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Egypt's cabinet approves draft budget for FY 2022/23...
Cairo (Egypt), March 23: Egypt's cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft budget for the fiscal year 2022-2023, which begins on...

Daily coronavirus cases spike to over 350,000, total...
Seoul (South Korea), March 22: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases spiked to over 350,000 on Tuesday, adding to concerns that...

Yoon says N.K.'s recent artillery firing a violation...
Seoul (South Korea), March 22: President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said Tuesday that North Korea's recent artillery firing was a violation of...

Nearly 270,000 child COVID-19 cases reported in U.S....
Los Angeles (US), March 22: Nearly 270,000 child COVID-19 cases have been reported in the United States in the past...

Russia bans Facebook, Instagram for "extremism"
Moscow (Russia), March 22: A Moscow court ruled on Monday to ban Facebook and Instagram in Russia, labeling the parent...

Experts warn another uptick in COVID-19 cases due...
Los Angeles (US), March 22: Experts warned that the United States may see another rise in COVID-19 cases in the...

Roundup: U.S. Senate begins hearings for Biden's Supreme...
Washington (US), March 22: The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee began on Monday the first day of a series of hearings...

U.S. stocks fall after Fed Chair Powell's comments
New York (US), March 22: U.S. stocks declined on Monday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell vowed tough action on...

Russia halts peace treaty talks with Japan
Moscow (Russia), March 22: The Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday that it will no longer continue peace treaty negotiations with...

Senior Russian navy commander killed in Ukraine: Sevastopol...
Moscow (Russia), March 21: A senior naval commander from Russia's Black Sea Fleet had been killed in Ukraine, said governor...

Gov't to introduce oral COVID-19 medicine Lagevrio for...
Seoul (South Korea), March 21: The government will introduce the oral antiviral medicine Lagevrio for 100,000 patients this week while...

Moon, Yoon expected to discuss relocation of presidential...
Seoul (South Korea), March 21: President Moon Jae-in is expected to hold comprehensive discussions about successor-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's plan to...

Exports grow 10 pct in first 20 days...
Seoul (South Korea), March 21: South Korea's exports rose 10.1 percent in the first 20 days of March from a...

World legislators meet in Indonesia's Bali for climate...
Jakarta (Indonesia), March 21: Hundreds of parliamentary members across the world have gathered in Indonesia's resort island of Bali, as...

Construction contracts gain 10.5 pct in 2021
Sejong (South Korea), March 21: The value of construction contracts in South Korea gained more than 10 percent in 2021...

Iran's supreme leader, president laud nationals for defeating...
Tehran (Iran), March 21: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday praised Iranians for their...

UAE leaders, Syrian president discuss cooperation
Dubai (UAE), March 20: Leaders of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) met with visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday...

Indonesia reports 7,951 new COVID-19 cases, 188 more...
Jakarta (Indonesia), March 20: Indonesia on Saturday confirmed 7,951 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,956,561, the...

Vietnam reports 150,618 new COVID-19 cases
Hanoi (Vietnam), March 20: Vietnam reported 150,618 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, down 12,556 cases from Friday, according to the...

Yangon's Chinatown eyes business recovery as COVID-19 infections...
Yangon (Myanmar), March 20: With the COVID-19 infections declining in Myanmar, the country's markets including Yangon's Chinatown have seen signs...

Vice chief of Yoon's transition team tests positive...
Seoul (South Korea), March 20: People Power Party (PPP) Rep. Kwon Young-se, vice chair of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's transition committee,...

Putin criticizes U.S. military-biological research in Ukraine
Moscow (Russia), March 20: Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed on Saturday "the unacceptable nature of the military-biological activities of the...
Russia not to initiate reconciliation with West: Lavrov
Moscow (Russia), March 20: Russia remains open to cooperation with Western countries, but will not initiate an improvement in the...

Singapore reports 10,244 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore (Singapore), March 20: Singapore reported 10,244 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 1,007,158.

Car crash kills 7 in southern Myanmar
Yangon (Myanmar), March 20: Seven people were killed in a road accident Saturday on Pathein-Chaungtha road in Ayeyarwady region, according...

Philippines logs 545 new COVID-19 cases, death toll...
Manila (Philippines), March 19: The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 545 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, bringing the number...

Putin, Scholz hold phone talks over Ukraine situation
Moscow/Berlin (Russia/Germany), March 19: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday held a phone conversation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, saying...