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New president vows to make work of UN...
United Nations, September 13: The president of the upcoming 77th session of the UN General Assembly, Csaba Korosi, vowed on...
Pakistan to ensure transparent aid distribution to flood...
Islamabad (Pakistan), September 13: Pakistan on Monday launched a "digital flood dashboard" to ensure transparency in the distribution of aid...
Continued investment in coastal resilience critical for sustainable...
Dhaka (Bangladesh), September 13: With increasing climate risks, Bangladesh needs to continue investments to strengthen climate resilience in the coastal...
Belgium starts Omicron booster campaign
Brussels (Belgium), September 13: Belgium started a vaccination campaign on Monday with new Omicron-adapted COVID-19 shots. It is primarily a...
Greece launches Omicron-adapted COVID-19 booster shots
Athens (Greece), September 13: Vaccines adapted to fighting the latest Omicron variants of COVID-19 are now available in Greece, it...
Israel launches subsidy program to promote energy efficiency...
Jerusalem (Israel), September 13: The Israeli government planned to earmark 98 million new shekels (about 29.1 million U.S. dollars) for...
South Africa mine dam collapse kills three, injures...
Johannesburg [South Africa], September 12: A mine dam collapsed in the central part of South Africa on Sunday morning as...
Jordan warns against decline in int'l support for...
Amman [Jordan], September 12: Jordan on Sunday warned against the noticeable decline in international support extended to refugees in the...
Israel launches plan to accelerate renewable energy deployment
Jerusalem [Israel], September 12: Israel launched a plan to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy infrastructures throughout the country, the...
6 killed in IS road attack in NE...
Damascus [Syria], September 12: Islamic State (IS) militants killed six people driving on a road in the northeastern Syrian province...
Greece seeks to keep open channels of communication...
Athens [Greece], September 12: Greece will always seek to keep open channels of communication with Türkiye, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos...
1 killed, 1 wounded in shooting in western...
Frankfurt [Germany], September 12: One man was killed and another one was seriously injured in a shooting incident in Offenbach...
Putin, Macron hold phone talks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear...
Moscow [Russia], September 12: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, held a telephone conversation on the...
Opposition blue bloc leads in Swedish parliamentary elections
Stockholm [Sweden], September 12: Preliminary results of the 2022 Swedish parliamentary elections showed early Monday morning that the opposition blue...
"Barbarian" tops North American box office on opening...
Los Angeles [US], September 12: Disney's presentation of 20th Century Studios and New Regency's horror film "Barbarian" topped the North...
Singapore reports 1,440 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore, September 12: Singapore reported 1,440 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total tally to 1,859,937.
Over 200,000 Sri Lankans leave for foreign jobs...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 12: Sri Lanka's Minister of Labor and Foreign Employment ManushaNanayakkara said on Sunday that more than...
Myanmar reports 189 new COVID-19 cases
Yangon [Myanmar], September 12: Myanmar confirmed 189 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...
Crocodile farming, bush food key to boost northern...
Canberra [Australia], September 12: Crocodile farming and the native bush food industry will be key to growing the economy of...
S.Korea reports 36,938 new COVID-19 cases
Seoul [South Korea], September 12: South Korea reported 36,938 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours...
Malaysia reports 1,483 new COVID-19 infections, 3 more...
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], September 12: Malaysia reported 1,483 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight Sunday, bringing the national total to...
At least 4 dead after strong earthquake hits...
Sydney [Australia], September 12:There have been at least four people killed and several others seriously injured after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake...
New Zealand logs 1,149 new COVID-19 community cases,...
Wellington [New Zealand],September 12: New Zealand recorded 1,149 new community cases of COVID-19 and six more deaths from the pandemic,...
Unexploded ordnance harming development of Laos: UN official
Vientiane [Laos], September 12: Unexploded ordnance (UXO) has caused great harm to the development of Laos, highlighting the need for...
ASEAN must work together to ensure regional peace,...
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], September 12: Prime Minister SamdechTecho Hun Sen of Cambodia, the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian...
Fiji's inflation rate likely to drop to 5...
Suva [Fiji], September 12: Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said the country's inflation rate is likely to drop to 5...
Developed countries responsible for vast majority of greenhouse...
Islamabad (Pakistan), September 11: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that developed economies are responsible for the vast majority...