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Germany to rerun part of 2021 election due...
Berlin [Germany], November 12: Germany's 2021 national election is to be rerun in parts of Berlin due to electoral glitches,...
Finland receives record number of international students in...
Helsinki [Finland], November 12: Finland has received a record number of international students this year, an increase of approximately 54...
U.S. political arms race leaves gov't as divided...
London [UK], November 12: While the full results of the U.S. midterm elections aren't yet in, both houses of Congress...
Italy announces 9.1 bln euro aid package to...
Rome [Italy], November 12: The Italian government on Friday unveiled a 9.1-billion-euro (9.4-billion-U.S. dollar) package aimed at helping businesses and...
Sweden may struggle to reach climate goals by...
Stockholm [Sweden], November 12: Sweden may struggle to reach its climate goals by 2030, the country's Minister for Finance Elisabeth...
Italian hospital transplants liver from 100-yr-old woman
Rome [Italy], November 12: The liver from a 100-year-old woman has been successfully transplanted to another patient in Italy, the...
Russia bans 200 more Americans from entry
Moscow [Russia], November 12: The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday barred an additional 200 U.S. citizens from entry in response...
Paris Peace Forum kicks off to tackle multiple...
Paris [France], November 12: The fifth edition of the Paris Peace Forum kicked off on Friday, with the theme of...
More unvaccinated infants hospitalized with COVID-19 in U.S....
New York [US], November 12: Infants too young for vaccination were hospitalized with COVID-19 more often than any age group...
U.S. stocks rise amid positive sentiment
New York [US], November 12: Wall Street's major indexes rose on Friday as markets responded favorably to a cooler-than-expected U.S....
Probe ongoing into California drive-by shooting killing 9-month-old...
Los Angeles [US], November 12: A thorough canvass of the area around a drive-by shooting, which killed a 9-month-old boy...
Myanmar reports 65 new COVID-19 cases
Yangon [Myanmar], November 12: Myanmar confirmed 65 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...
Vietnam asks lenders to support fuel traders amid...
Hanoi [Vietnam], November 12: The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has called on commercial banks to provide sufficient loans to...
Indonesia inaugurates 3 new autonomous regions
Jakarta [Indonesia], November 12: The number of Indonesia's provinces increased from 34 to 37 as three new autonomous regions were...
German retailers brace themselves for weaker Christmas-time sales
Berlin [Germany], November 11: Seventy percent of German retailers expect their revenue around Christmas to stay below last year's, the...
Greece to boost energy security with renewable
Athens [Greece], November 11: Greece is aiming for 80 percent production of electricity from renewables by 2030, Energy and Environment...
German CEOs plead for pragmatic China-Germany business relations
Berlin [Germany], November 11: In a joint opinion article published on Thursday, leaders of some of Germany's top companies, including...
France raises bird flu risk level
Paris [France], November 11: France has raised the risk level of the highly pathogenic bird flu from "moderate" to "high",...
Ukraine's GDP falls 39 pct year on year...
Kiev [Ukraine], November 11: Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) declined 39 percent year on year in October, after falling 35...
Nicole weakens to tropical storm after making landfall...
Washington [US], November 11: Nicole made landfall in the U.S. state of Florida as a Category 1 hurricane early...
U.S. midterm elections not to impact firearms industry...
New York [US], November 11: With U.S. midterm election results continuing to roll in, firearms industry insiders and Second Amendment...
U.S. consumers borrow 25 bln USD more in...
New York [US], November 11: American consumers borrowed another 25 billion U.S. dollars in September, as higher costs led to...
U.S. dollar plunges on softer-than-expected inflation data
New York [US], November 11: The U.S. dollar fell sharply in late trading on Thursday after data showing signs of...
Over 272,000 customers without power as tropical storm...
Washington [US], November 11: More than 272,000 customers are without power as of Thursday afternoon across the southeasternmost U.S. state...
U.S. consumer prices rise less than expected in...
Washington [US], November 11: The U.S. consumer price index (CPI), a widely watched inflation indicator, cooled somewhat in October, sending...
Caribbean governments push for more int'l cooperation
Havana [Cuba], November 11: International cooperation is fundamental to tackling the challenges of today's world, the head of the Association...
Uzbekistan to cut VAT for foreign visitors next...
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], November 11: Uzbekistan will introduce a tax-free system from January 2023, exempting foreign citizens from value-added tax (VAT),...