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World Insights: EU's return to coal shows double standard on carbon reduction

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

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

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 health emergency of monkeypox

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 during Russian-Ukrainian conflict

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

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 wastewater into ocean despite opposition

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 deaths

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 for 4th day: state media

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, Indonesia in H1: associations

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 3rd day, remain high as subvariant spreads

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: deputy governor

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 variant: physician

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

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

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 deal: Turkish minister

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 of growth, instability

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 Center

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 in Middle East

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

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 despite global price hike

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 plan signed

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

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 southern Iran

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

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

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

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...