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Washington (US), October 14: World Bank Group President David Malpass said on Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing up poverty and debt levels in...

United Nations, October 14: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday asked for nearly 3.12 billion U.S. dollars as the world body's regular budget for 2022.

Washington (US), October 14: U.S. Federal Reserve officials broadly agreed last month the central bank could start tapering asset purchases in mid-November or mid-December, according...

London (UK), October 14: Britain has called for "intensive talks" with the European Union (EU) on the Northern Ireland Protocol on Wednesday evening after both...

Washington (US), October 13: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday projected that the global economy would grow by 5.9 percent in 2021, down by...

Santiago (Chile), October 13: Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Tuesday decreed a state of emergency in the southern provinces of Biobio, Arauco, Malleco and Cautin,...

Rome (Italy), October 13: Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio on Tuesday called on ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) to reinforce the global...

Washington (US), October 13: Global central banks are going to face tough trade-offs between supporting the economic recovery, tackling inflation and maintaining financial stability as...

United Nations, October 13: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that diversity must be seen as a source of strength instead of threat in search...

Moscow (Russia), October 13: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and visiting U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland on Tuesday discussed the...

Copenhagen (Denmark), October 13: Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg resigned on Tuesday, submitting a letter of resignation in person to King Harald V during a...

Brussels (Belgium), October 13: The European Commission on Tuesday issued the first NextGenerationEU green bond, raising 12 billion euros (13.8 billion U.S. dollars) to...

Washington (US), October 13: U.S. President Joe Biden will host Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at the White House on Thursday, Press Secretary Jen Psaki said...

Seoul (South Korea), October 12: South Korea's daily new COVID-19 cases hovered around the 1,000s for a fourth straight day on Tuesday due to fewer...

Seoul (South Korea), October 12: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for boosting the country's military capabilities to counter what he called "hostile forces"...

New York (US), October 12: With holidays approaching in the United States, health experts said some festivities can start to return to a sense of...

United Nations, October 12: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for the injection of liquidity to keep the Afghan economy afloat.

Moscow (Russia), October 12: Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the Ukrainian issue during their phone conversation,...

New York (US), October 12: Some U.S. retailers are chartering cargo ships to import goods for the 2021 holiday shopping season amid the global supply-chain...

London (UK), October 12 : Another 40,224 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country...

Caracas (Venezuela), October 11: Venezuela on Sunday received more than 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX program in another step towards the...

Washington (US), October 11: U.S. trade groups representing importers expressed disappointment with the White House's plan to leave the Section 301 tariffs imposed by the...

Algiers (Algeria), October 11: Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday received in his office in Algiers the visiting Speaker of Libyan House of Representatives Aguila...

Mogadishu (Somalia), October 11: Somalia and the United Nations agencies said Sunday they had teamed up to scale up quality mental health services at all...

Singapore, October 10: Singapore reported 3,703 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, hitting a new record high and bringing the total tally in the country...

Paris (France), October 10: Former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has launched a new political party, local media reported.

Seoul (South Korea), October 10: North Korea appears to be marking the 76th founding anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party on Sunday without a military...