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Canada's employment rises in October

Canada's employment rises in October

Ottawa [Canada], November 5: Canada's employment rose by 108,000, or 0.6 percent, in October, recouping losses observed from May to...

EDF signs binding agreement to acquire GE Steam Power's nuclear activities

EDF signs binding agreement to acquire GE Steam...

Paris [France], November 5: American multinational conglomerate General Electric Company (GE) and French electric company EDF on Friday signed a...

New Omicron subvariants make up over 35 pct of U.S. COVID-19 cases

New Omicron subvariants make up over 35 pct...

Los Angeles [US], November 5: New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 accounted for over 35 percent of COVID-19 cases in...

U.S. stocks rise as investors assess jobs report

U.S. stocks rise as investors assess jobs report

New York [US], November 5: U.S. equities rallied on Friday, as Wall Street digested the October jobs report, assessing its...

Mexican senate condemns U.S. blockade of Cuba

Mexican senate condemns U.S. blockade of Cuba

Mexico City [Mexico], November 5: Mexico's Senate has condemned the United States' financial and commercial blockade against Cuba, Senator Citlalli...

Indonesian authority approves home-made Inavac as COVID-19 vaccine

Indonesian authority approves home-made Inavac as COVID-19 vaccine

Jakarta [Indonesia], November 5: Indonesia's food and drug authority BPOM has approved the emergency use authorization for the Inavac COVID-19...

Myanmar reports 125 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 125 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], November 5: Myanmar confirmed 125 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...

Foreign arrivals surge in Nepal

Foreign arrivals surge in Nepal

Kathmandu [Nepal], November 5: Foreign tourist arrivals in Nepal have more than tripled in the first 10 months of 2022...

China-Brunei joint venture holds blood donation campaign

China-Brunei joint venture holds blood donation campaign

Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], November 5: Hengyi Industries SdnBhd, a China-Brunei petrochemical joint venture, held a blood donation drive here...

Brunei issues coins commemorating official naming of sea-crossing bridge

Brunei issues coins commemorating official naming of sea-crossing...

Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], November 5: Brunei Darussalam Central Bank (BDCB) announced on Friday that it will be issuing commemorative...

Namibia to introduce HPV vaccine to teenagers for cervical cancer prevention

Namibia to introduce HPV vaccine to teenagers for...

Windhoek [Namibia], November 4: Namibia has approved the procurement and introduction of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the...

African officials say unlocking climate financing key agenda at COP27

African officials say unlocking climate financing key agenda...

Nairobi [Kenya], November 4: Unlocking financing to help African countries deal with the climate crisis will be a key agenda...

UN says hunger crisis in South Sudan escalating amid climate change, conflict

UN says hunger crisis in South Sudan escalating...

Juba [Sudan], November 4: The hunger and malnutrition crisis in South Sudan has escalated, fueled by climate-induced disasters like flooding...

2 killed in highway "riots" in Iran: media

2 killed in highway "riots" in Iran: media

Tehran [Iran], November 4: At least two people were killed and a number of others injured in "riots" on a...

Israeli imports from China rise 28.3 pct from Jan. to Sept

Israeli imports from China rise 28.3 pct from...

Jerusalem [Israel], November 4: Israeli imports of goods from China, excluding diamonds, rose by 28.2 percent year on year to...

Palestinian PM says Israel must end occupation of Palestinian territories

Palestinian PM says Israel must end occupation of...

Nablus [West Bank], November 4: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye said on Thursday that the Israeli military occupation of...

Iran has "absolute readiness" to end nuke talks soon: FM

Iran has "absolute readiness" to end nuke talks...

Tehran [Iran], November 4: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Thursday that his country has "absolute readiness" to conclude...

Gaza militants fire rocket into southern Israel: military

Gaza militants fire rocket into southern Israel: military

Jerusalem [Israel], November 4: Militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket into southern Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military...

UN food organization signs deal to support Lebanon's wheat cultivation plan

UN food organization signs deal to support Lebanon's...

Beirut [Lebanon], November 4: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on Thursday signed an agreement with...

Ukraine denies undertaking new commitments under grain agreement

Ukraine denies undertaking new commitments under grain agreement

Kiev [Ukraine], November 4: Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said Thursday that the country keeps its commitment not to...

Germany's largest gas importer Uniper posts 40 bln euro net loss

Germany's largest gas importer Uniper posts 40 bln...

Berlin [Germany], November 4: Germany's largest gas importer Uniper recorded a net loss of 40 billion euros (39 billion U.S....

IAEA finds no sign of undeclared nuclear activities in Ukraine

IAEA finds no sign of undeclared nuclear activities...

Vienna [Austria], November 4: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Thursday that its experts have completed inspections at...

Russian strategic submarine test-fires ballistic missile

Russian strategic submarine test-fires ballistic missile

Moscow [Russia], November 4: Russia's newest nuclear-powered submarine Generalissimo Suvorov test-launched a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile, the Russian Defense Ministry...

Most French people worried about level of inflation: survey

Most French people worried about level of inflation:...

Paris [France], November 4: More than nine out of ten French people are concerned over the level of inflation in...

At least 281 cops shot in U.S. in 2022: police group

At least 281 cops shot in U.S. in...

London [UK], November 4: The number of cops shot in the United States so far this year has jumped by...

New U.S. cancer drug prices increase 53 pct in 5 yrs: report

New U.S. cancer drug prices increase 53 pct...

London [UK], November 4: The annual price of a newly-launched cancer drug in the United States averaged 283,000 U.S. dollars...

Trump sues New York attorney general

Trump sues New York attorney general

Washington [US], November 4: Former U.S. President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Wednesday night against Attorney General of New York...