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Russia-Ukraine conflict to affect 25 pct of global...
Kiev (Ukraine), April 10: The conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the world's major exporters of foodstuffs such as wheat, will...

British PM says to provide more economic, military...
KIEV (Ukraine), April 10: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday vowed to provide more economic and military assistance to...

Moody's adjusts outlook on Israel from stable to...
Jerusalem (Israel), April 10: Global credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook on the Israeli government from...

Greek PM stresses need to decouple gas, electricity...
Athens (Greece), April 10: The prices of natural gas and electricity have to be decoupled to address the energy crisis...

Pakistani PM loses no-confidence vote
Islamabad (Imran Khan), April 10: The no-confidence motion filed by an opposition alliance against Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan succeeded...

Russian central bank lowers key rate to 17...
Moscow (Russia), April 9: The Bank of Russia on Friday decided to cut the key rate by 300 basis points...

Germany to support European cloud projects with 750...
Berlin (Germany), April 9: Germany would support 26 local companies with up to 750 million euros (816 million U.S. dollars)...

New COVID-19 wave likely by autumn: German health...
Berlin (Germany), April 9: Following the rejection by the Bundestag (lower house of Germany's Parliament) of mandatory coronavirus vaccination in...

Russia expels 45 Polish diplomats in retaliation
Moscow (Russia), April 9: The Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday that it is expelling 45 Polish diplomats in response to...

German bank KfW posts shrinking new business in...
Frankfurt (Germany), April 9: Germany's state-owned promotional bank KfW unveiled on Friday that its new business in 2021 dropped by...

Russia hopes to end operation in Ukraine "in...
Moscow (Russia), April 9: Russia hopes that its special military operation in Ukraine will end "in the foreseeable future," Kremlin...

Life returning to normal but COVID-19 vigilance still...
Zagreb (Croatia), April 9: Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday that the easing of the epidemiological measures means...

U.S. launches first private astronaut mission to space...
Los Angeles (US), April 9: NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX launched a first private astronaut mission to the International Space...

Japan's March consumer confidence logs largest plunge in...
Tokyo (Japan), April 9: Japan's consumer confidence shed 2.4 points in March compared to the previous month, posting the steepest...

Singapore reports 4,014 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore (Singapore), April 9: Singapore reported 4,014 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total tally to 1,132,169.

Vietnam reports 39,334 new COVID-19 cases
Hanoi (Vietnam), April 9: Vietnam logged 39,334 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, down 6,552 from Thursday, according to its Ministry...

UN official praises Cambodia for success in COVID-19...
Phnom Penh (Cambodia), April 9: The United Nations Resident Coordinator to Cambodia Pauline Tamesis on Friday commended Cambodia for its...

Sri Lanka tightens monetary policy with significant increase...
Colombo (Sri Lanka), April 9: Sri Lanka's central bank on Friday tightened its monetary policy with a significant increase of...

Israeli settlement construction undermines chances of peace: Palestinian...
Ramallah (Palestine), April 8: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye on Thursday warned that accelerating Israeli settlement construction in the occupied...

Yoon to visit Daegu next week amid speculation...
Seoul (South Korea), April 8: President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will embark on a national tour next week, starting with a trip...

Ex-President Park endorses key aide for Daegu mayor
Seoul (South Korea), April 8: Former President Park Geun-hye openly endorsed a key aide for mayor of her hometown of...

Current account surplus narrows in Feb. amid surging...
Seoul (South Korea), April 8: South Korea posted a current account surplus for the 22nd straight month in February, but...

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases stay in 200,000s...
Seoul (South Korea), April 8: South Korea's new coronavirus cases remained in the 200,000s for the fourth consecutive day Friday...

Roundup: UN General Assembly adopts resolution to suspend...
United Nations, April 8: The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday that allows the assembly to suspend the...

WHO calls on mitigating climate crisis for health...
Geneva (Switzerland), April 8: On the occasion of the World Health Day which falls on April 7, the World Health...

Peruvian president appoints 3rd health minister
Lima (Peru), April 8: Peruvian President Pedro Castillo on Thursday appointed Jorge Lopez Pena as the new health minister, making...

Russia declares early termination of membership of UN...
Moscow (Russia), April 8: Russia has made a decision on the early termination of its membership of the United Nations...