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World Insights: EU's return to coal shows double...
Berlin (Germany), July 25: Many European countries have recently announced the reopening of coal power plants as gas supplies from...

Nepal unveils action plan for tourism revival
Kathmandu (Nepal), July 25: The Nepali government on Sunday announced a number of measures to revive the tourism industry battered...

Kuwaiti emir appoints new PM
Kuwait City (Kuwait), July 25: The Kuwaiti emir on Sunday issued a decree appointing Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as the...

Pakistani authority monitors entry routes amid int'l public...
Islamabad (Pakistan), July 25: The Border and Health Services Pakistan has been strictly monitoring the entry routes to the country...

Russian FM visits Egypt in 1st African tour...
Cairo (Egypt), July 25: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi held talks on Sunday with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in...

Israel launches plan to rehabilitate southern Jordan River
Jerusalem (Israel), July 25: Israel on Sunday announced a plan to restore and develop the southern course of the Jordan...

World Insights: Japan's nuclear regulator approves releasing radioactive...
Tokyo (Japan), July 24: Japan's nuclear regulator on Friday authorized a controversial plan to discharge radioactive wastewater from a crippled...

Malaysia reports 4,816 new COVID-19 infections, 9 new...
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), July 24: Malaysia reported 4,816 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to...

N. Korea's new suspected COVID-19 cases under 200...
Seoul (South Korea), July 24: North Korea's new suspected COVID-19 cases remained below 200 for the fourth consecutive day, according...

Hyundai, Kia record robust sales growth in Vietnam,...
Seoul (South Korea), July 24: Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. recorded robust on-year sales growth in Vietnam...

S. Korea's new virus cases under 70,000 for...
Seoul (South Korea), July 24: South Korea's new coronavirus cases remained under 70,000 for the third straight day on Sunday...

Monkeypox patient from Thailand found in Cambodian capital:...
Phnom Penh (Cambodia), July 24: A Nigerian man, who has contracted monkeypox and fled Thailand recently, was found here in...

Biden's COVID-19 infection "most likely" caused by BA.5...
Washington (US), July 24: The causative agent for U.S. President Joe Biden's COVID-19 infection is "most likely" the BA.5 variant,...

Türkiye summons Swedish diplomat over "terrorist propaganda" demonstrations
Ankara (Turkey), July 24: Türkiye's Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned the Swedish charges d'affaires in Ankara over the "terrorist propaganda"...

WHO declares monkeypox outbreak int'l public health emergency
Geneva (Switzerland), July 24: The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared on Saturday that the current multi-country monkeypox outbreak outside...

Russia denies attacks on Ukrainian port after grain...
Ankara (Turkey), July 24: Russian officials had told Ankara that Russia had "nothing to do" with the attacks on Ukraine's...

Economic Watch: Argentina's economy in H1 mixed bag...
Buenos Aires (Argentina), July 24: In the first half of 2022, Argentina's economy was a mixed bag of positive growth...

Colombia opens new Caribbean Oceanographic and Hydrographic Research...
Bogota (Colombia), July 24: Colombia opened the nation's new Caribbean Oceanographic and Hydrographic Research Center on Saturday.

PLO holds U.S. responsible for impeding peace process...
Ramallah (Palestine), July 24: The United States is "fully responsible" for blocking any horizon to resume the stalled peace process...

UNRWA suffers fiscal crisis, needs int'l support: official
Ramallah (Palestine), July 24: A senior Palestinian official on Saturday announced that the financial crisis of the United Nations Relief...

Roundup: Brunei central bank expects low inflation rate...
Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), July 24: Brunei Darussalam Central Bank (BDCB) expects the country's inflation to remain low despite the...

1st batch contracts for Portugal's recovery and resilience...
Lisbon (Portugal), July 24: The first batch of 13 projects for the Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) were signed...

Syria urges UN to condemn repeated Israeli strikes
Damascus [Syria], July 23: The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Friday urged the UN Security Council to condemn the repeated Israeli...

6 dead, multiple missing in flash flood in...
Tehran [Iran], July 23: At least six people died and 12 others injured in a flash flood in Iran's southern...

Lebanon's monkeypox cases reach 4
Beirut [Lebanon], July 23: Lebanon's Health Ministry on Friday announced that it has so far detected four cases of monkeypox...

Turkey detains 10 IS suspects in Istanbul
Istanbul [Turkey], July 23: Turkish law enforcement agents in Istanbul have detained 10 individuals suspected of being active members of...

France refuses to reinstate unvaccinated health workers
Paris [France], July 23: Citing the advice of the country's National Authority for Health (HAS), the French government refused on...