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Roundup: Panic buying prolongs fuel shortages in southeastern...
Washington (US), May 14: Fuel shortages caused by the shutdown of a major pipeline over a ransomware attack last week...

News analysis: EU predicts strong economic growth, but...
Rome (Italy), May 14: The European Commission on Wednesday predicted an aggressive rebound for the economies of the 27-nation bloc,...

U.S. Fed needs to see "several more months...
Washington (US), May 14: The U.S. Federal Reserve needs to see "several more months of data" before considering changes to...

US Army Surpasses 1Mln COVID-19 Vaccination Milestone for...
Washington (US), May 13: More than 1 million coronavirus vaccines have been given to soldiers, family members and Defense Department...

Abbas Tells Blinken About Need to End Israel's...
Moscow (Russia), May 13: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, in a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, stressed...

New cases rebound to over 700 amid little...
Seoul (South Korea), May 13: South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases rebounded to over 700 Thursday as the country's vaccination...

U.S. intel chief Haines visits DMZ amid policy...
Seoul (South Korea), May 13: U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines visited the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two...

Biden Signs Executive Order Improving Cybersecurity After Recent...
Washington (US), May 13: President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that is expected to improve cybersecurity and incident...

EU launches zero pollution action plan
Brussels (Belgium), May 13: The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled an action plan to reduce pollution to levels that are...

Australia to acquire 25 million doses of Moderna's...
Canberra (Australia), May 13: The Australian government has struck a deal with Moderna for 25 million doses of its mRNA...

Germany lifts quarantine requirement for COVID-vaccinated travelers
Berlin (Germany), May 13: The German government eased entry restrictions for travelers on Wednesday, allowing people who have been fully...

U.S. main fuel pipeline restarts operations after six-day...
Houston (US), May 13: The operator of a main U.S. fuel pipeline that was forced to shut down for six...

Biden expects Israeli-Palestinian clashes to end soon, urging...
Washington (US), May 13: U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday expected the ongoing clashes between Israelis and Palestinians would be...

Feature: Iranian nurse braves difficulties, dangers imposed by...
Tehran (Iran), May 13: Despite having been pregnant for three months, Maliha Gharib Shah still worked on the frontline against...

Lavrov, Blinken discuss upcoming Russia-U.S. summit over phone
Moscow (Russia), May 13: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov talked about cooperation within the Arctic Council and Washington's Russia-U.S. summit...

Nepal reports record high one-day COVID-19 death toll,...
Kathmandu (Nepal), May 12: Nepal on Tuesday reported over 200 deaths from COVID-19 for the first time, and the dire...

US Senator Calls on Israel, Palestinian Leaders to...
Washington (US), May 12: US Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez in a statement called on Israeli and Palestinian military...

US Withdrawal From Afghanistan Must Be Seen as...
Washington (US), May 12: The United States must view its withdrawal from Afghanistan not as closure, but as a transition,...

N. Korea says U.S. offer to explain outcome...
Washington (US), May 12: North Korea is said to have acknowledged a recent U.S. offer to explain the outcome of...

New cases back above 600 amid spreading variants
Seoul (South Korea), May 12: South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases rose back above 600 on Wednesday, with health authorities...

Russia expels Romanian military diplomat in retaliation
Moscow (Russia), May 12: The Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it is expelling an assistant defense attache at the...

U.S. east coast to rely on petroleum inventories...
Houston (US), May 12: Petroleum distribution terminals in the U.S. east coast will rely on inventories and alternative supplies until...

Egypt's president approves plan to expand Suez Canal's...
Cairo (Eygpt), May 12: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday approved the Suez Canal Authority (SCA)'s plan to expand and...

U.S. calls for de-escalation in Israeli-Palestinian clashes
Washington (US), May 12: The United States on Tuesday continued to call for de-escalation of the deadly clashes between Israelis...

Mirae Asset No. 1 in civil complaints among...
Seoul [South Korea], May 11 (ANI/Global Economic): This year, Mirae Asset Securities showed the largest number of complaints among securities...

Blinken urges de-escalation in Israeli-Palestinian clashes
Washington (US), May11: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged all sides to de-escalate in Israeli-Palestinian clashes while...

Chilean president urges public to vote in upcoming...
Santiago (Chile), May 11: Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Monday urged the public to vote in upcoming elections in which...