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UNECA official stresses importance of building ICT infrastructure in Africa

UNECA official stresses importance of building ICT infrastructure...

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), December 2: The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Director for Technology, Climate Change and Natural...

Ghana to establish national fund to boost fight against HIV/AIDS

Ghana to establish national fund to boost fight...

Accra (Ghana), December 2: Ghana is to establish a national HIV/AIDS fund to boost the fight to control and eradicate...

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 60,000 amid concerns of winter surge

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 60,000...

Seoul (South Korea), December 1: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 60,000 on Thursday amid lingering concerns over a...

N. Korea to hold key party meeting to unveil next year's policy direction

N. Korea to hold key party meeting to...

Seoul (South Korea), December 1: North Korea will hold a key party meeting later this month to review this year's...

Brazilian market raises inflation forecast to 5.91 pct in 2022

Brazilian market raises inflation forecast to 5.91 pct...

Brasília (Brazil), December 1: Brazilian financial analysts raised their inflation forecast for 2022 from 5.88 to 5.91 percent, the fifth...

Brazil's vice president assures transition process

Brazil's vice president assures transition process

Sao Paulo (Brazil), December 1: Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao Tuesday reiterated the current government's willingness to carry out the...

Roundup: U.S. crude supplies up, other petroleum data mixed

Roundup: U.S. crude supplies up, other petroleum data...

Houston (US), December 1: U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.6 million barrels per day (b/d) during the week ending...

Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand to jointly nominate kebaya for UNESCO heritage list

Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand to jointly nominate kebaya...

Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei ), December 1: Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand will jointly nominate kebaya for inscription on...

New COVID-19 variant drives virus surge in France, says immunologist

New COVID-19 variant drives virus surge in France,...

Paris (France), December 1: The BQ.1.1 subvariant of COVID-19 is currently taking precedence over the BA.5 subvariant in France, immunologist...

U.S. House passes bill aimed at averting national rail shutdown

U.S. House passes bill aimed at averting national...

Washington (US), December 1: The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday aimed at averting a national rail...

U.S. Q3 GDP revised upward amid looming recession fears

U.S. Q3 GDP revised upward amid looming recession...

Washington (US), December 1: The U.S. economy grew at a faster pace in the third quarter than initial estimates showed,...

Germany to facilitate immigration of skilled workers

Germany to facilitate immigration of skilled workers

Berlin (Germany), December 1: Germany will make it easier for skilled workers to immigrate, paving the way for the "most...

Iran summons French envoy over FM's "unacceptable" remarks

Iran summons French envoy over FM's "unacceptable" remarks

Tehran (Iran), December 1: The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Nicolas Roche, the French ambassador to Tehran, over the...

Russian poverty rate ticks down to 10.5 pct

Russian poverty rate ticks down to 10.5 pct

Moscow (Russia), December 1: Russia's poverty rate stood at 10.5 percent at the end of the third quarter of 2022,...

EU proposes new rules to reduce wasteful packaging

EU proposes new rules to reduce wasteful packaging

Brussels (Belgium), December 1: The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a raft of measures aimed at reducing unnecessary and wasteful...

Samsung Heavy wins 331.3 bln-won order for 1 LNG carrier

Samsung Heavy wins 331.3 bln-won order for 1...

Seoul (South Korea), November 30: South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said Wednesday it has bagged a 331.3 billion-won...

Industrial output falls by most in 30 months in October

Industrial output falls by most in 30 months...

Seoul (South Korea), November 30: South Korea's industrial output fell by the most in 30 months in October, data showed...

Yoon, Biden to co-host 2nd Summit for Democracy next March

Yoon, Biden to co-host 2nd Summit for Democracy...

Seoul (South Korea), November 30: President Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden will co-host the second Summit for Democracy...

UN chief reaffirms two-state solution on Int'l Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

UN chief reaffirms two-state solution on Int'l Day...

United Nations, November 30: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday reaffirmed the two-state solution on the International Day of Solidarity...

Biden meets with top U.S. lawmakers on lame-duck session

Biden meets with top U.S. lawmakers on lame-duck...

Washington (US), November 30: U.S. President Joe Biden met with top congressional lawmakers on Tuesday to discuss the agenda in...

Nigerian president urges tighter security around borders in Lake Chad Basin

Nigerian president urges tighter security around borders in...

Abuja (Nigeria), November 30: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged more vigilance and tightening of security around borders, drawing...

Libyan PM expresses readiness to hold national elections

Libyan PM expresses readiness to hold national elections

Tripoli (Libya), November 30: Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah on Tuesday expressed his government's readiness to hold general elections in...

Swedish households slash electricity use under high prices

Swedish households slash electricity use under high prices

Stockholm (Sweden), November 30: Swedish households slashed their electricity use in September and October, with consumption dropping by nearly a...

French PM warns of fresh COVID-19 wave in France

French PM warns of fresh COVID-19 wave in...

Paris (France), November 30: French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne warned on Tuesday of a resurgence of COVID-19 in France, saying...

Myanmar inaugurates Lancang-Mekong warehouse and awareness center

Myanmar inaugurates Lancang-Mekong warehouse and awareness center

Yangon (US), November 30: Myanmar has launched the Lancang-Mekong Project's Warehouse and Awareness Center in Shan state, according to a...

Oil prices end mixed as traders await OPEC+ meeting

Oil prices end mixed as traders await OPEC+...

New York (US), November 30: Oil prices closed mixed on Tuesday as market participants awaited a key meeting by major...

U.S. crude oil inventories down: API

U.S. crude oil inventories down: API

Houston (US), November 30: The American Petroleum Institute (API) on Tuesday reported a decrease of 7.85 million barrels of crude...