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Interview: UN conference on biological diversity pivotal for future of conservation

Interview: UN conference on biological diversity pivotal for...

Los Angeles (US), December 2: The upcoming UN conference on biological diversity will be really pivotal for the future of...

U.S. saw over 1 mln firearm fatalities over past 30 years: study

U.S. saw over 1 mln firearm fatalities over...

Washington (US), December 2: The United States has seen over 1 million firearm fatalities over the past 30 years, according...

U.S. Senate rejects measure to grant rail workers 7 days of paid sick leave

U.S. Senate rejects measure to grant rail workers...

Washington (US), December 2: The U.S. Senate rejected a measure on Thursday to grant rail workers seven days of paid...

Nearly 600 mln USD of investments pitched to accelerate progress toward SDGs: UN

Nearly 600 mln USD of investments pitched to...

United Nations, December 2: Colombia, Eswatini and Malawi on Thursday pitched nearly 600 million U.S. dollars' worth of high-impact, investment-ready...

Early flu season, COVID-19, RSV causes for concern in Europe, health leaders say

Early flu season, COVID-19, RSV causes for concern...

Copenhagen (Denmark), December 2: European health leaders on Thursday voiced their concern over a potential surge in respiratory virus infections...

EU assists Lebanon's armed forces with 6 mln euros

EU assists Lebanon's armed forces with 6 mln...

Beirut (Lebanon), December 2: The council of the European Union (EU) on Thursday adopted an assistance measure worth 6 million...

Tanzania president calls for renewed efforts to fight new HIV infections

Tanzania president calls for renewed efforts to fight...

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), December 2: Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday called on stakeholders in the fight against...

UNECA official stresses importance of building ICT infrastructure in Africa

UNECA official stresses importance of building ICT infrastructure...

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), December 2: The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Director for Technology, Climate Change and Natural...

Ghana to establish national fund to boost fight against HIV/AIDS

Ghana to establish national fund to boost fight...

Accra (Ghana), December 2: Ghana is to establish a national HIV/AIDS fund to boost the fight to control and eradicate...

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 60,000 amid concerns of winter surge

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 60,000...

Seoul (South Korea), December 1: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 60,000 on Thursday amid lingering concerns over a...

N. Korea to hold key party meeting to unveil next year's policy direction

N. Korea to hold key party meeting to...

Seoul (South Korea), December 1: North Korea will hold a key party meeting later this month to review this year's...

WFP cuts food aid to Sudan due to funding gap

WFP cuts food aid to Sudan due to...

Khartoum (Sudan), December 1: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday announced the reduction of its food aid...

Brazilian market raises inflation forecast to 5.91 pct in 2022

Brazilian market raises inflation forecast to 5.91 pct...

Brasília (Brazil), December 1: Brazilian financial analysts raised their inflation forecast for 2022 from 5.88 to 5.91 percent, the fifth...

Brazil's vice president assures transition process

Brazil's vice president assures transition process

Sao Paulo (Brazil), December 1: Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao Tuesday reiterated the current government's willingness to carry out the...

Roundup: U.S. crude supplies up, other petroleum data mixed

Roundup: U.S. crude supplies up, other petroleum data...

Houston (US), December 1: U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.6 million barrels per day (b/d) during the week ending...

Sudan vows to strengthen regional trade bloc's solidarity, economic integration

Sudan vows to strengthen regional trade bloc's solidarity,...

Khartoum (Sudan), December 1: Sudan on Wednesday pledged to strengthen solidarity among member states of the trade bloc Inter-governmental Authority...

Dengue fever cases in Sudan exceed 4,000

Dengue fever cases in Sudan exceed 4,000

Khartoum (Sudan), December 1: The total number of suspected dengue fever cases in Sudan has exceeded 4,000 as the African...

Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand to jointly nominate kebaya for UNESCO heritage list

Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand to jointly nominate kebaya...

Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei ), December 1: Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand will jointly nominate kebaya for inscription on...

New COVID-19 variant drives virus surge in France, says immunologist

New COVID-19 variant drives virus surge in France,...

Paris (France), December 1: The BQ.1.1 subvariant of COVID-19 is currently taking precedence over the BA.5 subvariant in France, immunologist...

U.S. House passes bill aimed at averting national rail shutdown

U.S. House passes bill aimed at averting national...

Washington (US), December 1: The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday aimed at averting a national rail...

UN General Assembly president says goal to end AIDS by 2030 "badly off track"

UN General Assembly president says goal to end...

United Nations, December 1: UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi on Wednesday called for action as the goal to end...

U.S. Q3 GDP revised upward amid looming recession fears

U.S. Q3 GDP revised upward amid looming recession...

Washington (US), December 1: The U.S. economy grew at a faster pace in the third quarter than initial estimates showed,...

Germany to facilitate immigration of skilled workers

Germany to facilitate immigration of skilled workers

Berlin (Germany), December 1: Germany will make it easier for skilled workers to immigrate, paving the way for the "most...

Iran summons French envoy over FM's "unacceptable" remarks

Iran summons French envoy over FM's "unacceptable" remarks

Tehran (Iran), December 1: The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Nicolas Roche, the French ambassador to Tehran, over the...

Russian poverty rate ticks down to 10.5 pct

Russian poverty rate ticks down to 10.5 pct

Moscow (Russia), December 1: Russia's poverty rate stood at 10.5 percent at the end of the third quarter of 2022,...

EU proposes new rules to reduce wasteful packaging

EU proposes new rules to reduce wasteful packaging

Brussels (Belgium), December 1: The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a raft of measures aimed at reducing unnecessary and wasteful...

Zimbabwean industries engage government over crippling power shortages

Zimbabwean industries engage government over crippling power shortages

Harare (Zimbabwe), December 1: Zimbabwean industries have approached the government with a view to finding solutions to the prevailing power...