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Russia bans 200 more Americans from entry

Russia bans 200 more Americans from entry

Moscow [Russia], November 12: The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday barred an additional 200 U.S. citizens from entry in response...

Paris Peace Forum kicks off to tackle multiple crises

Paris Peace Forum kicks off to tackle multiple...

Paris [France], November 12: The fifth edition of the Paris Peace Forum kicked off on Friday, with the theme of...

More unvaccinated infants hospitalized with COVID-19 in U.S. this summer: CDC

More unvaccinated infants hospitalized with COVID-19 in U.S....

New York [US], November 12: Infants too young for vaccination were hospitalized with COVID-19 more often than any age group...

U.S. stocks rise amid positive sentiment

U.S. stocks rise amid positive sentiment

New York [US], November 12: Wall Street's major indexes rose on Friday as markets responded favorably to a cooler-than-expected U.S....

Probe ongoing into California drive-by shooting killing 9-month-old baby

Probe ongoing into California drive-by shooting killing 9-month-old...

Los Angeles [US], November 12: A thorough canvass of the area around a drive-by shooting, which killed a 9-month-old boy...

Myanmar reports 65 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 65 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], November 12: Myanmar confirmed 65 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...

Vietnam asks lenders to support fuel traders amid disrupted supply

Vietnam asks lenders to support fuel traders amid...

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 12: The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has called on commercial banks to provide sufficient loans to...

Indonesia inaugurates 3 new autonomous regions

Indonesia inaugurates 3 new autonomous regions

Jakarta [Indonesia], November 12: The number of Indonesia's provinces increased from 34 to 37 as three new autonomous regions were...

German retailers brace themselves for weaker Christmas-time sales

German retailers brace themselves for weaker Christmas-time sales

Berlin [Germany], November 11: Seventy percent of German retailers expect their revenue around Christmas to stay below last year's, the...

Greece to boost energy security with renewable

Greece to boost energy security with renewable

Athens [Greece], November 11: Greece is aiming for 80 percent production of electricity from renewables by 2030, Energy and Environment...

Czech inflation easing up in October

Czech inflation easing up in October

Prague [Czech Republic], November 11: Inflation in the Czech Republic showed signs of easing up in October, decreasing to 15.1...

German CEOs plead for pragmatic China-Germany business relations

German CEOs plead for pragmatic China-Germany business relations

Berlin [Germany], November 11: In a joint opinion article published on Thursday, leaders of some of Germany's top companies, including...

France raises bird flu risk level

France raises bird flu risk level

Paris [France], November 11: France has raised the risk level of the highly pathogenic bird flu from "moderate" to "high",...

Ukraine's GDP falls 39 pct year on year in October

Ukraine's GDP falls 39 pct year on year...

Kiev [Ukraine], November 11: Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) declined 39 percent year on year in October, after falling 35...

UN, partners provide life-saving aid to 13.5 mln people in Ukraine

UN, partners provide life-saving aid to 13.5 mln...

United Nations, November 11: A UN spokesperson said Thursday that the UN and humanitarian partners continue to provide life-saving assistance...

Nicole weakens to tropical storm after making landfall in Florida

Nicole weakens to tropical storm after making landfall...

Washington [US], November 11: Nicole made landfall in the U.S. state of Florida as a Category 1 hurricane early...

U.S. midterm elections not to impact firearms industry much: media

U.S. midterm elections not to impact firearms industry...

New York [US], November 11: With U.S. midterm election results continuing to roll in, firearms industry insiders and Second Amendment...

U.S. consumers borrow 25 bln USD more in September

U.S. consumers borrow 25 bln USD more in...

New York [US], November 11: American consumers borrowed another 25 billion U.S. dollars in September, as higher costs led to...

U.S. dollar plunges on softer-than-expected inflation data

U.S. dollar plunges on softer-than-expected inflation data

New York [US], November 11: The U.S. dollar fell sharply in late trading on Thursday after data showing signs of...

Over 272,000 customers without power as tropical storm hits U.S. Florida

Over 272,000 customers without power as tropical storm...

Washington [US], November 11: More than 272,000 customers are without power as of Thursday afternoon across the southeasternmost U.S. state...

U.S. consumer prices rise less than expected in October

U.S. consumer prices rise less than expected in...

Washington [US], November 11: The U.S. consumer price index (CPI), a widely watched inflation indicator, cooled somewhat in October, sending...

Caribbean governments push for more int'l cooperation

Caribbean governments push for more int'l cooperation

Havana [Cuba], November 11: International cooperation is fundamental to tackling the challenges of today's world, the head of the Association...

Uzbekistan to cut VAT for foreign visitors next year

Uzbekistan to cut VAT for foreign visitors next...

Tashkent [Uzbekistan], November 11: Uzbekistan will introduce a tax-free system from January 2023, exempting foreign citizens from value-added tax (VAT),...

Myanmar reports 61 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 61 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], November 11: Myanmar confirmed 61 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...

Japan drafts policy bracing for 8th wave of COVID-19 infections

Japan drafts policy bracing for 8th wave of...

Tokyo [Japan], November 11: The Japanese government on Thursday decided on a policy to allow each prefectural government to declare...

New Zealand's food price rise reaches 14-year high

New Zealand's food price rise reaches 14-year high

Wellington [New Zealand], November 11: New Zealand food prices were 10.1 percent higher in October year on year, marking a...

Malaysia reports 3,436 new COVID-19 infections, 8 more deaths

Malaysia reports 3,436 new COVID-19 infections, 8 more...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 11: Malaysia reported 3,436 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Thursday, bringing the national total to...