ECB to carry on with rate hikes to fight inflation

Frankfurt [Germany], November 19: The European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde on Friday reiterated the central bank's determination to fight record high inflation, but...

Russia reports 5,546 new COVID-19 cases

Moscow [Russia], November 19: Russia has registered 5,546 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 21,525,567, said the official...

Erdogan, Zelensky discuss Ukraine grain export deal

Istanbul [Turkey], November 19: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky discussed a deal of exporting grain from Ukraine, Türkiye's presidential...

Ukraine to reduce planting areas under winter grains by 20-30 pct

Kiev [Ukraine], November 19: Ukraine will reduce the planting areas under the winter grains by 20 percent to 30 percent this year due to the...

UN chief, Zelensky discuss Ukraine grain deal's impact on least developed countries

United Nations, November 19: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, and discussed the future of the...

Finnish gov't allocates 139 mln euros for building security fence

Helsinki [Finland], November 19: The Finnish government has proposed 139 million euros (452 million U.S. dollars) in funding for the first phase of building a...

Ukrainian PM, EU top official discuss Russia-Ukraine conflict, fresh aid

Kiev [Ukraine], November 19: Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and visiting European Commission's Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis on Friday discussed the Russia-Ukraine conflict...

Upstate New York hit by thundersnow and lake effect snow

New York [US], November 19: The city of Buffalo and surrounding areas in U.S. New York State have been hit by heavy snow triggered by...

Boeing forecasts air cargo traffic to increase twofold in next 20 years

San Francisco [US], November 19: Boeing on Friday released its 2022 World Air Cargo Forecast (WACF), predicting strong demand for air cargo services through 2041,...

NASA, SpaceX to launch resupply mission to space station next week

Los Angeles [US], November 19: NASA and SpaceX are targeting next Tuesday to launch a resupply mission to the International Space Station, NASA said on...

U.S. stocks rise amid economic data

New York [US], November 19: U.S. stocks finished higher on Friday as investors digested the latest economic data.

NASA's Orion spacecraft to fly by moon next Monday

Los Angeles [US], November 19: NASA's Orion spacecraft is expected to fly by the moon next Monday, Nov. 21, performing a close approach of the...

U.S. dollar rises as traders assess Fed policy path

New York [US], November 19:The U.S. dollar moved higher in late trading on Friday as market participants bet on more rate hikes from the Federal...

Malaysians go to polls to elect new gov't

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 19: Malaysia kicked off its national polls on Saturday, with voters streaming to voting centers to elect representatives who will form...

Malaysia reports 3,037 new COVID-19 infections, 5 new deaths

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 19: Malaysia reported 3,037 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Friday, bringing the national total to 4,963,216, according to the health...

DPRK test-fires new ICBM, KCNA

Seoul [South Korea], November 19:The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward eastern waters on Friday, under the...

Myanmar designates new protected public forest area in central region

Yangon [Myanmar],November 19:Myanmar has designated a new protected public forest area in central Myanmar's Magway Region, its state-run Mirror Daily reported on Saturday.

4 killed in gas tank explosion in N. Iraq

Baghdad [Iraq], November 18: Four people were killed and some 10 others were wounded on Thursday in a gas tank explosion at a house in...

Students stage cost-of-living protest in Brussels

Brussels [Belgium], November 18: An estimated 150 students from the Federation of Francophone Students (FEF) held a demonstration here on Nov.17, International Students' Day, to...

Employment in Germany reaches all-time high

Berlin [Germany], November 18:Employment in Germany reached a new all-time high of around 45.6 million in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022, according to provisional...

Zelensky says Ukrainian experts to participate in probe of Poland's projectile falling

Kiev [Ukraine], November 18: Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky said Thursday that Ukrainian experts will participate in a probe of the deadly projectile falling in southeastern Poland,...

Slovenian students learn 5G, AI at Huawei's future seeds program

Ljubljana [Slovenia], November 18: Five Slovenian students were awarded certificates on Thursday after they successfully completed Huawei's third "Seeds for the Future" program.

Pelosi says to step down as top Democrat in U.S. House

Washington [US], November 18: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday that she's stepping down as top Democrat in the House of Representatives.

U.S. reportedly running low on certain weapons to send to Ukraine

Washington [US], November 18: The United States is running low on some weapons and ammunition it has been sending to Ukraine amid the latter's military...

Boeing reorganizes Defense, Space & Security unit

San Francisco [US], November 18: Boeing on Thursday announced a series of executive leadership changes and reorganizations.

Weekly storage of natural gas in U.S. increases

Houston (Texas) [US], November 18:Working gas storage in the contiguous United States was 3,644 billion cubic feet in the week ending Nov. 11, a net...

Oil prices drop to multi-week lows

New York [US], November 18: Oil prices fell to their lowest levels in weeks on Thursday, driven by multiple headwinds.