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Gold rises on weaker U.S. dollar

Gold rises on weaker U.S. dollar

Chicago [US], September 3: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Friday as...

Canada confirms 1,289 monkeypox cases

Canada confirms 1,289 monkeypox cases

Ottawa [Canada], September 3: Canada has confirmed 1,289 cases of monkeypox, including 35 hospitalisations, the Public Health Agency of Canada...

Oil prices edge higher ahead of OPEC+ meeting

Oil prices edge higher ahead of OPEC+ meeting

New York [US], September 3:Oil prices eked out modest gains on Friday as traders awaited a key meeting from major...

Funeral set for unarmed African American man fatally shot by police in U.S. Ohio

Funeral set for unarmed African American man fatally...

Washington [US], September 3: The funeral has been set for Donovan Lewis, an unarmed African American man killed by a...

Unsealed filing details items recovered from Trump's Mar-a-Lago in FBI search

Unsealed filing details items recovered from Trump's Mar-a-Lago...

Washington [US], September 3:A filing unsealed by a federal judge on Friday listed items that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...

Number of active U.S. drilling rigs down this week

Number of active U.S. drilling rigs down this...

Houston [US], September 3: The number of active drilling rigs in the United States fell to 760 this week, down...

Singapore reports 1,948 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore reports 1,948 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore, September 2: Singapore reported 1,948 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total tally to 1,843,236.

Sri Lankan parliament passes interim budget

Sri Lankan parliament passes interim budget

Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 3: Sri Lanka's parliament on Friday passed an interim budget with 120 votes for, five votes...

Myanmar's SAC says testing YouTube-like platform MTube

Myanmar's SAC says testing YouTube-like platform MTube

Yangon [Myanmar], September 3: Myanmar's State Administration Council (SAC) on Friday said that a YouTube-like video sharing and live streaming...

Singapore reports 1st Zika case since 2020

Singapore reports 1st Zika case since 2020

Singapore, September 3: The first Zika case since March 2020 was reported in Singapore during the week of August 21...

Malaysia attracts 27.5 bln USD investment in first half of 2022

Malaysia attracts 27.5 bln USD investment in first...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], September 2: The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) said Friday that Malaysia has attracted 123.3 billion ringgit...

Myanmar reports 84 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 84 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar],September 3: Myanmar confirmed 84 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to...

Malaysian investment authority partners with Chinese firm's overseas branch for supply chain program

Malaysian investment authority partners with Chinese firm's overseas...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], September 3: The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) said Friday it has partnered with Xinyi Energy Smart...

Singapore's manufacturing PMI declines to 50 in August

Singapore's manufacturing PMI declines to 50 in August

Singapore, September 3: The Singapore purchasing managers' index (PMI), an early indicator of manufacturing activity, edged down 0.1 points from...

IAEA chief leaves Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

IAEA chief leaves Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Kiev [Ukraine], September 2: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi and some members of his delegation left the...

Italy in "exclusive" talks to sell ITA Airways

Italy in "exclusive" talks to sell ITA Airways

Rome [Italy], September 2: Italy's Department of Treasury confirmed on Thursday that it had entered into "exclusive" talks with a...

Rolling power cuts "possible" for companies this winter: French PM

Rolling power cuts "possible" for companies this winter:...

Paris [France], September 2:French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Thursday that rolling power cuts are "possible" this winter for...

Poland to seek trillion dollar war reparations from Germany for WWII

Poland to seek trillion dollar war reparations from...

Warsaw [Poland], September 2: Poland's ruling party leader said on Thursday that his country would seek 6.2 trillion zloty (1.31...

EMA endorses Omicron-adapted COVID-19 vaccines

EMA endorses Omicron-adapted COVID-19 vaccines

The Hague [Netherlands], September 2:The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Thursday recommended the use of two vaccines adapted against the...

One student killed, another injured in U.S. high school stabbing

One student killed, another injured in U.S. high...

Washington [US], September 2: One student was killed and another was injured in a stabbing at a high school in...

New York imposes new gun restrictions on concealed carry

New York imposes new gun restrictions on concealed...

New York [US], September 2: New York State started to prohibit concealed carry of weapons in designated sensitive areas across...

Gold falls on stronger U.S. dollar

Gold falls on stronger U.S. dollar

Chicago [US], September 2: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Thursday as...

U.S. jobless claims drop for third straight week amid still tight labor market

U.S. jobless claims drop for third straight week...

Washington [US], September 2:Initial jobless claims in the United States last week dropped to 232,000, hitting a two-month low amid...

NASA targets Saturday for Artemis I launch

NASA targets Saturday for Artemis I launch

Los Angeles [US], September 2: NASA is targeting this Saturday for the launch of the Artemis I lunar mission from...

Canada approves first bivalent COVID-19 booster

Canada approves first bivalent COVID-19 booster

Ottawa [Canada], September 2:Health Canada on Thursday authorized an adapted version of the ModernaSpikevax COVID-19 vaccine which targets the original...

Oil prices drop as U.S. dollar jumps

Oil prices drop as U.S. dollar jumps

New York [US], September 2: Oil prices fell on Thursday amid strength in the U.S. dollar.

Singapore reports 2,044 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore reports 2,044 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore, September 2: Singapore reported 2,044 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total tally to 1,841,288.#