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Severe COVID-19 patients at greater risk of post-infection symptoms: ECDC

Severe COVID-19 patients at greater risk of post-infection...

Stockholm [Sweden], November 1: Individuals who are severely affected by COVID-19 may be at higher risk of post-infection symptoms, the...

5.5-magnitude quake hits 11 km WSW of Tortora Marina, Italy: USGS

5.5-magnitude quake hits 11 km WSW of Tortora...

New York [US], November 1: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted 11 km WSW of Tortora Marina, Italy...

New variants cause increasing COVID-19 infections in U.S.

New variants cause increasing COVID-19 infections in U.S.

Los Angeles [US], November 1: The COVID-19 cases caused by new variants are growing fast in the United States, according...

Criminal trial against Trump Organization on tax fraud starts in New York

Criminal trial against Trump Organization on tax fraud...

New York [US], November 1: The jury in the criminal trial against the Trump Organization started to hear opening statements...

One dead after shooting at high school in Canada

One dead after shooting at high school in...

Ottawa [Canada], November 1: One person was dead and another was in hospital after a shooting on Monday at a...

U.S. murder rates up, police morale down: report

U.S. murder rates up, police morale down: report

Ottawa [Canada], November 1: The United States saw an increase in shootings during the pandemic while the police morale is...

U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on use of affirmative action in college admissions

U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on use of...

Washington [US], November 1: The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the use of affirmative action in college admissions on...

COVID-19 takes heavy toll on U.S. kids

COVID-19 takes heavy toll on U.S. kids

New York [US], November 1: The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated American children's education, especially those in poverty, Voice of America...

Business sentiment in Singapore's manufacturing, services sectors worsen: surveys

Business sentiment in Singapore's manufacturing, services sectors worsen:...

Singapore, November 1: Two Singaporean government departments on Monday released survey reports on business expectations respectively, which show worsened business...

Myanmar reports 91 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 91 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], November 1: Myanmar confirmed 91 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally...

Australia hosts meetings for world experts to join forces against avian, swine diseases

Australia hosts meetings for world experts to join...

Canberra [Australia], November 1: World-leading experts on infectious animal diseases are gathered in Australia for World Organisation for Animal Health...

Israeli PM visits Karish gas rig after reaching landmark deal with Lebanon

Israeli PM visits Karish gas rig after reaching...

Jerusalem [Israel], October 31: Israeli Prime Minister YairLapid on Sunday visited the Karish gas rig in the Mediterranean for the...

Palestinian shot after injuring 5 Israeli soldiers in West Bank car attack

Palestinian shot after injuring 5 Israeli soldiers in...

Jerusalem [Israel], October 31: An Israeli police officer shot and "neutralized" a Palestinian man who rammed his car toward Israeli...

Israel's coastline polluted with over 2 mln tonnes of microplastics: study

Israel's coastline polluted with over 2 mln tonnes...

Jerusalem [Israel], October 31: Israeli Mediterranean beaches are polluted with more than 2 million tonnes of microplastics, according to a...

Houthi attack on SW Yemeni city kills 1, injures 5

Houthi attack on SW Yemeni city kills 1,...

Sanaa [Yemen], October 31: A man was killed and five children were wounded on Sunday after Yemen's Houthi rebels fired...

Cholera could become "endemic" if Lebanon fails to curb spread: health minister

Cholera could become "endemic" if Lebanon fails to...

Beirut [Lebanon], October 31: Lebanese caretaker Health Minister FirassAbiad warned on Sunday that cholera could become "endemic" in Lebanon if...

Palestinian carrying car-ramming attack in West Bank dies of wounds: health ministry

Palestinian carrying car-ramming attack in West Bank dies...

Ramallah [Palestine], October 31: The Palestinian who carried out a car-ramming attack on Sunday south of the West Bank city...

Russia reports 6,803 new COVID-19 cases

Russia reports 6,803 new COVID-19 cases

Moscow [Russia], October 31: Russia registered 6,803 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to...

Swiss railway company claims record for world's longest passenger train

Swiss railway company claims record for world's longest...

Bergun [Switzerland], October 31: The world's longest narrow gauge passenger train of Swiss Rhaetian Railway has entered the Guinness Book...

Biden casts early vote in polarized midterm elections

Biden casts early vote in polarized midterm elections

Washington [US], October 31: U.S. President Joe Biden voted early in this year's polarized midterm elections on Saturday, casting his...

Myanmar reports 91 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 91 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], October 31: Myanmar confirmed 91 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the country's tally...

Australian science agency launches next phase of koala monitoring

Australian science agency launches next phase of koala...

Canberra [Australia], October 31: Australia's national science agency has announced a new phase in its National Koala Monitoring program.

S.Korea's stampede death toll rises to 154

S.Korea's stampede death toll rises to 154

Seoul [South Korea], October 31: The casualty from a stampede, which occurred Saturday night at the Itaewon district of the...

S.Korea reports 18,510 new COVID-19 cases

S.Korea reports 18,510 new COVID-19 cases

Seoul [South Korea], October 31: South Korea reported 18,510 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours...

Tropical storm Nalgae death toll in Philippines nearly 100, 63 missing

Tropical storm Nalgae death toll in Philippines nearly...

Manila [Philippines], October 31: At least 98 people have died in the severe tropical storm that battered the Philippines over...

Growing incarceration rate costing Australia billions: Assistant Treasurer

Growing incarceration rate costing Australia billions: Assistant Treasurer

Canberra [Australia], October 31: Australia's growing prison population is costing the country billions of dollars every year.

S.Korean president's approval rating rises to 35.7 pct: poll

S.Korean president's approval rating rises to 35.7 pct:...

Seoul [South Korea], October 31: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating rose 2.8 percentage points over the week to...