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EU launches platform to invest 2.68 bln USD in Jordan

EU launches platform to invest 2.68 bln USD...

Amman [Jordan], June 3: The European Union on Thursday launched an investment platform to invest up to 2.5 billion euros...

Romania intercepts over 50 migrants in fishing boat off Black Sea coast

Romania intercepts over 50 migrants in fishing boat...

Bucharest [Romania], June 3: The Romanian Coast Guard intercepted a fishing boat containing dozens of migrants from Turkey early on...

Mexico's death toll from Hurricane Agatha adjusted to 9

Mexico's death toll from Hurricane Agatha adjusted to...

Mexico City [Mexico], June 3: The death toll from Hurricane Agatha in southern Mexico was reduced to nine from 11,...

U.S. weekly jobless claims fall amid tight labor market

U.S. weekly jobless claims fall amid tight labor...

Washington [US], June 3: Initial jobless claims in the United States last week fell to 200,000 amid a tight labor...

Vietnam arrests 3 drug traffickers, seizes 25,000 synthetic drug pills

Vietnam arrests 3 drug traffickers, seizes 25,000 synthetic...

Hanoi [Vietnam], June 3: Police of southern Vietnam's Binh Duong province have arrested a local man and seized more than...

Dengue fever becomes big concern in southern Vietnam

Dengue fever becomes big concern in southern Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City [Vietnam ], June 3: Dengue fever is a big concern in Ho Chi Minh City as...

Myanmar reports 7 more COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 7 more COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], June 3: Myanmar reported seven new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally in...

Schools reopen for in-person classes for new academic year in Myanmar

Schools reopen for in-person classes for new academic...

Yangon [Myanmar], June 3: Myanmar reopened primary, middle and high schools across the country for in-person classes for 2022-2023 academic...

Australia's largest retail group to discontinue reusable plastic bags

Australia's largest retail group to discontinue reusable plastic...

Sydney [Australia], June 3: Following bans on single-use plastic bags across the nation, Australia's largest supermarket chain, Woolworths, has taken...

Russian forces seize part of key city in eastern Ukraine

Russian forces seize part of key city in...

Kiev [Ukraine], June 2: Russian forces took control over the eastern part of Severodonetsk city, the administrative center of the...

Italian temporary work contracts rise to record high

Italian temporary work contracts rise to record high

Rome [Italy], June 2: More Italians are employed using temporary labor contracts than at any other time since record-keeping began...

U.S. "adds fuel to fire" by supplying weapons to Ukraine: Kremlin

U.S. "adds fuel to fire" by supplying weapons...

Moscow [Russia], June 2: The United States is "purposefully and diligently adding fuel to the fire" by continuously providing military...

3 victims confirmed dead in U.S. Oklahoma shooting

3 victims confirmed dead in U.S. Oklahoma shooting

New York [US], June 2: Three victims were confirmed dead in a deadly shooting incident on Wednesday in Tulsa in...

5 killed in U.S. hospital campus shooting

5 killed in U.S. hospital campus shooting

Houston [US], June 2: Five people, including the shooter, were killed in a hospital campus shooting on Wednesday evening in...

Singapore reports 3,577 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore reports 3,577 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore, June 2: Singapore reported 3,577 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total tally to 1,306,871.

Singapore launches digital data exchange to tackle supply chain inefficiencies

Singapore launches digital data exchange to tackle supply...

Singapore, June 2: Singapore's Minister of Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Smart Nation and Cybersecurity Josephine Teo launched the...

Vietnam's manufacturing sector further grows in May

Vietnam's manufacturing sector further grows in May

Hanoi [Vietnam], June 2: The growth of the Vietnamese manufacturing sector accelerated during May thanks to recovery from the COVID-19...

Petrol prices up for 10th time in Vietnam this year

Petrol prices up for 10th time in Vietnam...

Hanoi [Vietnam], June 2: The petroleum prices in Vietnam broke its own record after being adjusted up for the 10th...

Vietnam cracks down on drug trafficking ring, seizing 10 cakes of heroin

Vietnam cracks down on drug trafficking ring, seizing...

Hanoi [Vietnam], June 2: Police of the central Thanh Hoa province have arrested seven drug traffickers and seized 10 cakes...

Over 60 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Myanmar

Over 60 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered...

Yangon [Myanmar], June 2: Some 60.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in Myanmar as of Tuesday, official...

Death toll reaches 36 in building collapse in Iran

Death toll reaches 36 in building collapse in...

Tehran [Iran], June 1: The death toll in a 10-story commercial building collapse in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan...

Israel, UAE sign historic free trade agreement

Israel, UAE sign historic free trade agreement

Jerusalem [Israel], June 1: Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed on Tuesday a free trade agreement, the first...

Palestine to take measures to confront Israeli escalation: president

Palestine to take measures to confront Israeli escalation:...

Ramallah [Palestine], June 1: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that the Palestinian leadership would take measures to confront...

Strike in Belgium hits public transport, services

Strike in Belgium hits public transport, services

Brussels [Belgium], June 1: Public services in Belgium, including schools and transport networks, were disrupted on Tuesday after trade unions...

EU says to facilitate food exports from Ukraine

EU says to facilitate food exports from Ukraine

Brussels [Belgium], June 1: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that her institution was working hard...

Ukrainian, Slovak presidents discuss defense support

Ukrainian, Slovak presidents discuss defense support

Kiev [Ukraine], June 1: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday met with his Slovak counterpart Zuzana Caputova to discuss defense...

U.S. national average gas price rises slightly to hit new record high

U.S. national average gas price rises slightly to...

Washington [US], June 1: The U.S. national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline rose slightly on Tuesday to...