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COVID-19 infection risk in Germany remains high despite falling cases

COVID-19 infection risk in Germany remains high despite...

Berlin (Germany), August 20: The number of daily COVID-19 infections in Germany continues to fall, but the infection risk remains...

U.S. admits COVID-19 response mistakes, but repeats them over monkeypox: NBC

U.S. admits COVID-19 response mistakes, but repeats them...

New York (US), August 20: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky has conceded that...

Denmark opens Rwanda office as part of new asylum center plan

Denmark opens Rwanda office as part of new...

Copenhagen (Denmark), August 19: The Danish government announced on Thursday the opening of a project office in Rwanda's capital Kigali,...

Ukrainian, Turkish presidents meet on cooperation, grain exports

Ukrainian, Turkish presidents meet on cooperation, grain exports

Kiev [Ukraine], August 19: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday met with visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss...

Top German court upholds mandatory measles vaccination for children

Top German court upholds mandatory measles vaccination for...

Berlin [Germany], August 19: Germany's compulsory measles vaccination for children in day-care centers and schools will remain in force, the...

Drought threatens Romania's agricultural production

Drought threatens Romania's agricultural production

Bucharest [Romania], August 19: Persisting drought threatens to reduce agricultural production in most of Romania's counties this year as...

Italy's COVID-19 infections rise again

Italy's COVID-19 infections rise again

Rome [Italy], August 19: Italy's coronavirus infection rate is on the rise again, reversing a month of declines to climb...

U.S. CDC acknowledges falling short in response to COVID-19

U.S. CDC acknowledges falling short in response to...

Los Angeles [US], August 19: The chief of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday acknowledged...

Oil prices rally for second day

Oil prices rally for second day

New York [US], August 19: Oil prices rose on Thursday, extending the gains they had scored in the prior session.

U.S. San Francisco faces surging hate crimes against AAPI community

U.S. San Francisco faces surging hate crimes against...

San Francisco [US], August 19: Officials and Asian communities in San Francisco, in the western U.S. state of California, addressed...

Canada's wheat price falls 20 pct in July

Canada's wheat price falls 20 pct in July

Ottawa [Canada], August 19: The price of wheat in Canada fell 20.4 percent in July, Statistics Canada said Thursday.

2 planes collide in U.S. airport, multiple fatalities feared

2 planes collide in U.S. airport, multiple fatalities...

San Francisco [US], August 19: Multiple people have been reportedly killed after two planes collided while attempting to land in...

Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran agree to simplify international freight traffic regime

Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran agree to simplify international freight...

Tashkent [Uzbekistan], August 19: Uzbekistan has agreed with Iran and Turkmenistan to simplify the regime of international freight traffic to...

Japan logs record high 255,534 daily COVID-19 cases

Japan logs record high 255,534 daily COVID-19 cases

Tokyo [Japan], August 19: Japan logged a record daily high of 255,534 new COVID-19 cases Thursday as the country feared...

Cambodia to host 54th ASEAN economic ministers' meeting, related meetings in mid-September

Cambodia to host 54th ASEAN economic ministers' meeting,...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], August 19: Cambodia will host the 54th ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Economic Ministers'...

Philippines logs 3,758 new COVID-19 cases, 48 deaths

Philippines logs 3,758 new COVID-19 cases, 48 deaths

Manila [Philippines], August 19: The Philippines reported 3,758 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in...

Myanmar reports 31 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 31 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], August 19: Myanmar confirmed 31 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...

CPEC brings era of green development to Pakistan under BRI: officials

CPEC brings era of green development to Pakistan...

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 19: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has brought an era of green development through green projects for...

Malaysia's vehicle sales down 23 pct month on month in July

Malaysia's vehicle sales down 23 pct month on...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], August 19: Malaysia's vehicle sales slipped 23.03 percent to 48,922 units in July from 63,563 units in...

Lebanon never accepts permanent settlement of displaced Syrians: president

Lebanon never accepts permanent settlement of displaced Syrians:...

Beirut [Lebanon], August 18: Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday that Lebanon will never accept the permanent settlement of...

Iraqi leaders call for dialogue to solve political deadlock

Iraqi leaders call for dialogue to solve political...

Baghdad [Iraq], August 18: Iraq's top officials and political leaders on Wednesday called on loyalists to prominent Shiite cleric Moqtada...

Turkish president, Israeli PM hold phone talk over decision to reinstate envoys

Turkish president, Israeli PM hold phone talk over...

Ankara [Turkey], August 18: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid had a phone conversation on...

Finnish, Estonian FMs discuss Russian visa issue

Finnish, Estonian FMs discuss Russian visa issue

Helsinki [Finland], August 18: The foreign ministers of Finland and Estonia met in Helsinki on Wednesday to discuss restrictions on...

Sweden to subsidize electricity bill amid high prices

Sweden to subsidize electricity bill amid high prices

Stockholm [Sweden], August 18: The Swedish government on Wednesday unveiled a plan to subsidize electricity bills for households and businesses...

Ukraine sets up crisis center over situation at Zaporizhzhia NPP

Ukraine sets up crisis center over situation at...

Kiev [Ukraine], August 18: Ukraine set up a crisis center to deal with the possible emergency situation at the Zaporizhzhia...

Italy to see storms in north and central, scorching temperatures in south

Italy to see storms in north and central,...

Rome [Italy], August 18: The drought and extreme temperatures that have been afflicting Italy all summer are set to ease...

Spain grapples with water shortages as heat, drought continue

Spain grapples with water shortages as heat, drought...

Madrid [Spain], August 18: One of the hottest summers on record in Spain, coupled with the lowest rainfall since records...