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Malaysia reports 1,904 new COVID-19 infections, 2 new deaths

Malaysia reports 1,904 new COVID-19 infections, 2 new...

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), September 5: Malaysia reported 1,904 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Sunday, bringing the national total to...

Current account surplus likely to narrow amid energy costs, slowing demand: minister

Current account surplus likely to narrow amid energy...

Seoul (South Korea), September 5: South Korea's finance minister said Monday the country's current account surplus could narrow as the...

S. Korea-bound corn shipment departs from war-torn Ukraine

S. Korea-bound corn shipment departs from war-torn Ukraine

Seoul (South Korea), September 5: POSCO International Corp., a South Korean commodities trader, said Monday its shipment of Ukrainian corn...

Yoon's approval rating snaps 3-week rising streak amid party unrest

Yoon's approval rating snaps 3-week rising streak amid...

Seoul (South Korea), September 5: President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating fell slightly to 32.3 percent last week, ending a three-week...

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases hit lowest for Monday in 6 weeks as virus slows

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases hit lowest for...

Seoul (South Korea), September 5: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases hit the lowest for a Monday count in six weeks,...

S. Korea braces for powerful Typhoon Hinnamnor

S. Korea braces for powerful Typhoon Hinnamnor

Seoul (South Korea), September 5: Super Typhoon Hinnamnor has gradually moved northward to reach waters off the southern island of...

Opposition DP to file complaint against Yoon on charges of stating false information

Opposition DP to file complaint against Yoon on...

Seoul (South Korea), September 5: The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) decided Monday to file a complaint against President Yoon...

Egypt's president meets Saudi FM on bilateral ties, regional issues

Egypt's president meets Saudi FM on bilateral ties,...

Cairo (Egypt), September 5: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday met with visiting Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin...

Chileans head to the polls to vote on new constitution

Chileans head to the polls to vote on...

Santiago (Chile), September 5: Chileans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote on the proposed new constitution.

Sweden announces liquidity guarantees of 23 bln USD to electricity companies

Sweden announces liquidity guarantees of 23 bln USD...

Stockholm (Sweden), September 5: Electricity companies in Sweden and neighboring countries will receive credit guarantees of up to 250...

News Analysis: Washington's unreliability proves a liability in negotiations with Tehran

News Analysis: Washington's unreliability proves a liability in...

Tehran (Iran), September 5: Optimism about an imminent Iran nuclear agreement has been waning as Washington on Thursday said Tehran's...

Kremlin pledges serious response in case of EU visa restrictions

Kremlin pledges serious response in case of EU...

Moscow (Russia), September 5: Moscow will take serious retaliatory measures if the EU formally introduces visa restrictions on Russian citizens,...

Finnish gov't plans 10-bln-euro crisis package for energy companies

Finnish gov't plans 10-bln-euro crisis package for energy...

Helsinki (Finland), September 5: Finnish government proposed on Sunday to provide the country's electricity companies with loans and guarantees of...

Joint military drill kicks off in Jordan

Joint military drill kicks off in Jordan

Amman (Turkey), September 5: The annual Eager Lion military drill hosted by the Jordan Armed Forces kicked off on Sunday...

Iran detects 500 kg of illicit drugs coming from Afghanistan

Iran detects 500 kg of illicit drugs coming...

Tehran (Iran), September 5: Iran's Customs on Sunday announced the discovery of 500 kg of illicit drugs coming from Afghanistan,...

Israel announces 5 national science and technology development priorities

Israel announces 5 national science and technology development...

Jerusalem (Israel), September 5: Israel has put five areas of scientific and technological development on national priorities amid heightened global...

Türkiye sharply raises 2022 inflation forecast to 65 pct

Türkiye sharply raises 2022 inflation forecast to 65...

Ankara (Turkey), September 5: Türkiye sharply raised the country's inflation forecast for 2022 to 65 percent, up from 9.8 percent...

Philippine president begins state visits to Indonesia, Singapore

Philippine president begins state visits to Indonesia, Singapore

Manila (Philippine), September 4: Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos left for Indonesia on Sunday, his first overseas trip since he...

Samsung seeks to overcome slowing sales with Lifestyle TVs: executive

Samsung seeks to overcome slowing sales with Lifestyle...

Berlin (Germany), September 4: Samsung Electronics Co. is trying to keep up the growth momentum of its TV business with...

Explosions rock U.S. base in eastern Syria: reports

Explosions rock U.S. base in eastern Syria: reports

Damascus (Syria), September 4: Several explosions rocked a U.S. military base in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Saturday...

EU Council Head Calling on EU Commission For Speedy Proposals on Tackling Energy Prices

EU Council Head Calling on EU Commission For...

Berlin (Germany), September 4: European Council President Charles Michel on Friday called on the European Commission to accelerate the process...

G7 Cap on Russian Oil Prices Likely to Boomerang, Hit Western Investors Hard, Experts Say

G7 Cap on Russian Oil Prices Likely to...

Washington (US), September 4: Price caps on Russian global oil exports announced by the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized...

Typhoon Hinnamnor travels toward S. Korea, southern regions on alert

Typhoon Hinnamnor travels toward S. Korea, southern regions...

Seoul (South Korea), September 4: Typhoon Hinnamnor continued to move northward toward South Korea on Sunday, triggering fresh weather advisories...

S. Korean government's YouTube channel hacked to broadcast crypto video

S. Korean government's YouTube channel hacked to broadcast...

Seoul (South Korea), September 4: The South Korean government's YouTube channel was hacked Saturday, apparently to broadcast a cryptocurrency-related video,...

New COVID-19 cases below 100,000 for 4th day amid eased virus curbs

New COVID-19 cases below 100,000 for 4th day...

Seoul (South Korea), September 4: South Korea's new coronavirus cases stayed below 100,000 for the fourth straight day, according to...

Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 3 more years in prison, totaling 20 years

Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 3 more...

Yangon (Myanmar), September 4: Myanmar's former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday has been sentenced to three years...

Putin, Erdogan discuss bilateral ties, Ukraine over phone

Putin, Erdogan discuss bilateral ties, Ukraine over phone

Moscow (Russia), September 4: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan exchanged views on bilateral ties during...