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