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EU, U.S. working to settle aircraft dispute by...
Brussels (Belgium), May 21: The European Union (EU) and the United States are working to reach an agreement on their...

U.S. Treasury proposes global minimum tax rate of...
Washington (US), May 21: U.S. Treasury Department said Thursday it proposed that the global minimum tax rate should be at...

Canada-U.S. border restrictions extended another month to June...
Ottawa (Canada), May 21: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday that the Canada-U.S. border agreement against non-essential travel...

Cambodian PM renews call for COVID-19 vaccines to...
Phnom Penh (Cambodia), May 21: Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Thursday renewed a call for COVID-19 vaccines...

N. Korea opens regional hospital for better medical...
Seoul (South Korea), May 20: North Korea has opened a large hospital in an eastern province to provide better medical...

Colombian Defense Minister Rejects NGO Figures on Death...
Bogota (Colombia), May 20: Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano told Sputnik that the figures on the death toll from the...

S. Korea to ship 59 bln won worth...
Soeul (South Korea), may 20: South Korea's oceans ministry said Thursday it has won a deal worth 58.7 billion won...

New cases stay above 600 for 2nd day;...
Seoul (South Korea), May 20: South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases rose above 600 for the second day Thursday amid...

Moon to visit U.S. military cemetery in Virginia
Washington (US)/ Seoul (South Korea), May 20: South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday in...

UNICEF chief calls for immediate ceasefire, aid access...
United Nations, May 20: The head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is calling for an immediate ceasefire and aid...

U.S. to waive sanctions on company building Nord...
Washington (US), May 20: The Biden administration plans to waive sanctions against a company and its head overseeing the construction...

EU lawmakers differ on COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver
Brussels (Belgium), May 20: No consensus was reached among the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on Wednesday regarding a...

UNGA president to convene formal plenary meeting on...
United Nations, May 20: President of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Volkan Bozkir, will convene a...

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,...