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Saudi gov't, Huawei ink deal to boost kingdom's digital transformation

Saudi gov't, Huawei ink deal to boost kingdom's...

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 12: The Saudi Arabian government and Chinese tech giant Huawei have signed an ICT cooperation deal...

Presidents of Türkiye, Ukraine discuss expanding scope of grain deal

Presidents of Türkiye, Ukraine discuss expanding scope of...

Ankara [Turkey], December 12: Presidents of Türkiye and Ukraine on Sunday discussed expanding the scope of the grain deal and...

Palestine slams U.S. pressure on UN over updating companies operating in Israeli settlements

Palestine slams U.S. pressure on UN over updating...

Ramallah [Palestine], December 12: Palestine on Sunday slammed the U.S. move to pressure the United Nations not to update its...

Russia reports 7,096 new COVID-19 cases

Russia reports 7,096 new COVID-19 cases

Moscow [Russia], December 12: Russia has registered 7,096 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally...

Erdogan, Putin discuss grain deal, Syrian security

Erdogan, Putin discuss grain deal, Syrian security

Ankara [Turkey], December 12: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday discussed Türkiye-Russia relations,...

5 killed in flats explosion on Britain's island of Jersey

5 killed in flats explosion on Britain's island...

London [UK], December 12: Police confirmed on Sunday night that five people were killed following an explosion and fire at...

Sweden sees deadliest year with 60 deaths in shootings: media

Sweden sees deadliest year with 60 deaths in...

Stockholm [Sweden], December 12: With 60 people killed in shootings in Sweden so far this year, 2022 will become the...

6.0-magnitude quake hits 3 km WNW of El Ticui, Mexico - USGS

6.0-magnitude quake hits 3 km WNW of El...

Beijing [China], December 12: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 3 km WNW of El Ticui, Mexico at...

Philippines logs 1,134 new COVID-19 cases, 24 more deaths

Philippines logs 1,134 new COVID-19 cases, 24 more...

Manila [Philippines], December 12: The Philippines reported 1,134 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases...

Vietnam reports 194 new COVID-19 cases

Vietnam reports 194 new COVID-19 cases

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 12: Vietnam recorded 194 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down 214 from Saturday, according to its ministry...

Singapore reports 902 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore reports 902 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore, December 12: Singapore reported 902 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total tally to 2,181,048.

2 killed after hit by train in Indonesia's West Java

2 killed after hit by train in Indonesia's...

Jakarta [Indonesia], December 12: Two people died and one was seriously injured after being hit by a train in Cirebon...

Myanmar reports 39 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 39 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], December 12: Myanmar confirmed 39 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...

9 injured in fireworks display in Australia's Sydney

9 injured in fireworks display in Australia's Sydney

Sydney [Australia], December 12: A Christmas carols event descended into mayhem in Sydney after a fireworks display got out of...

Top nuclear envoy leaves for Indonesia for meetings with U.S., Japanese counterparts

Top nuclear envoy leaves for Indonesia for meetings...

Seoul (South Korea), December 11: Kim Gunn, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, left for Indonesia on...

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases at 54,319 amid virus surge worries

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases at 54,319 amid...

Seoul (South Korea), December 11: South Korea reported more than 50,000 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, the largest for a Sunday...

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kritenbrink to visit Seoul this week

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kritenbrink to visit...

Seoul/ Washington (South Korea/ US), December 11: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink...

Yoon's chief of staff begins visit to UAE as special presidential envoy

Yoon's chief of staff begins visit to UAE...

Seoul (South Korea), December 11: Presidential chief of staff Kim Dae-ki began a four-day visit to the United Arab Emirates...

Second Vice FM departs for Washington for talks on IRA

Second Vice FM departs for Washington for talks...

Seoul (South Korea), December 11: Second Vice Foreign Minister Lee Do-hoon left for Washington on Sunday for talks on the...

Tropical Australian frog declared extinct

Tropical Australian frog declared extinct

Canberra (Australia), December 11: A frog species that was once found across two-thirds of Australia's wet tropics has been declared...

India reports 173 new COVID-19 cases

India reports 173 new COVID-19 cases

New Delhi [India], December 11: India reported 173 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, with the active caseload currently standing...

S. African police in full deployment for festive season

S. African police in full deployment for festive...

Johannesburg (South Korea), December 11: South Africa has escalated the deployment of police officers in various areas to combat crime...

Peru's new president swears in cabinet

Peru's new president swears in cabinet

Lima (Peru), December 11: Peruvian President Dina Boluarte swore in her cabinet on Saturday, asking the members to perform their...

CBOT agricultural futures close mixed

CBOT agricultural futures close mixed

Chicago (US), December 11: CBOT agricultural futures closed mixed last week as the U.S. central bank looks to raise the...

Guest Opinion: Farewell, Nancy Pelosi

Guest Opinion: Farewell, Nancy Pelosi

Beijing [China], December 11: On Nov. 16, Republicans clinched its 218th seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, winning enough...

Cambodia offers cash handouts to 360,000 families affected by inflation, floods

Cambodia offers cash handouts to 360,000 families affected...

Phnom Penh (Cambodia), December 11: Cambodia on Saturday began to provide cash handouts to almost 360,000 households with about 1.3...

Iran summons UK envoy over "meddlesome" remarks, sanctions

Iran summons UK envoy over "meddlesome" remarks, sanctions

Tehran (Iran), December 11: The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned the British ambassador over the "meddlesome" remarks of some...