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U.S. small business optimism drops in October: survey

U.S. small business optimism drops in October: survey

Washington [US], November 9: Confidence among U.S. small businesses ticked downward in October as surging inflation impacted sentiment, according to...

Singapore reports 3,568 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore reports 3,568 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore, November 9: Singapore reported 3,568 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total tally to 2,128,572.

Myanmar reports 73 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 73 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], November 9: Myanmar confirmed 73 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally...

Brunei logs 37.3-pct rise in total trade in August

Brunei logs 37.3-pct rise in total trade in...

Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], November 9: Brunei's total trade was recorded at 2,771.3 million Brunei dollars (1,967.6 million U.S. dollars)...

Vietnam police seize 11 kg drugs in drug-trafficking bust

Vietnam police seize 11 kg drugs in drug-trafficking...

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 9: Police in southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City have busted a drug-trafficking ring, seizing more than...

Int'l film festival kicks off in Vietnamese capital

Int'l film festival kicks off in Vietnamese capital

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 9: The 2022 Hanoi International Film Festival kicked off here on Tuesday evening.

S.Korea reports 62,472 new COVID-19 cases

S.Korea reports 62,472 new COVID-19 cases

Seoul [South Korea], November 9: South Korea reported 62,472 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours...

S.Korea's employment grows by 677,000 on-year in October

S.Korea's employment grows by 677,000 on-year in October

Seoul [South Korea], November 9: The number of employed people in South Korea grew 677,000 in October from a year...

160-year-old agricultural show reopens in New Zealand

160-year-old agricultural show reopens in New Zealand

Wellington [New Zealand], November 9: One of the oldest expos in New Zealand, the Canterbury Agricultural Show, threw its gates...

Israel to set up R&D center for small satellites

Israel to set up R&D center for small...

Jerusalem [Israel], November 8: Israel will establish the first research and development infrastructure center for small satellites, the country's Ministry...

Iraq searches for 11 missing in Baghdad building fire

Iraq searches for 11 missing in Baghdad building...

Baghdad [Iraq], November 8: Iraqi rescue teams on Monday continue to search for the 11 missing people believed to have...

UNESCO calls for continued support for Lebanon

UNESCO calls for continued support for Lebanon

Beirut [Lebanon], November 8: An official with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Monday called for...

Iranian commander calls for strengthened military cooperation with Iraq

Iranian commander calls for strengthened military cooperation with...

Tehran [Iran], November 8: Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri on Monday announced his country's readiness to...

Armenia reports 155 new COVID-19 cases in a week

Armenia reports 155 new COVID-19 cases in a...

Yerevan [Armenia], November 8: Armenia reported 155 new COVID-19 cases in the past week, taking its total to 445,397, the...

Chinese, Greek artists build cultural bridge through Athens exhibition

Chinese, Greek artists build cultural bridge through Athens...

Athens [Greece], November 8: An exhibition of 34 works of art by young Greek and Chinese artists opened in...

Sweden's GDP forecast adjusted down for next year

Sweden's GDP forecast adjusted down for next year

Stockholm [Sweden], November 8: Nordea, one of the largest banks in the Nordics, has sharply lowered its 2023 forecast for...

WHO expert calls for faster response to climate change

WHO expert calls for faster response to climate...

Copenhagen [Denmark], November 8: Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe at the World Health Organization (WHO), called the current response...

Rate of alcohol-related deaths in U.S. up 30 pct in 1st year of COVID-19

Rate of alcohol-related deaths in U.S. up 30...

New York [US], November 8: The rate of deaths that can be directly attributed to alcohol rose nearly 30 percent...

U.S. facing highest flu hospitalization rates in decade

U.S. facing highest flu hospitalization rates in decade

New York [US], November 8: The United States is facing the highest flu hospitalization rates in more than a decade...

Nine people hospitalized after shooting outside bar in Philadelphia

Nine people hospitalized after shooting outside bar in...

New York [US], November 8: Nine people have been hospitalized after a shooting Saturday night outside a bar in Philadelphia,...

First indigenous water utility to operate in Canada

First indigenous water utility to operate in Canada

Ottawa [Canada], November 8: A transfer agreement was formally signed on Monday to make the Atlantic First Nations Water Authority...

Japan gov't urged to end free COVID-19 vaccinations

Japan gov't urged to end free COVID-19 vaccinations

Tokyo [Japan], November 8: An advisory panel for the finance minister on Monday proposed that the Japanese government end free-of-charge...

Thailand's consumer inflation growth drops in October

Thailand's consumer inflation growth drops in October

Bangkok [Thailand], November 8: Thailand's consumer inflation growth slowed for the second straight month in October as energy and food...

6 million Australians victims of data breach: report

6 million Australians victims of data breach: report

Canberra [Australia], November 8: One third of Australian adults have been exposed to data breaches in the last year, a...

5.2-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu region - USGS

5.2-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu region - USGS

Hong Kong, November 8: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Vanuatu region at 01:26:31 GMT on Tuesday, the...

Housing for southern Lao flood victims almost complete

Housing for southern Lao flood victims almost complete

Vientiane [Laos], November 8: The construction of new dwellings for families who lost their homes during the catastrophic flood that...

Malaysia reports 2,521 new COVID-19 infections, 8 new deaths

Malaysia reports 2,521 new COVID-19 infections, 8 new...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 8: Malaysia reported 2,521 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the national total to...