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Malaysia reports 2,023 new COVID-19 infections, no new deaths

Malaysia reports 2,023 new COVID-19 infections, no new...

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), October 16: Malaysia reported 2,023 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to...

Australian Defence Force deployed to aid flood crisis response

Australian Defence Force deployed to aid flood crisis...

Canberra (Australia), October 16: The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has been deployed to aid in the response to catastrophic flooding...

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases below 30,000 for 4th day amid downtrend

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases below 30,000 for...

Seoul (South Korea), October 16: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases stayed below 30,000 for the fourth consecutive day Sunday as...

Myanmar reports 325 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 325 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon (Myanmar), October 16: Myanmar confirmed 325 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...

Namibia reports outbreak of foot and mouth disease

Namibia reports outbreak of foot and mouth disease

Windhoek (Namibia), October 16: Namibia has been hit by another outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the Zambezi region, which...

Feature: Empowering women initiative helps rural women in Namibia have a better future

Feature: Empowering women initiative helps rural women in...

Windhoek (Namibia), October 1: "I have been weaving baskets since my 20s. Talent alone could not translate into business success...

Russia reports 13,384 new COVID-19 cases

Russia reports 13,384 new COVID-19 cases

Moscow (Russia), October 16: Russia registered 13,384 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to...

Iran says "enemies" highlight solely enrichment part of its nuclear program

Iran says "enemies" highlight solely enrichment part of...

Tehran (Iran), October 16: The spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said on Saturday that uranium enrichment...

20 Lebanese entrepreneurs win ILO competition for best business idea

20 Lebanese entrepreneurs win ILO competition for best...

Beirut [Lebanon], October 15: Twenty Lebanese entrepreneurs won an UN-organized competition that granted them a cash prize for launching businesses...

10 child patients die as smuggled drugs run amok in war-ravaged Yemen

10 child patients die as smuggled drugs run...

Aden [Yemen], October 15: With a touch of deep sadness in his voice, Yemeni Mahmoud Abdul-Aziz Faqih who could barely...

German health minister urges tighter COVID-19 measures amid autumn wave

German health minister urges tighter COVID-19 measures amid...

Berlin [Germany], October 15:Germany's Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach called on the country's federal states to reintroduce stricter requirements for...

Austrian central bank raises 2022 inflation forecast to 8.5 pct

Austrian central bank raises 2022 inflation forecast to...

Vienna [Austria], October 15: Austria's central bank OeNB on Friday revised upwards its inflation forecasts for 2022 through 2024, citing...

Cyprus begins constructing electricity link between Asia and Europe

Cyprus begins constructing electricity link between Asia and...

Nicosia [Cyprus], October 15: The construction of an electricity link between Asia and Europe was launched at an event in...

Police identify victims of U.S. Raleigh shooting, suspected gunman in custody

Police identify victims of U.S. Raleigh shooting, suspected...

Washington [US], October 15: Police on Friday identified five victims of the Raleigh shooting in the U.S. state of North...

Trump responds to committee's vote to subpoena him over Capitol riot

Trump responds to committee's vote to subpoena him...

Washington [US], October 15: Former U.S. President Donald Trump has released a lengthy response to the Jan. 6 committee's vote...

Child care struggle worsens in rural U.S.: AP

Child care struggle worsens in rural U.S.: AP

New York [US], October 15: A shortage of child care in the United States has become so acute that it's...

Canada confirms 20,002 new COVID-19 cases in one week

Canada confirms 20,002 new COVID-19 cases in one...

Ottawa [Canada], October 15:Canada confirmed 20,002 new COVID-19 cases for the week ending Oct. 8, the Public Health Agency of...

Gold falls as U.S. dollar strengthens

Gold falls as U.S. dollar strengthens

Chicago [US], October 15: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Friday as...

Oil prices drop amid demand fears, dollar strength

Oil prices drop amid demand fears, dollar strength

New York [US], October 15: Oil prices fell sharply on Friday, weighed by a strong U.S. dollar and prospects of...

Biden decries mass shooting in Raleigh, North Carolina

Biden decries mass shooting in Raleigh, North Carolina

Washington [US], October 15: U.S. President Joe Biden decried the mass shooting in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday.

Number of active U.S. drilling rigs up this week

Number of active U.S. drilling rigs up this...

Houston [US], October 15: The number of active drilling rigs in the United States rose to 769 this week, up...

Astronauts of NASA's SpaceX mission return to Earth

Astronauts of NASA's SpaceX mission return to Earth

Los Angeles [US], October 15: NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts aboard the Dragon spacecraft safely splashed down off the coast of...

U.S. stocks fall amid inflation fears

U.S. stocks fall amid inflation fears

New York [US], October 15: U.S. stocks dropped on Friday as investors worried that persistent inflation would force the Federal...

Singapore reports 9,087 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore reports 9,087 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore, October 15:Singapore reported 9,087 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total tally to 1,997,847.

Two top-tier Japanese universities agree to merge

Two top-tier Japanese universities agree to merge

Tokyo [Japan], October 15: Two top-tier national universities in Japan said on Friday that they will merge into a new...

Nepal extends import ban on vehicles, liquor products

Nepal extends import ban on vehicles, liquor products

Kathmandu [Nepal], October 15: The Nepali government on Friday extended an import ban on some vehicles, liquor products and other...

Myanmar reports 359 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 359 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar],October 15: Myanmar confirmed 359 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to...