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COVID-19 deaths surpass 610,000 in Brazil

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

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 eased virus curbs

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 of peace

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 peace talks

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

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 food inequality in U.S.

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

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

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

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 new pandemic wave

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 for all 18 and up

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 Trump officials

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 in U.S. Alabama

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

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 factor"

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 in COVID-19 cases

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 talks on chips, steel tariffs

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 eased virus curbs

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 complete return to normal life

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 situation in Myanmar

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 Palestinian state

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 country in uncertainty

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 negotiations

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' Meeting, focusing on pandemic response, recovery

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

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 being challenged in court

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...