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Oil prices settle lower to post around 11...
New York [US], December 10: Oil prices decreased on Friday as demand worries linger.
Malaysia's unemployment falls to lowest in October since...
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 10: Malaysia's unemployment fell to the lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic in October, reaching 602,000...
Myanmar reports 19 new COVID-19 cases
Yangon [Myanmar], December 10: Myanmar confirmed 19 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...
Indonesia inaugurates new autonomous region of Southwest Papua
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 10: Indonesia inaugurated a new autonomous region in the country's easternmost island of Papua on Friday, bringing...
Over 1,300 houses in Sri Lanka damaged by...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 10: Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Friday that over 1,300 houses in various...
Chinese scholarships program launched in Myanmar
Yangon [Myanmar],December 10: The Bank of China (BOC) scholarships and grants program was launched in Myanmar's commercial city of Yangon...
Uzbekistan's population exceeds 36 mln
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], December 10: Uzbekistan's population has surpassed 36 million, increasing by a million over the past year, the Uzbek...
5.6-magnitude quake hits 2 km NE of Pondaguitan,...
New York [US], December 10: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 2 km NE of Pondaguitan, the Philippines,...
S. Korea, U.S. to hold economic cooperation talks...
Seoul (South Korea), December 9: Senior diplomats of South Korea and the United States will hold economic talks in Washington,...
Yoon hosts dinner for nat'l football team
Seoul (South Korea), December 9: President Yoon Suk-yeol hosted a dinner for the national football team on Thursday, saying...
S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases over 60,000 for...
Seoul (South Korea), December 9: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases continued their weekly climb Friday, as the government mulls adjusting...
Malaria cases, deaths remain stable in 2021: WHO
Geneva (Switzerland), December 9: The global number of malaria cases and deaths generally remained stable in 2021, thanks to redoubled...
M23 kills 131 civilians in eastern DRC: UN
United Nations, December 9: In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last week, M23 rebels killed at least...
Israel's Netanyahu asks president to extend mandate to...
Jerusalem (Israel), December 9: Israeli former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday asked President Isaac Herzog for an extension of...
Mexico's inflation slows to 7.8 pct in November
Mexico City (Mexico), December 9: Mexico's annual inflation rate slowed to 7.8 percent through November year on year, due to...
U.S. stocks rise, S&P 500 snaps 5-day losing...
New York (US), December 9: Wall Street's major averages rose on Thursday, reclaiming some of the ground they had surrendered...
UN Security Council hails signing of political framework...
United Nations, December 9: The United Nations Security Council on Thursday welcomed the signing of a framework deal in Sudan...
Russia, U.S. conduct prisoners swap
Moscow (Russia), December 9: Russian citizen Viktor Bout was exchanged for U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner on Thursday at the...
U.S. dollar slips amid economic data
New York (US), December 9: The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Thursday as market participants digested a slew...
Convention on the Law of the Sea more...
United Nations, December 9: As the ocean is "in dire straits," the landmark United Nations Convention on the Law of...
Dutch use less, import more gas as prices...
The Hague (Netherlands), December 9: Consumers and industries in the Netherlands scaled back their use of natural gas substantially between...
UK braces for Christmas disruptions as strikes extend
London (UK), December 9: The wave of strikes over pay that has hit the United Kingdom (UK) since the early...
EU, European development bank launch program to support...
Beirut (Lebanon), December 9: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) announced on Thursday...
Iranian president says U.S. acknowledges failure to stop...
Tehran (Iran), December 9: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Thursday that the U.S. anger at Iran is due to...
FAO steps up emergency cash transfers for drought-hit...
Mogadishu (Somalia), December 9: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said Thursday it has scaled up...
Gambian president appoints 3 judges
Banjul (Gambia), December 9: The President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow has appointed three Gambian judges who were sworn in...
Iran blasts "unrestrained" Western weapons delivery for further...
Tehran (Iran), December 9: The Iranian foreign minister said Thursday that the "unrestrained" delivery of American and European weapons to...