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Ford U.S. sales down in November
Chicago [US], December 3: Ford Motor Co. announced on its website Friday that it sold 146,364 new vehicles in the...

U.S. adds 263,000 jobs in November
Washington [US], December 3: U.S. jobs continued to see growth in November despite the most aggressive interest rate hikes in...

Blast kills 1, wounds 2 in Afghan capital
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 3: One person was killed and two others injured as a blast rocked a mosque near the...

Vietnam's firm establishment up 30.4 pct in 11...
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 3: Approximately 137,800 enterprises were estimated to be formed in Vietnam in the first 11 months of...
Vietnam's phone export up 6.6 pct in 11...
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 3: Vietnam earned approximately 55.4 billion U.S. dollars from exporting phones and components in the first 11...
Thai central bank, BIS joint meeting focuses on...
Bangkok [Thailand], December 3: The Bank of Thailand (BOT) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) jointly held a conference...

Pakistani rupee retains stability against USD
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3: Pakistani rupee has retained stability against the U.S. dollar as the greenback was traded at 223.69...

Singapore reports 1,297 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore, December 3: Singapore reported 1,297 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total tally to 2,170,498.

Myanmar reports 20 new COVID-19 cases
Yangon [Myanmar], December 3: Myanmar confirmed 20 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...

U.S. imposes sanctions on 3 N. Korean party...
Washington (US), December 2: The U.S. Department of Treasury on Thursday designated three North Korean officials who are members of...

N.K. leader sends condolence message to China's Xi...
Seoul (South Korea), December 2: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a message of condolence to Chinese President Xi...

S. Korea's consumer prices up 5 pct on-year...
Seoul (South Korea), December 2: South Korea's on-year growth in consumer prices sharply slowed in November from a month earlier...

Foreign firms refuse to sell medicine, medical equipment...
Tehran (Iran), December 2: Head of the Food and Drug Organization of Iran said Thursday that some foreign companies have...

Türkiye calls for U.S. understanding of possible operation...
Ankara (Turkey), December 2: Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar called on the United States on Thursday to show understanding for...

Yahoo selects AWS as preferred public cloud provider...
San Francisco (US), December 2: Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon, on Thursday announced that Yahoo has selected...

African leaders commit to accelerating continent's industrialization
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), December 2: African leaders have committed to "far-reaching and firm decisions" to accelerate industrialization as well as...

WHO sees decline of HIV prevalence in Somalia
Mogadishu (Somalia), December 2: The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday it has in partnership with Somalia managed to keep...

French gov't calls on high-risk groups to get...
Paris (France), December 2: French government spokesperson Olivier Veran on Thursday called on high-risk groups to get another booster shot...

45 pct Pakistanis optimistic about economic recovery in...
Islamabad (Pakistan), December 2: Forty-five percent of the Pakistani people are optimistic about the country's economic situation in the next...

Australia not on track to meet emissions target:...
Canberra (Australia), December 2: Australia is not on track to meet its 2030 emissions reduction target, a government report has...

Interview: UN conference on biological diversity pivotal for...
Los Angeles (US), December 2: The upcoming UN conference on biological diversity will be really pivotal for the future of...

U.S. saw over 1 mln firearm fatalities over...
Washington (US), December 2: The United States has seen over 1 million firearm fatalities over the past 30 years, according...

U.S. Senate rejects measure to grant rail workers...
Washington (US), December 2: The U.S. Senate rejected a measure on Thursday to grant rail workers seven days of paid...

Nearly 600 mln USD of investments pitched to...
United Nations, December 2: Colombia, Eswatini and Malawi on Thursday pitched nearly 600 million U.S. dollars' worth of high-impact, investment-ready...

Early flu season, COVID-19, RSV causes for concern...
Copenhagen (Denmark), December 2: European health leaders on Thursday voiced their concern over a potential surge in respiratory virus infections...

EU assists Lebanon's armed forces with 6 mln...
Beirut (Lebanon), December 2: The council of the European Union (EU) on Thursday adopted an assistance measure worth 6 million...

Tanzania president calls for renewed efforts to fight...
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), December 2: Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday called on stakeholders in the fight against...