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COVID-19 deaths surpass 610,000 in Brazil
Rio De Janerio (Brazil), November 11: Brazil on Wednesday registered 280 more deaths from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours,...

Canada's investment in building construction down in Q3
Ottawa (Canada), November 11: Canada's investment in building construction fell 7.5 percent to 53 billion Canadian dollars in the third...

New infections bounce back to above 2,400 amid...
Seoul (South Korea), November 10: South Korea's new coronavirus cases bounced back to above 2,400 for the first time in...

UN chief outlines roadmap for inclusion for sake...
United Nations, November 11: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday outlined a roadmap built around four key pathways to promote...

Palestinian president slams Israel for refusing to resume...
Ramallah (Palestine), November 10: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday slammed the Israeli government for refusing to resume the stalled...

Palestinian Authority faces acute financial crisis: PM
Ramallah (Palestine), November 11: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye on Tuesday warned that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is facing a...

New book depicts how social disparity leads to...
New York (US), November 10: A new book is detailing the challenges U.S. mothers face in providing healthy, nourishing and...

Libyan PM stresses importance of telecommunications sector
Tripoli (Libya), November 10: Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah on Tuesday stressed the importance of telecommunications and information technology at...

APEC ministers reiterate joint response to COVID-19 pandemic
Wellington (New Zealand), November 10: Ministers from 21 APEC member economies concluded a ministerial meeting here on Tuesday by issuing...

Germany's COVID-19 incidence rate rises to all-time high
Berlin (Germany), November 11: Germany's seven-day COVID-19 incidence rate continued to rise on Tuesday to a new all-time high of...

Macron announces to postpone easing anti-COVID-19 measures amid...
Paris (France), November 10: French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday evening to postpone the pre-decided easing of anti-COVID-19 measures, since...

Pfizer asks U.S. FDA to authorize COVID-19 booster...
New York (US), November 10: Drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech said on Tuesday that they had asked the U.S. Food and...

U.S. House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas more former...
Washington (US), November 10: The U.S. House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot issued another round of subpoenas...

Amazon expands investment with 4 new operations sites...
San Francisco (US), November 11: Amazon.com, Inc. on Tuesday announced plans for three new operations facilities in the U.S. state...

EU ministers discuss surge in inflation, energy prices
Brussels (Belgium), November 10: Inflation in the eurozone will continue to increase in the coming months owing mainly to...

Russia calls U.S. fleet in Black Sea "destabilizing...
Moscow (Russia), November 10: The operations of U.S. naval ships in the Black Sea are "a destabilizing factor," the Russian...

Mexico's president wants schools fully reopen amid drop...
Mexico City (Mexico), November 9: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday called for schools to fully reopen, given...

S. Korea's industry minister leaves for U.S. for...
Seoul (South Korea), November 9: South Korea's Industry Minister Moon Sung-wook left for the United States on Tuesday for talks...

New infections below 2,000 for 2nd day amid...
Seoul (South Korea), November 9: South Korea's new coronavirus cases fell below 2,000 for the second straight day Tuesday, but...

With half-year in office remaining, Moon vows to...
Seoul (South Korea), November 9 : With half year in office remaining, President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday his administration will...

UN relief chief voices concern over dire humanitarian...
United Nations, November 9: UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths on Monday expressed concern over...

Palestinian PM calls on U.S. Congress to recognize...
RAMALLAH, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye on Monday called on the U.S. Congress to recognize an...

UN official says conflict in northern Ethiopia places...
United Nations, November 9: UN Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo warned Monday that the conflict in northern Ethiopia places...

Jordan warns against absence of effective Mideast peace...
Amman (Jordan), November 9: Jordan on Monday warned against the continued absence of serious and effective negotiations to achieve a...

New Zealand PM to chair APEC Economic Leaders'...
Wellington (New Zealand), November 9: New Zealand, which is the host of the 2021 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, said...

Japan launches small Epsilon rocket carrying 9 satellites
Tokyo (Japan), November 9: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Japan launched a small, low-cost Epsilon rocket with nine...

White House moves forward with vaccine mandate despite...
Washington (US), November 9: The White House on Monday urged private companies to implement rules for employees to receive coronavirus...