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UNESCO calls for continued support for Lebanon

UNESCO calls for continued support for Lebanon

Beirut [Lebanon], November 8: An official with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Monday called for...

Iranian commander calls for strengthened military cooperation with Iraq

Iranian commander calls for strengthened military cooperation with...

Tehran [Iran], November 8: Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri on Monday announced his country's readiness to...

Armenia reports 155 new COVID-19 cases in a week

Armenia reports 155 new COVID-19 cases in a...

Yerevan [Armenia], November 8: Armenia reported 155 new COVID-19 cases in the past week, taking its total to 445,397, the...

Chinese, Greek artists build cultural bridge through Athens exhibition

Chinese, Greek artists build cultural bridge through Athens...

Athens [Greece], November 8: An exhibition of 34 works of art by young Greek and Chinese artists opened in...

Sweden's GDP forecast adjusted down for next year

Sweden's GDP forecast adjusted down for next year

Stockholm [Sweden], November 8: Nordea, one of the largest banks in the Nordics, has sharply lowered its 2023 forecast for...

WHO expert calls for faster response to climate change

WHO expert calls for faster response to climate...

Copenhagen [Denmark], November 8: Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe at the World Health Organization (WHO), called the current response...

EU officials warn of economic slowdown

EU officials warn of economic slowdown

Brussels [Belgium], November 8: The European economy is slowing down and a contraction is predicted at least for the winter...

Rate of alcohol-related deaths in U.S. up 30 pct in 1st year of COVID-19

Rate of alcohol-related deaths in U.S. up 30...

New York [US], November 8: The rate of deaths that can be directly attributed to alcohol rose nearly 30 percent...

U.S. facing highest flu hospitalization rates in decade

U.S. facing highest flu hospitalization rates in decade

New York [US], November 8: The United States is facing the highest flu hospitalization rates in more than a decade...

Nine people hospitalized after shooting outside bar in Philadelphia

Nine people hospitalized after shooting outside bar in...

New York [US], November 8: Nine people have been hospitalized after a shooting Saturday night outside a bar in Philadelphia,...

First indigenous water utility to operate in Canada

First indigenous water utility to operate in Canada

Ottawa [Canada], November 8: A transfer agreement was formally signed on Monday to make the Atlantic First Nations Water Authority...

Japan gov't urged to end free COVID-19 vaccinations

Japan gov't urged to end free COVID-19 vaccinations

Tokyo [Japan], November 8: An advisory panel for the finance minister on Monday proposed that the Japanese government end free-of-charge...

Thailand's consumer inflation growth drops in October

Thailand's consumer inflation growth drops in October

Bangkok [Thailand], November 8: Thailand's consumer inflation growth slowed for the second straight month in October as energy and food...

6 million Australians victims of data breach: report

6 million Australians victims of data breach: report

Canberra [Australia], November 8: One third of Australian adults have been exposed to data breaches in the last year, a...

5.2-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu region - USGS

5.2-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu region - USGS

Hong Kong, November 8: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Vanuatu region at 01:26:31 GMT on Tuesday, the...

Housing for southern Lao flood victims almost complete

Housing for southern Lao flood victims almost complete

Vientiane [Laos], November 8: The construction of new dwellings for families who lost their homes during the catastrophic flood that...

New Zealand's Christchurch terrorist gunman appeals conviction, sentence

New Zealand's Christchurch terrorist gunman appeals conviction, sentence

Wellington [New Zealand], November 8: The gunman who made New Zealand's worst terrorist attack in two Christchurch mosques in 2019...

Malaysia reports 2,521 new COVID-19 infections, 8 new deaths

Malaysia reports 2,521 new COVID-19 infections, 8 new...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 8: Malaysia reported 2,521 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the national total to...

Venezuela investigates deadly plane crash

Venezuela investigates deadly plane crash

Caracas [Venezuela], November 7: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday ordered an investigation to determine the cause of a...

Namibia partially lifts movement restrictions of animals in Zambezi region

Namibia partially lifts movement restrictions of animals in...

Windhoek [Namibia], November 7: Namibia has partially lifted the restrictions on the movement of cloven-hoofed animals and animal products in...

S. African health official urges people to be vigilant against malaria

S. African health official urges people to be...

Johannesburg [South Africa], November 7: A health official from South Africa's Gauteng Province on Sunday called on those who have...

3 killed in plane crash in Tanzania, more casualties feared: official

3 killed in plane crash in Tanzania, more...

Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], November 7: At least three passengers were killed after a passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria...

Somalia troops kill 21 al-Shabab militants

Somalia troops kill 21 al-Shabab militants

Mogadishu [Somalia], November 7: Somalia National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) on Sunday killed 21 al-Shabab militants and wounded dozens...

Tanzania's Lake Victoria plane crash death toll rises to 19: PM

Tanzania's Lake Victoria plane crash death toll rises...

Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], November 7: The death toll from a Tanzanian plane crash into Lake Victoria on Sunday morning...

Iran says busts 3 "terrorist gangs" in 3 provinces

Iran says busts 3 "terrorist gangs" in 3...

Tehran [Iran], November 7: Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has bust three "terrorist gangs" in three provinces, IRGC's Intelligence...

3 killed, 32 injured in motorway accident in NW Türkiye

3 killed, 32 injured in motorway accident in...

Ankara [Turkey], November 7: At least three people were killed and 32 others injured on Sunday in a traffic accident...

Iranian police seize weapons, ammunition on southeastern border

Iranian police seize weapons, ammunition on southeastern border

Tehran [Iran], November 7: Iranian border guards seized a batch of smuggled weapons and ammunition at the southeastern border in...