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