Vietnam's firm establishment up 30.4 pct in 11 months
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 3: Approximately 137,800 enterprises were estimated to be formed in Vietnam in the first 11 months of this year, posting an increase...
Vietnam's phone export up 6.6 pct in 11 months
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 3: Vietnam earned approximately 55.4 billion U.S. dollars from exporting phones and components in the first 11 months of this year, according...
Thai central bank, BIS joint meeting focuses on addressing financial challenges
Bangkok [Thailand], December 3: The Bank of Thailand (BOT) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) jointly held a conference here on Friday to discuss...
Singapore reports 1,297 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore, December 3: Singapore reported 1,297 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total tally to 2,170,498.
Myanmar reports 20 new COVID-19 cases
Yangon [Myanmar], December 3: Myanmar confirmed 20 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 633,281, according to the Ministry...
U.S. imposes sanctions on 3 N. Korean party officials related to weapons...
Washington (US), December 2: The U.S. Department of Treasury on Thursday designated three North Korean officials who are members of the ruling Workers' Party over...
N.K. leader sends condolence message to China's Xi over former leader's death
Seoul (South Korea), December 2: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a message of condolence to Chinese President Xi Jinping over the death of...
S. Korea's consumer prices up 5 pct on-year in Nov., lowest in...
Seoul (South Korea), December 2: South Korea's on-year growth in consumer prices sharply slowed in November from a month earlier at the lowest level in...
Foreign firms refuse to sell medicine, medical equipment to Iran over U.S....
Tehran (Iran), December 2: Head of the Food and Drug Organization of Iran said Thursday that some foreign companies have refused to sell medicine and...
Türkiye calls for U.S. understanding of possible operation in Syria
Ankara (Turkey), December 2: Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar called on the United States on Thursday to show understanding for a possible new Turkish ground...
Yahoo selects AWS as preferred public cloud provider for its advertising business
San Francisco (US), December 2: Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon, on Thursday announced that Yahoo has selected AWS as its preferred public...
African leaders commit to accelerating continent's industrialization
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), December 2: African leaders have committed to "far-reaching and firm decisions" to accelerate industrialization as well as economic diversification and trade on...
WHO sees decline of HIV prevalence in Somalia
Mogadishu (Somalia), December 2: The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday it has in partnership with Somalia managed to keep the HIV/Aids prevalence in the...
French gov't calls on high-risk groups to get 2nd COVID-19 booster shot
Paris (France), December 2: French government spokesperson Olivier Veran on Thursday called on high-risk groups to get another booster shot against COVID-19 ahead of the...
Australia not on track to meet emissions target: gov't report
Canberra (Australia), December 2: Australia is not on track to meet its 2030 emissions reduction target, a government report has found.
Interview: UN conference on biological diversity pivotal for future of conservation
Los Angeles (US), December 2: The upcoming UN conference on biological diversity will be really pivotal for the future of conservation, a staff member of...
U.S. saw over 1 mln firearm fatalities over past 30 years: study
Washington (US), December 2: The United States has seen over 1 million firearm fatalities over the past 30 years, according to a new study.
U.S. Senate rejects measure to grant rail workers 7 days of paid...
Washington (US), December 2: The U.S. Senate rejected a measure on Thursday to grant rail workers seven days of paid sick leave.
Nearly 600 mln USD of investments pitched to accelerate progress toward SDGs:...
United Nations, December 2: Colombia, Eswatini and Malawi on Thursday pitched nearly 600 million U.S. dollars' worth of high-impact, investment-ready projects in sectors such as...
Early flu season, COVID-19, RSV causes for concern in Europe, health leaders...
Copenhagen (Denmark), December 2: European health leaders on Thursday voiced their concern over a potential surge in respiratory virus infections across the region this winter,...
EU assists Lebanon's armed forces with 6 mln euros
Beirut (Lebanon), December 2: The council of the European Union (EU) on Thursday adopted an assistance measure worth 6 million euros (6.3 million U.S. dollars)...
Tanzania president calls for renewed efforts to fight new HIV infections
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), December 2: Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday called on stakeholders in the fight against HIV/AIDS to renew efforts aimed...
UNECA official stresses importance of building ICT infrastructure in Africa
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), December 2: The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Director for Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management Jean-Paul Adam underscored...
Ghana to establish national fund to boost fight against HIV/AIDS
Accra (Ghana), December 2: Ghana is to establish a national HIV/AIDS fund to boost the fight to control and eradicate the disease, a health official...
S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 60,000 amid concerns of winter...
Seoul (South Korea), December 1: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 60,000 on Thursday amid lingering concerns over a virus resurgence during the cold...
N. Korea to hold key party meeting to unveil next year's policy...
Seoul (South Korea), December 1: North Korea will hold a key party meeting later this month to review this year's achievements and discuss plans for...
Brazilian market raises inflation forecast to 5.91 pct in 2022
Brasília (Brazil), December 1: Brazilian financial analysts raised their inflation forecast for 2022 from 5.88 to 5.91 percent, the fifth consecutive weekly hike, while increasing...