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German customs seize over 10 mln smuggled cigarettes

German customs seize over 10 mln smuggled cigarettes

Berlin [German], November 10: German customs have seized around 10.4 million untaxed and undeclared cigarettes in Lubeck-Travemunde, the customs investigation...

Ireland's electric car sales up 82 pct in first 10 months

Ireland's electric car sales up 82 pct in...

Dublin [Ireland], November 10: A total of 14,707 new electric cars were sold in Ireland in the first ten months...

Switzerland to use emergency power generators to secure winter energy supply

Switzerland to use emergency power generators to secure...

Geneva [Switzerland], November 10: The Swiss government has approved the use of emergency power generators to secure energy supply this...

Macron announces official end of French military operation in the Sahel

Macron announces official end of French military operation...

Paris [France], November 10: French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday the official end of the French military operation Barkhane...

Gold falls as U.S. dollar strengthens

Gold falls as U.S. dollar strengthens

Chicago [US], November 10: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Wednesday as...

Oil prices drop amid hefty rise in U.S. inventories

Oil prices drop amid hefty rise in U.S....

New York [US], November 10: Oil prices fell on Wednesday, driven by data showing an unexpected rise in U.S. crude...

Leading expo in U.S. California features latest progress in disaster response

Leading expo in U.S. California features latest progress...

Los Angeles [US], November 10: The world's leading Natural Disasters Expo was launched Wednesday at the Anaheim Convention Center in...

U.S. Senate race in state of Georgia heads to runoff

U.S. Senate race in state of Georgia heads...

Washington [US], November 10: The U.S. Senate race in the state of Georgia is advancing to a runoff, according to...

Facebook's parent company Meta cuts 11,000 jobs

Facebook's parent company Meta cuts 11,000 jobs

San Francisco [California], November 10: Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, said on Wednesday that it would lay...

Vietnam's capital on alert with increasing dengue fever cases

Vietnam's capital on alert with increasing dengue fever...

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 10: Vietnam's capital Hanoi is on alert as it has seen the biggest increase in dengue fever...

Over 37 million people vaccinated for COVID-19 in Myanmar

Over 37 million people vaccinated for COVID-19 in...

Yangon [Myanmar], November 10: Myanmar has vaccinated more than 37 million people for COVID-19 as of Tuesday, the Ministry of...

China-Laos Railway hailed for quality service during That Luang Festival

China-Laos Railway hailed for quality service during That...

Vientiane [Laos], November 10: The China-Laos Railway has received approval from Lao people including Prime Minister PhankhamViphavanh for its quality...

Hot running test carried out on section of Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway

Hot running test carried out on section of...

Jakarta [Indonesia], November 10: The hot-running test of the catenary system of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) trial section started...

Philippines to explore offshore wind to meet energy demands

Philippines to explore offshore wind to meet energy...

Manila [Philippines], November 10: Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos has approved a plan to explore and develop the offshore wind...

Epidemic thunderstorm asthma warned for parts of Aussie state

Epidemic thunderstorm asthma warned for parts of Aussie...

Sydney [Australia], November 10: Health authorities of Australia's state of Victoria warned residents in parts of the state to be...

S.Korea reports 55,365 new COVID-19 cases

S.Korea reports 55,365 new COVID-19 cases

Seoul [South Korea], November 10: South Korea recorded 55,365 more COVID-19 cases as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours...

N. Italy sees hottest October since 1800

N. Italy sees hottest October since 1800

Rome [Italy], November 9: Large swathes of northern Italy have this year experienced the hottest October since records began in...

Ukrainian president to join G20 Bali summit: spokesman

Ukrainian president to join G20 Bali summit: spokesman

Kiev [Ukraine], November 9: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will join the Group of 20 (G20) upcoming summit in Indonesia's Bali,...

Ukraine says dialogue with Moscow possible only after Russia's withdrawal

Ukraine says dialogue with Moscow possible only after...

Kiev [Ukraine], November 9: Ukrainian Presidential Advisor MykhailoPodolyak said that Kiev could resume dialogue with Moscow only after the withdrawal...

France's renewable energy to bring in 31 bln euros in 2022-2023

France's renewable energy to bring in 31 bln...

Paris [France], November 09: France's renewable energy sector will bring in 30.9 billion euros (31.1 billion U.S. dollars) of revenue...

British minister resigns amid bullying allegations

British minister resigns amid bullying allegations

London [UK], November 9: Gavin Williamson, a cabinet office minister in Sunak's government, resigned on Tuesday after mounting allegations that...

China Cultural Center inaugurated in Luxembourg

China Cultural Center inaugurated in Luxembourg

Luxembourg City [Luxembourg], November 9: The China Cultural Center in Luxembourg (CCCL) was inaugurated here Tuesday in the run-up to...

U.S. energy consumption expected to drop next year

U.S. energy consumption expected to drop next year

Houston [US], November 9: A drop in total U.S. energy consumption is expected next year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration...

One homeless killed, two missing due to flood in Southern California

One homeless killed, two missing due to flood...

Los Angeles [US], November 9: A homeless person was found dead in a wash in Ontario, a city of San...

U.S. social issues to cause more deaths from COVID-19: Health Affairs

U.S. social issues to cause more deaths from...

New York [US], November 9: Long existing social problems in the United States may lead to more deaths from the...

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.