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Myanmar reports 22 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 22 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], December 17: Myanmar has reported 22 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the tally to 633,543, the country's Ministry...

Vietnam's tra fish exports to hit record high this year

Vietnam's tra fish exports to hit record high...

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 17: Vietnam's tra fish exports are forecast to reach a new record high of 2.4 billion U.S....

Death toll rises to 21 in landslide in Malaysia

Death toll rises to 21 in landslide in...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 17: The death toll of a landslide in Malaysia's Selangor state has risen to 21 with...

Lebanon receives 900,000 additional doses of cholera vaccine

Lebanon receives 900,000 additional doses of cholera vaccine

Beirut [Lebanon], December 16: Lebanon on Thursday received more than 900,000 doses of the cholera vaccine from the World Health...

Israel's inflation hits 14-year high of 5.3 pct

Israel's inflation hits 14-year high of 5.3 pct

Jerusalem [Israel], December 16: Israel's year-on-year inflation rose to 5.3 percent in November, the highest since October 2008, according to...

Palestine hails UN resolution on natural resource sovereignty

Palestine hails UN resolution on natural resource sovereignty

Ramallah [Palestine], December 16: Palestine hailed a UN resolution passed by a wide margin in favor of sovereignty over its...

Russia reports 7,833 new COVID-19 cases

Russia reports 7,833 new COVID-19 cases

Moscow [Russia], December 16: Russia has registered 7,833 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally...

UK central bank raises interest rate to 3.5 pct

UK central bank raises interest rate to 3.5...

London [UK], December 16: Britain's central bank, the Bank of England (BoE) on Thursday raised its benchmark interest rate, Bank...

Hungary projects 3.5 pct deficit, 1.5 pct GDP growth in 2023

Hungary projects 3.5 pct deficit, 1.5 pct GDP...

Budapest [Hungary], December 16: The Hungarian government projected that the country's budget deficit would be 3.5 percent of gross domestic...

OECD urges Finland to increase productivity

OECD urges Finland to increase productivity

Helsinki [Finland], December 16: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Thursday urged Finland to increase productivity and...

Austria's economy faces stagnation in 2023: WIFO

Austria's economy faces stagnation in 2023: WIFO

Vienna [Austria], December 16: The Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) said on Thursday that it expects the country's economy...

EU grants candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina

EU grants candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], December 16: The member states of the European Union (EU) have unanimously adopted a recommendation by...

Biden says COVID-19 cases rising across U.S.

Biden says COVID-19 cases rising across U.S.

Washington [US], December 16: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that COVID-19 cases "are rising" across the country.

Magnitude 5.9 quake rattles El Salvador

Magnitude 5.9 quake rattles El Salvador

San Salvador [Mexico], December 16: A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook El Salvador at 8:32 a.m. Thursday local time, according...

Weekly storage of natural gas in U.S. down

Weekly storage of natural gas in U.S. down

Houston [US], December 16: Working gas storage in the contiguous United States was 3,412 billion cubic feet in the week...

Oil prices drop amid recession worries, U.S. dollar strength

Oil prices drop amid recession worries, U.S. dollar...

New York [US], December 16: Oil prices fell on Thursday as traders grew concerned that major central banks' policy tightening...

U.S. retail sales fall more than expected

U.S. retail sales fall more than expected

Washington [US], December 16: U.S. retail sales dropped in November, falling lower than analysts' estimates, according to data published Thursday...

Mexico's central bank hikes interest rate again amid inflationary pressure

Mexico's central bank hikes interest rate again amid...

Mexico City [Mexico], December 16: The central bank of Mexico (Banxico) raised the key interest rate once again on Thursday...

Sri Lanka discusses nuclear energy cooperation with Russia

Sri Lanka discusses nuclear energy cooperation with Russia

Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 16: Sri Lankan Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said on Thursday that the South...

Over 509 mln USD worth of drugs seized in Myanmar in 2022

Over 509 mln USD worth of drugs seized...

Yangon [Myanmar], December 16: Myanmar confiscated narcotics and precursor chemicals worth over 1,069.94 billion kyats (over 509.49 million U.S. dollars)...

Myanmar reports 13 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 13 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], December 16: Myanmar confirmed 13 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...

Outlook for consumer prices in Laos to get worse: ADB

Outlook for consumer prices in Laos to get...

Vientiane [Laos], December 16: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is maintaining its economic growth forecast for Laos, while the outlook...

2 dead, dozens trapped in Malaysian landslide

2 dead, dozens trapped in Malaysian landslide

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 16: At least two people have been killed and dozens are trapped in a landslide that...

PLO slams draft resolutions of Israeli Knesset on West Bank

PLO slams draft resolutions of Israeli Knesset on...

Ramallah [Palestine], December 15: The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Wednesday rejected some draft resolutions of the Israeli Knesset, or...

Finnish inflation rate hits record in November

Finnish inflation rate hits record in November

Helsinki [Finland],December 15: Inflation in Finland has continued to accelerate, with consumer prices rising by 9.1 percent in November compared...

Germany consumes too much gas amid energy crisis: network agency

Germany consumes too much gas amid energy crisis:...

Berlin [Germany], December 15: Germany is consuming too much gas amid the energy crisis, the head of the country's Federal...

Sweden's PM presents priorities of EU Council Presidency

Sweden's PM presents priorities of EU Council Presidency

Stockholm [Sweden], December 15: Sweden said on Wednesday that security, resilience, prosperity, democratic values and the rule of law will...