Lebanon], December 16: Lebanon on Thursday received more than 900,000 doses of the cholera vaccine from the World Health...