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New Zealand signs trade deal with Costa Rica, Iceland, and Switzerland

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 threat

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

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

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

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

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 to 'problems'

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

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 shops linked to food poisoning cases

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

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

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

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

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

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 first time in 4 years

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% in first 10 months

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 at Al Arish Port as part of Operation 'Chivalrous Knight 3'

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

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 of electricity from new, renewable resources

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 attack

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 nutrition solutions company

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 spending

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 on Lebanese village

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

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 with rescue efforts delayed by rains

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 in southern Lebanon

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

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...