Exports down, trade deficit widens during first 10 days of Sept.
Seoul (South Korea), September 13: South Korea's exports fell 16.6 percent on-year in the first 10 days of September due mainly to fewer working days...
New COVID-19 cases below 40,000 for 2nd day amid Chuseok holiday
Seoul (South Korea), September 13: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases stayed below 40,000 for the second consecutive day on Monday due largely to fewer tests...
UN Security Council calls for donations for Yemen oil tanker rescue
United Nations, September 13: Members of the Security Council on Monday made an unusual plea to help avoid a "catastrophic ecological, maritime, and humanitarian risk...
Brazil's financial market upgrades 2022 growth forecast to 2.39 pct
Brasília (Brazil), September 13: Brazilian financial analysts upgraded their gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for 2022 from 2.26 percent to 2.39 percent, and for...
Five years on, Kenya makes headway in circular economy with ban on...
Nairobi (Kenya), September 13: A cacophony of noises emanates from Mugo Macharia's factory nestled in a farming village in the central Kenyan county of Kiambu...
73,000 evacuated from conflict-hit areas in Ukraine in past month
Kiev (Ukraine), September 13: More than 73,000 people have been evacuated from the conflict-affected eastern and southern regions of Ukraine in the past month, Ukraine's...
Indonesia calls for global fund at G20 meeting to develop cultural economy
Jakarta (Indonesia), September 13: The Indonesian government has called on the Group of 20 (G20) members to collect a global fund initiative for the recovery...
Oil prices climb amid U.S. dollar weakness
New York (US), September 13: Oil prices advanced on Monday as the U.S. dollar continued to slide from multi-decade highs.
Iran urges U.S. to prove reliability to rejoin Iranian nuclear deal
Tehran (US), September 13: The United States, in order to rejoin the Iranian nuclear deal, must prove it reliable and show that it abides by...
UN chief sees unprecedented test to multilateralism in upcoming General Assembly session
United Nations, September 13: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday saw an unprecedented test to multilateralism in the upcoming session of the UN General Assembly.
New president vows to make work of UN General Assembly more impact-oriented
United Nations, September 13: The president of the upcoming 77th session of the UN General Assembly, Csaba Korosi, vowed on Monday to build bridges and...
Pakistan to ensure transparent aid distribution to flood victims through e-platform
Islamabad (Pakistan), September 13: Pakistan on Monday launched a "digital flood dashboard" to ensure transparency in the distribution of aid to the flood-hit people of...
Continued investment in coastal resilience critical for sustainable growth in Bangladesh: World...
Dhaka (Bangladesh), September 13: With increasing climate risks, Bangladesh needs to continue investments to strengthen climate resilience in the coastal zones to protect the development...
Belgium starts Omicron booster campaign
Brussels (Belgium), September 13: Belgium started a vaccination campaign on Monday with new Omicron-adapted COVID-19 shots. It is primarily a "booster" dose for people who...
Greece launches Omicron-adapted COVID-19 booster shots
Athens (Greece), September 13: Vaccines adapted to fighting the latest Omicron variants of COVID-19 are now available in Greece, it was announced on Monday.
Israel launches subsidy program to promote energy efficiency in factories, public areas
Jerusalem (Israel), September 13: The Israeli government planned to earmark 98 million new shekels (about 29.1 million U.S. dollars) for a new subsidy program this...
South Africa mine dam collapse kills three, injures over 40
Johannesburg [South Africa], September 12: A mine dam collapsed in the central part of South Africa on Sunday morning as flooding caused by the collapse...
Jordan warns against decline in int'l support for refugees in region
Amman [Jordan], September 12: Jordan on Sunday warned against the noticeable decline in international support extended to refugees in the Middle East and the related...
Israel launches plan to accelerate renewable energy deployment
Jerusalem [Israel], September 12: Israel launched a plan to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy infrastructures throughout the country, the energy ministry said in a...
6 killed in IS road attack in NE Syria: war monitor
Damascus [Syria], September 12: Islamic State (IS) militants killed six people driving on a road in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakah on Sunday, a...
Greece seeks to keep open channels of communication with Türkiye: PM
Athens [Greece], September 12: Greece will always seek to keep open channels of communication with Türkiye, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday.
1 killed, 1 wounded in shooting in western Germany
Frankfurt [Germany], September 12: One man was killed and another one was seriously injured in a shooting incident in Offenbach am Main in western Germany...
Putin, Macron hold phone talks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Moscow [Russia], September 12: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, held a telephone conversation on the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear...
Opposition blue bloc leads in Swedish parliamentary elections
Stockholm [Sweden], September 12: Preliminary results of the 2022 Swedish parliamentary elections showed early Monday morning that the opposition blue bloc gained 49.7 percent of...
"Barbarian" tops North American box office on opening weekend
Los Angeles [US], September 12: Disney's presentation of 20th Century Studios and New Regency's horror film "Barbarian" topped the North American box office with about...
Singapore reports 1,440 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore, September 12: Singapore reported 1,440 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total tally to 1,859,937.
Over 200,000 Sri Lankans leave for foreign jobs this year
Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 12: Sri Lanka's Minister of Labor and Foreign Employment ManushaNanayakkara said on Sunday that more than 200,000 Sri Lankans have left...