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Yoon hosts dinner for nat'l football team

Dec 09, 2022

Malaria cases, deaths remain stable in 2021: WHO

Dec 09, 2022

M23 kills 131 civilians in eastern DRC: UN

Dec 09, 2022

Israel's Netanyahu asks president to extend mandate to form gov't

Dec 09, 2022

Mexico's inflation slows to 7.8 pct in November

Dec 09, 2022

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U.S. stocks rise, S&P 500 snaps 5-day losing streak

Dec 09, 2022

New York (US), December 9: Wall Street's major averages rose on Thursday, reclaiming some of the ground they had surrendered recently.

UN Security Council hails signing of political framework deal in Sudan

Dec 09, 2022

United Nations, December 9: The United Nations Security Council on Thursday welcomed the signing of a framework deal in Sudan to end political stalemate, and...

Russia, U.S. conduct prisoners swap

Dec 09, 2022

Moscow (Russia), December 9: Russian citizen Viktor Bout was exchanged for U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner on Thursday at the Abu Dhabi airport, the Russian...

U.S. dollar slips amid economic data

Dec 09, 2022

New York (US), December 9: The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Thursday as market participants digested a slew of economic data.

Convention on the Law of the Sea more relevant than ever: UN chief

Dec 09, 2022

United Nations, December 9: As the ocean is "in dire straits," the landmark United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea adopted 40 years...

Dutch use less, import more gas as prices keep climbing

Dec 09, 2022

The Hague (Netherlands), December 9: Consumers and industries in the Netherlands scaled back their use of natural gas substantially between July and October, while the...

UK braces for Christmas disruptions as strikes extend

Dec 09, 2022

London (UK), December 9: The wave of strikes over pay that has hit the United Kingdom (UK) since the early days of December appears to...

EU, European development bank launch program to support Lebanon's small, medium enterprises

Dec 09, 2022

Beirut (Lebanon), December 9: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) announced on Thursday a new program to support...

Iranian president says U.S. acknowledges failure to stop Iran's oil exports

Dec 09, 2022

Tehran (Iran), December 9: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Thursday that the U.S. anger at Iran is due to the fact that Washington has...

FAO steps up emergency cash transfers for drought-hit Somalis

Dec 09, 2022

Mogadishu (Somalia), December 9: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said Thursday it has scaled up emergency cash transfers to respond to the drought emergency in the most drought-affected rural areas of Somalia.