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Singapore reports 2,690 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore reports 2,690 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore, April 29: Singapore reported 2,690 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total tally to 1,193,250.

Indonesia strengthens supervision over ships as CPO export ban takes into effect

Indonesia strengthens supervision over ships as CPO export...

Jakarta [Indonesia], April 29: The Indonesian Navy said Thursday that the authorities were strengthening supervision over export ships and would...

China denounces "military threat" statement from Australia

China denounces "military threat" statement from Australia

Beijing [China] April 29: A Chinese defense spokesperson on Thursday urged some Australian politicians to correct their "China threat" ideology...

Roundup: Indonesia accelerates mass COVID-19 vaccinations amid Eid exodus

Roundup: Indonesia accelerates mass COVID-19 vaccinations amid Eid...

Jakarta [Indonesia], April 29: Indonesia has accelerated its COVID-19 vaccinations, as Muslims across the archipelago country are making their homebound...

German gov't lowers economic growth forecast for 2022 to 2.2 pct

German gov't lowers economic growth forecast for 2022...

Berlin [Germany], April 28: The German government on Wednesday lowered its gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for 2022 to...

EU prepared for Russian gas cut-off: von der Leyen

EU prepared for Russian gas cut-off: von der...

Brussels [Belgium], April 28: The European Union (EU) is ready to face the suspension of Russian gas deliveries to its...

Hungarian gov't extends price cap on fuel and staple food

Hungarian gov't extends price cap on fuel and...

Budapest [Hungary], April 28: The Hungarian government will extend the price caps on fuel and staple food until July 1,...

Blns lost to fraud in gov't scheme to help British businesses survive pandemic

Blns lost to fraud in gov't scheme to...

London [UK], April 28: The British government was accused by a powerful committee Wednesday of being complacent about billions of...

Brunei reports 126 new COVID-19 cases

Brunei reports 126 new COVID-19 cases

Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], April 28: Brunei reported 126 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the national tally to 141,531.

S. Korea hopes to take part in Ukraine's post-war recovery

S. Korea hopes to take part in Ukraine's...

Seoul [South Korea], April 28: South Korea expressed hopes Wednesday to participate in Ukraine's post-war recovery and reconstruction efforts...

Israeli PM says to cover food expenses himself in response to criticism

Israeli PM says to cover food expenses himself...

Jerusalem [Israel], April 28: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Wednesday that he will pay for his family's food...

4 Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli missile strikes near Damascus

4 Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli missile strikes...

Damascus [Syria], April 28: Four Syrian soldiers were killed and three others wounded in an Israeli missile attack early Wednesday...

Lebanon president urges stronger security against violent crime surge

Lebanon president urges stronger security against violent crime...

Beirut [Lebanon], April 28: Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Wednesday called for stronger security efforts against the risks of a...

Finnair launches 60-mln-euro saving plan amid consecutive losses

Finnair launches 60-mln-euro saving plan amid consecutive losses

Helsinki [Finland], April 28: Finland's national carrier Finnair launched a new cost reduction plan aiming to save about 60 million...

Russian section of 1st China-Russia railway bridge completed

Russian section of 1st China-Russia railway bridge completed

Vladivostok [Russia], April 28: The construction of the Russian section of the first China-Russia railway bridge across the Amur River,...

EU calls on member states to remain vigilant while entering new phase of COVID-19 pandemic

EU calls on member states to remain vigilant...

Brussels [Belgium], April 28: Despite most COVID-19 restrictions being lifted in the European Union (EU), the bloc's member states should...

Thailand's export hit 30-year high in March

Thailand's export hit 30-year high in March

Bangkok [Thailand], April 28: Thailand's export hit a 30-year high in March, mainly driven by a high demand for gold...

Women in Israeli ministries earn 17 pct less than men in 2021: report

Women in Israeli ministries earn 17 pct less...

Jerusalem [Israel], April 27: The average wage of women employed in Israel's government ministries was 17 percent less than that...

2 Turkish soldiers killed in operation in N. Iraq

2 Turkish soldiers killed in operation in N....

Ankara [Turkey], April 27: Two Turkish soldiers were killed on Tuesday in an operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party...

Turkey cancels mandatory indoor mask-wearing

Turkey cancels mandatory indoor mask-wearing

Ankara [Turkey], April 27: Turkey has lifted the mandatory wearing of masks in closed spaces as the COVID-19 pandemic does...

British lawmakers warn against "invisible crime" of drink spiking

British lawmakers warn against "invisible crime" of drink...

London [UK] April 27:Drink spiking in Britain's bars and night clubs and at music festivals will remain an "invisible crime"...

U.S. trucking decline signs possible economic downturn: media

U.S. trucking decline signs possible economic downturn: media

Washington [US], April 27: The demand for truck in the United States has shown an "unexpectedly sharp downturn" since the...

Over 90 pct of work on Chinese invested expressway in Cambodia completed: minister

Over 90 pct of work on Chinese invested...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], April 27: More than 90 percent of the construction work on the Chinese invested Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway...

Unidentified gunmen sabotage oil pipeline in southern Yemen

Unidentified gunmen sabotage oil pipeline in southern Yemen

Aden [Yemen], April 26:Unidentified gunmen blew up a major oil pipeline in southern Yemen's oil-rich province of Shabwa, causing a...

Iran says resumption of Vienna talks on agenda

Iran says resumption of Vienna talks on agenda

Tehran [Iran], April 26:The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday the resumption of the Vienna talks on the revival...

2 killed in plane crash in NW Turkey

2 killed in plane crash in NW Turkey

Istanbul [Turkey], April 26:A civilian training aircraft on Monday crashed in a residential area in Turkey's northwestern province of Bursa,...

Turkey says "neutralizes" 13 Kurdish militants in northern Syria

Turkey says "neutralizes" 13 Kurdish militants in northern...

Ankara [Turkey], April 26: Turkey "neutralized" 13 members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, the Turkish...