Seoul, December 7 (IANS): South Korea added the largest number of job positions last year due to an increase in employment in the health, social welfare service and public administration sectors amid rapid agin
San Francisco, December 7 (IANS): Taking on US President Joe Biden, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that America does not need his administration's ambitious $1 trillion infrastructure bill, or any of the gove
Seoul/Washington, December 7 (IANS): The US has completed the construction of a new long-range radar in Alaska that is designed to give early warnings for incoming ballistic missiles from North Korea and o
Geneva, December 6 (AP): The World Health Organization said Monday that the global response to the longtime threat of malaria has taken a hit as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted health services in many countr
New Delhi, December 6 (IANS): WhatsApp on Monday announced that its users will now have the option to turn on disappearing messages by default for all new chats.
Meta-owned platform said that it is adding tw
London, December 6 (IANS): The London High Court has ruled against a petition filed by a trade union of senior civil servants for a judicial review of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to over
Beijing, December 6 (AP): China's central bank expanded the supply of money for lending Monday as Beijing tried to reassure its public and investors the economy can be protected if a troubled real estate de
London, December 6 (AP): Winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes began receiving their awards on Monday in scaled-down local ceremonies adapted for pandemic times.
For a second year, the coronavirus has scuttled th
New Delhi/Kabul, December 6 (IANS): The Taliban-led government, controlled today by the Haqqani Network, a loyal proxy of Pakistan, is in the news once again for having summarily killed several former members o
Seoul, December 6 (IANS): South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating rose 1.0 percentage point to 40.5 per cent last week, a new poll revealed on Monday.
The negative assessment on Moon's c
Nay Py Taw, December 6 (IANS): Aung San Suu Kyi, the former de facto leader of Myanmar who was ousted during the February 1 military coup, was on Monday sentenced to four years in prison after she was "fou
Ramallah, December 6 (IANS): Palestine has sent 100 Covid-19 samples to an Israeli hospital to test for the Omicron variant, a senior official said.
The West Bank does not have labs to test for the new varia
Madrid, December 6 (IANS): The ongoing eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma has caused damages worth 842,33 million euros ($953 million), according to the regional Treasury Dep
Seoul, December 6 (IANS): The South Korean government will beef up efforts to monitor fake news on North Korea that "distort the policy environment" for inter-Korean relations, officials said here on
Canberra, December 6 (IANS): A new poll has revealed that Australia's main opposition Labor Party is the favourite among voters to win the next federal election.
The latest Newspoll, which was published
Brussels, December 6 (IANS): Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Brussels to protest against the Belgian government's latest measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Twenty people we
Los Angeles, Dec 6 (IANS) Police are warning the public againt burglars who pose as gardeners targeting Asian-American homes in Torrance, a city in Los Angeles County, the media reported.
Burglaries have occ
New York, December 5 (AP): CNN fired anchor Chris Cuomo on Saturday less than a week after new information emerged about how he assisted his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as the politician fac
New Delhi, December 5 (IANS): The US and 22 other allies have issued a joint statement expressing deep concern on the reports of summary killings and enforced disappearances of former members of the Afghan secu
Jakarta, December 5 (IANS): At least 13 people died and 98 others were injured after Mount Semeru in Indonesia's East Java erupted, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said on Sunday.
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