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Sri Lanka hikes kerosene price to cut losses
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 22: Sri Lanka's state-owned fuel distributor Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) hiked the price of kerosene with...
Bus accident in Bolivia kills 5
La Paz [Bolivia], August 21: A bus crash on a roadway in western Bolivia left five people dead and 15...
Brazilian presidential candidate Lula announces plans for salary...
Sao Paulo [Brazil], August 21: Brazil's former President and current presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday...
Cameroon bans skin whitening products
Yaounde [Cameroon], August 21: Cameroonian Minister of Public health Manaouda Malachie on Friday banned skin whitening products in the country.
DR Congo reports one suspected Ebola case: WHO
Brazzaville [Congo], August 21: Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are investigating a case suspected of...
Rwanda eyes more Chinese investors in green projects:...
Kigali [Rwanda], August 21: Rwanda is looking forward to attracting more Chinese investments in green projects to support the country's...
Death toll from heavy rains, floods in Sudan...
Khartoum [Sudan], August 21: The death toll from recent heavy rains and floods in Sudan has climbed to 79, the...
UN chief strongly condemns terrorist attack on Somalia's...
Mogadishu [Somalia], August 21: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the Hayat Hotel in...
Palestinian President condemns Israel's closure of 7 NGOs
Ramallah [Palestine], August 21: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday condemned Israel's closure of seven Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in...
6 IS militants killed in airstrike in Iraq:...
Baghdad [Iraq], August 21: Six Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Saturday in an airstrike in Iraq's Salahudin province...
Iranian police bust int'l cocaine trafficking ring
Tehran [Iran], August 21: The Iranian police announced on Saturday that it had smashed an international drug trafficking ring smuggling...
Jordanian, Algerian business representatives vow to boost bilateral...
Amman [Jordan], August 21: Business representatives from Jordan and Algeria on Saturday called for efforts to overcome obstacles facing bilateral...
Iran says West wants to prevent it from...
Tehran [Iran], August 21: The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said on Saturday the West has...
UN chief inspects Ukraine's grain export in Istanbul
Istanbul [Turkey], August 21: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Istanbul on Saturday and inspected the efforts of the Joint Coordination...
Over 834,000 int'l tourists visit Cuba in first...
Havana [Cuba], August 21: Cuba has received more than 834,000 international tourists in the first seven months of 2022, the...
Vietnam reports 2,704 new COVID-19 cases
Hanoi [Vietnam], August 21: Vietnam recorded 2,704 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, down by 279 from Friday, according to its...
Singapore reports 2,660 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore, August 21: Singapore reported 2,660 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 1,814,915.
Cambodia attracts over 740,000 int'l tourists in first...
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], August 21: Cambodia has attracted more than 740,000 international visitors in the first seven months of 2022,...
Myanmar reports 48 new COVID-19 cases
Yangon [Myanmar], August 21: Myanmar confirmed 48 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...
36 killed, 145 injured in rain spells across...
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 21: At least 36 people were killed and 145 others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods...
'Facts No Longer Matter' in Trump Probe Under...
Washington (US), August 20: Whether or not former President Donald Trump is indicted over what federal agents found during a...
Report: Iran Drops Demand in JCPOA Talks for...
Washington (US), August 20: Iran dropped a key demand for the US to remove the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...
S. Korea, U.S. voice regret over N. Korea...
Seoul/ Washington (South Korea/ US), August 20: The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States held phone talks...
S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 130,000;...
Seoul (South Korea), August 20: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 130,000 Saturday, but the daily number of deaths...
S. Korean lawmakers leave for U.S. visit
Seoul (South Korea), August 20: A group of lawmakers from South Korea's rival parties departed for Washington, D.C., Saturday for...
Aid workers face increasingly dangerous situation: UN
Geneva (Switzerland), August 20: Aid workers around the world are working in increasingly dangerous and unstable situations and are being...
IAEA says consulting on sending mission to Zaporizhzhia...
Vienna (Austria), August 20: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Friday that it is actively consulting with all...