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David Attenborough named recipient of top UN environmental award

David Attenborough named recipient of top UN environmental...

Nairobi (Kenya), April 22: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday honored British naturalist, broadcaster and green campaigner David...

WHO says over 1 mln African children vaccinated against malaria

WHO says over 1 mln African children vaccinated...

Nairobi (Kenya), April 22: More than one million children in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi have received one or extra doses...

Zelensky asks for help, heavy weapons from Portugal

Zelensky asks for help, heavy weapons from Portugal

Lisbon (Portugal), April 22: Addressing the Portuguese parliament via video link, Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky on Wednesday called on Portugal to...

Italy to be "almost independent" of Russian gas by 2023: minister

Italy to be "almost independent" of Russian gas...

Rome (Italy), April 22: Italy "could start being almost totally independent" of Russian gas imports by the second half of...

U.S. struggling families face housing dilemma as pandemic aid ends

U.S. struggling families face housing dilemma as pandemic...

Los Angeles (US), April 22: U.S. COVID-19 relief has kept struggling families, like Holly Williams and her two sons, out...

World Bank economist says Nepal's economy not in crisis

World Bank economist says Nepal's economy not in...

Kathmandu (Nepal), April 22: Nepal's economy is not in crisis as feared by many amid dwindling foreign exchange reserves and...

Roundup: UK PM to be probed over "Partygate"

Roundup: UK PM to be probed over "Partygate"

London (UK, April 22: British lawmakers on Thursday approved an investigation into Prime Minister Boris Johnson over claims he misled...

DR Congo president to host talks with local militia groups

DR Congo president to host talks with local...

Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), April 22: President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi will...

Tunisian FM calls for taking Palestinian cause to forefront of int'l public opinion

Tunisian FM calls for taking Palestinian cause to...

Tunis (Tunisia), April 22: Tunisian Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi on Thursday called for intensified Arab efforts to take the Palestinian...

Japanese PM Kishida sends offering to notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

Japanese PM Kishida sends offering to notorious war-linked...

Tokyo (Japan), April 21: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday sent a ritual offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine...

Korea Shipbuilding wins 278.3 bln-won order for 1 LNG carrier

Korea Shipbuilding wins 278.3 bln-won order for 1...

Seoul (South Korea), April 21: South Korean shipyard Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) said Thursday it has bagged...

N.K. propaganda organs slam ongoing S. Korea-U.S. military drills

N.K. propaganda organs slam ongoing S. Korea-U.S. military...

Seoul (South Korea), April 21: North Korean propaganda organs on Thursday slammed the annual combined military training between South Korea...

N. Korea urges effort to attain economic goals 'at all costs' during Cabinet meeting

N. Korea urges effort to attain economic goals...

Seoul (South Korea), April 21: North Korea has held a Cabinet meeting to assess its economic performance for the first...

Yoon likely to appoint only 5 senior secretaries, 1 senior officer

Yoon likely to appoint only 5 senior secretaries,...

Seoul (South Korea), April 21: President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol is considering appointing only five senior secretaries and one senior officer as...

New virus cases fall below 100,000 as omicron wave ebbs

New virus cases fall below 100,000 as omicron...

Seoul (South Korea), April 21: South Korea reported fewer than 100,000 coronavirus cases Thursday as the omicron curve has turned...

S. Korea may log another trade deficit in April amid high oil prices

S. Korea may log another trade deficit in...

Seoul (South Korea), April 21: South Korea's imports grew at a faster pace than exports in the first 20 days...

Interview: China's anti-COVID 19 policy, action in right direction: ex-WHO adviser

Interview: China's anti-COVID 19 policy, action in right...

Dhaka (Bangladesh), April 21: "China is in right direction with its present policy and action to contain the corona infection,"...

Chinese Language Day celebrated in UNESCO

Chinese Language Day celebrated in UNESCO

Paris (France), April 21: The Permanent Delegation of China to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and...

Canadian inflation spikes to 6.7 pct

Canadian inflation spikes to 6.7 pct

Ottawa (Canada), April 21: Canadian consumer prices rose 6.7 percent in March year over year, the largest increase since January...

UN Security Council condemns terrorist attack against school, education center in Afghanistan

UN Security Council condemns terrorist attack against school,...

United Nations, April 21: The UN Security Council on Wednesday strongly condemned Tuesday's terrorist attack against a school and an...

Ukrainian president thanks EU for support amid conflict with Russia

Ukrainian president thanks EU for support amid conflict...

Kiev (Ukraine), April 21: Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky on Wednesday met with European Council President Charles Michel, appreciating the European Union...

Slovenia braces for tight parliamentary election on Sunday

Slovenia braces for tight parliamentary election on Sunday

Ljubljana (Slovenia), April 21: About 1.7 million eligible voters in Slovenia will be invited to cast their ballots on April...

Russia says NATO tries to prolong fighting in Ukraine

Russia says NATO tries to prolong fighting in...

Moscow (Russia), April 21: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries are doing everything to prolong the armed conflict in...

Roundup: Egypt signs deals to boost production of green energy

Roundup: Egypt signs deals to boost production of...

Cairo (Egypt), April 21: Egypt has signed on Wednesday two major commercial agreements to boost the country's production of green...

Yoon has private dinner with U.S. envoy for N. Korea

Yoon has private dinner with U.S. envoy for...

Seoul [South Korea], April 20: President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol had a private dinner with U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Sung...

N. Korea's massive military parade seems imminent, satellite imagery suggests

N. Korea's massive military parade seems imminent, satellite...

Seoul (South Korea),. April 20: North Korea appears to be making final-stage preparations for a military parade involving a large...

Nearly half of firms expect relations with Japan to improve under incoming Yoon gov't: poll

Nearly half of firms expect relations with Japan...

Seoul (South Korea), April 20: One in every 4 South Korean companies anticipated that bilateral relations with Japan will improve...