Canada approves first bivalent COVID-19 booster for children ages 5 to 11
Ottawa [Canada], December 10: Health Canada on Friday authorized the Pfizer-BioNTechComirnaty Omicron BA.4/BA.5 bivalent-adapted booster for use in children 5 to 11 years of age.
Oil prices settle lower to post around 11 pct weekly loss
New York [US], December 10: Oil prices decreased on Friday as demand worries linger.
Malaysia's unemployment falls to lowest in October since COVID-19 pandemic
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 10: Malaysia's unemployment fell to the lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic in October, reaching 602,000 persons, official data showed on...
Myanmar reports 19 new COVID-19 cases
Yangon [Myanmar], December 10: Myanmar confirmed 19 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 633,400, according to the Ministry...
Indonesia inaugurates new autonomous region of Southwest Papua
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 10: Indonesia inaugurated a new autonomous region in the country's easternmost island of Papua on Friday, bringing the country to a total...
Over 1,300 houses in Sri Lanka damaged by cyclonic storm Mandous
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 10: Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Friday that over 1,300 houses in various parts of the island country...
Chinese scholarships program launched in Myanmar
Yangon [Myanmar],December 10: The Bank of China (BOC) scholarships and grants program was launched in Myanmar's commercial city of Yangon on Friday, with 100 University...
Uzbekistan's population exceeds 36 mln
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], December 10: Uzbekistan's population has surpassed 36 million, increasing by a million over the past year, the Uzbek State Statistics committee said on...
5.6-magnitude quake hits 2 km NE of Pondaguitan, Philippines: USGS
New York [US], December 10: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 2 km NE of Pondaguitan, the Philippines, at 20:01:56 GMT on Friday,...
S. Korea, U.S. to hold economic cooperation talks in Washington next week
Seoul (South Korea), December 9: Senior diplomats of South Korea and the United States will hold economic talks in Washington, D.C., next week to discuss...
Yoon hosts dinner for nat'l football team
Seoul (South Korea), December 9: President Yoon Suk-yeol hosted a dinner for the national football team on Thursday, saying he was deeply moved by...
S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases over 60,000 for 4th day as virus...
Seoul (South Korea), December 9: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases continued their weekly climb Friday, as the government mulls adjusting the indoor mask mandate even...
Malaria cases, deaths remain stable in 2021: WHO
Geneva (Switzerland), December 9: The global number of malaria cases and deaths generally remained stable in 2021, thanks to redoubled efforts by affected countries, the...
M23 kills 131 civilians in eastern DRC: UN
United Nations, December 9: In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last week, M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians, including 17 women...
Israel's Netanyahu asks president to extend mandate to form gov't
Jerusalem (Israel), December 9: Israeli former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday asked President Isaac Herzog for an extension of the mandate to form a...
Mexico's inflation slows to 7.8 pct in November
Mexico City (Mexico), December 9: Mexico's annual inflation rate slowed to 7.8 percent through November year on year, due to a decrease in the price...
U.S. stocks rise, S&P 500 snaps 5-day losing streak
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Gambian president appoints 3 judges
Banjul (Gambia), December 9: The President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow has appointed three Gambian judges who were sworn in on Thursday at State House...