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U.S. House passes legislation creating independent commission to...
Washington (US), May 20: The U.S. House on Wednesday voted to pass the legislation creating an independent commission to probe...

256 dead, including 69 children, in Mideast hostilities:...
United Nations, May20: The United Nations' casualty count from hostilities in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel on Wednesday showed...

Some U.S. Fed officials open to start discussing...
Washington (US), May 20: Some U.S. Federal Reserve officials signaled that they would be open to start discussing tapering the...

Russian fighter intercepts U.S. bomber before Lavrov-Blinken meeting
Moscoe (Russia), May 20: A Russian Su-27 fighter intercepted a B-52H strategic bomber of the U.S. Air Force over the...

US Condemns Turkish President's Remarks About Jewish People
Washington (US), May 19: The United States condemns Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's remarks against the Jewish people, US State...

Blinken Emphasizes to Germany's Maas US Opposition to...
Washington (US), May 19: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke over the telephone with Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas...

Trudeau Says Quebec Has Right to Unilaterally Amend...
Toronto (Canada), May 19: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the French-speaking province of Quebec can modify parts of the Canadian...

Sri Lankan cabinet agrees to amend Port City...
Colombo (Sri Lanka), May 19: Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers on Tuesday agreed to amend the Port City Economic Commission...

Biden gov't inheriting Singapore accord may brighten N.K....
Seoul (South Korea), May 19: The Joe Biden administration's decision to embrace a 2018 summit agreement with North Korea is...

New COVID-19 cases rise above 600 as cluster...
Seoul (South Korea), May 19: South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases rose above 600 on Wednesday as health authorities remained...

U.S. will build on Singapore agreement with N....
Washington (US), May 19: The U.S. administration of President Joe Biden will build on a 2018 summit agreement with North...

Moon set for 5-day trip to U.S. for...
Seoul (South Korea), May 19: South Korean President Moon Jae-in will make a five-day trip to the United States this...

Indonesian president hopes Jakarta-Bandung HSR will operate by...
Jakarta (Indonesia), May 19: Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday the construction progress of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway...

Nuclear energy project to promote China-Russia ties: FM...
Beijing (China), May 19: The smooth kickoff of China-Russia nuclear energy cooperation project will promote the upgrading of bilateral ties,...

Chennai Airport handled 44.26 MT of inbound vaccines,...
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 17 (ANI): Since January this year, the Chennai Airport has handled 44.26 MT of inbound...

Vietnam reports 19 new local COVID-19 cases
Hanoi (Vietnam), May 18: Vietnam reported 19 new COVID-19 cases from 6 p.m. local time Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday,...

Canada's Trade Minister Raises Line 5, Lumber Disputes...
Toronto (Canada), May 18: Canada's International Trade Minister Mary Ng discussed with US counterpart Katherine Tai trade disputes between Washington...

New cases in 600s for 3rd day as...
Seoul (South Korea), May 18: South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 600s for the third consecutive day...

EU vows to develop sustainable maritime economy for...
Brussels (Belgium), May 18: The European Commission on Monday pledged to develop a sustainable blue economy in a bid to...

Over 2,300 cases of India-related coronavirus variant recorded...
London (UK), May 18: A total of 2,323 cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in India have been recorded...

U.S., EU to start talks on steel tariffs...
Wshington (US), May 18: The United States and the European Union will start talks on the steel tariffs imposed during...

208 dead, at least 1,500 injured in week...
United Nations, May 18: UN humanitarians said Monday that 208 people were killed and at least 1,500 injured in a...

Biden expresses support for ceasefire in call with...
Washington (US), May 18: U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday voiced support for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in...

U.S. to share COVID-19 vaccines with other countries...
Washington (US), May 18: The United States will share 20 million more doses of its COVID-19 vaccines with the rest...

Colombia reports 520 more deaths from COVID-19
Bogota (Colombia), May 17: Colombia reported on Sunday 520 deaths from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, raising the nationwide...

Blinken Discusses Israeli-Gaza Violence With Egypt, Saudi Arabia,...
Moscow (Russia), May 17: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has discussed the ongoing escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with...

Moscow Court to Review Twitter Fines For Failing...
Moscow (Russia), May 17: The Tagansky District Court of Moscow will check the legality of the imposition of fines on...