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New Zealand signs trade deal with Costa Rica,...
Wellington [New Zealand], November 16: New Zealand signed a trade agreement with Costa Rica, Iceland, and Switzerland that prioritizes Kiwi...
Southeast Australian towns ordered to evacuate amid bushfire...
Sydney [Australia], November 16: Residents of several towns in Australia's second-most populous state were ordered to evacuate due to nearby...
Putin, Scholz discuss Ukrainian crisis over telephone
Moscow [Russia], November 16: Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Ukraine with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in their...
COP climate talks need reform
Baku [Azerbaijan], November 16: A group of former leaders and climate experts said the annual U.N. COP climate talks were...
A trillion dollar question- fossil fuel subsidies
Baku [Azerbaijan], November 16: Governments around the globe are plowing billions of dollars into fossil fuel subsidies to shelter citizens...
Philippines braces for Typhoon Man-yi as Usagi weakens
Manila [Philippines], November 16: Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr directed authorities on Friday to stock up on food and other...
Iran backs Lebanon in ceasefire talks, seeks end...
Iran [Tehran], November 16: Iran backs any decision taken by Lebanon in talks to secure a ceasefire with Israel, a...
Biden to meet Korea and Japan leaders
Washington [US], November 16: U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with Japan and South Korea's leaders on Friday as they...
South African president orders immediate closure of tuck...
Johannesburg [South Africa], November 16: Addressing the nation on Friday evening, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the immediate closure...
COP29 stalls amid global tensions
New York [US], November 16: This year's U.N. climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the...
US judge strikes down Biden overtime pay rule
Washington [US], November 16: A federal judge in Texas on Friday permanently blocked a Biden administration rule that would have...
Argentina seizes Nazi-era weaponry
Buenos Aires [Argentina], November 16: Argentine police arrested a man in Buenos Aires who possessed a large number of vintage...
Border town stands amid conflict
Tel Aviv [Israel], November 16: Since the start of the Israel-Hezbollah war, hundreds of thousands of Lebanese have fled their...
COP29 urged to find $1 trillion
Baku [Azerbaijan], November 15: Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on how to raise up to $1...
Sales of Korean domestic market firms fall for...
Seoul [South Korea], November 16: Sales of Korean domestic market-oriented companies saw an on-year decline in the first half of...
Number of foreign-invested firms in China up 11.8%...
Beijing [China], November 16: A total of 46,893 new foreign-invested firms were established across China in the first 10 months...
Fifth UAE aid ship bound for Gaza arrives...
Al Arish [Egypt], November 16: The Fifth UAE aid ship bound for Gaza arrived Today, Saturday, at the port of...
China's energy production maintains steady growth in October
Beijing [China], November 16: China's energy production maintained stable growth in October, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed,...
Egypt signs 2 MoUs for producing 5,200 MW...
Cairo [Egypt], November 15: Egypt signed on Thursday two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) for producing 5,200 megawatts of electricity from...
Iranian military commander vows "crushing" response to Israeli...
Tehran [Iran], November 15: A top Iranian military commander vowed on Thursday that Iran would definitely deliver a "crushing" response...
QatarEnergy signs 10-yr sulfur deal with Morocco's soil...
Doha [Qatar], November 15: QatarEnergy signed on Thursday with OCP Nutricrops, a Moroccan company specializing in soil nutrition solutions, a...
Istanbul, Ankara under probe over alleged illicit event...
Istanbul [Turkey], November 15: Two Turkish public prosecutor offices have initiated investigations into Istanbul and Ankara municipalities over their expenditures...
At least 12 paramedics killed in Israeli airstrike...
Beirut [Lebanon], November 15: At least 12 paramedics from civil defense teams were killed on Thursday night in an Israeli...
Netherlands outpaces other major EU economies in Q3
The Hague [Netherlands], November 15: The Dutch economy showed a notable recovery in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024, recording...
4,000 illegal miners trapped underground in South Africa...
Johannesburg [South Africa], November, 15: An estimated 4,000 illegal miners are still trapped underground at an unused mine in Stilfontein,...
UN Security Council condemns attacks on UNIFIL sites...
Geneva [Switzerland], November 15: Members of the UN Security Council today condemned the recent attacks and multiple incidents of violence...
Musk met Iran ambassador to defuse tensions: report
New York [US], November 15: Elon Musk has met with Iran's ambassador to the UN in what was billed as...