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