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