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Ford U.S. sales down in November

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

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

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 months

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 months

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 addressing financial challenges

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

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 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

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 officials related to weapons development program

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 over former leader's death

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 in Nov., lowest in 7 months

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 to Iran over U.S. sanctions: Iranian official

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 in Syria

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 for its advertising business

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

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

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 2nd COVID-19 booster shot

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 next 6 months: Survey

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: gov't report

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 future of conservation

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 past 30 years: study

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 7 days of paid sick leave

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 accelerate progress toward SDGs: UN

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 in Europe, health leaders say

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 euros

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 new HIV infections

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...