Los Angeles hospital beds at lowest availability since pandemic began
Los Angeles [US], December 17: The number of available Los Angeles County hospital beds has fallen to its lowest level in the pandemic, according to...
Biden signs short-term funding bill
Washington [US], December 17: U.S. President Joe Biden signed a short-term funding bill on Friday to avert a government shutdown.
U.S. CDC director warns vaccine misinformation one of biggest public health threats
Los Angeles [US], December 17: Vaccine misinformation is among the biggest threats to public health, Director of the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention...
U.S. stocks drop as recession fears persist
New York [US], December 17: Wall Street's major averages fell on Friday as market participants remain concerned about the economic and profits landscape.
Search underway for medical transport plane that crashed off Hawaii coast
Los Angeles [US], December 17: A search is underway Friday for a medical transport plane that crashed into the sea overnight near Hawaii with three...
China-funded project aiding remote areas inaugurated in Nepal
Kathmandu [Nepal], December 17: A China-funded project to supply Nepal's remote areas with sanitation materials and daily necessities was inaugurated Friday in Lalitpur, a city...
Brunei launches trial of gigabit Internet service
Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], December 17: Brunei launched a one-gigabit-per-second (Gbps) fiber broadband proof of concept by the telco industry, aiming to transform the country...
Myanmar reports 22 new COVID-19 cases
Yangon [Myanmar], December 17: Myanmar has reported 22 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the tally to 633,543, the country's Ministry of Health said on Friday.
Vietnam's tra fish exports to hit record high this year
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 17: Vietnam's tra fish exports are forecast to reach a new record high of 2.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, surging 70...
Death toll rises to 21 in landslide in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 17: The death toll of a landslide in Malaysia's Selangor state has risen to 21 with another 12 still missing, a...
Lebanon receives 900,000 additional doses of cholera vaccine
Beirut [Lebanon], December 16: Lebanon on Thursday received more than 900,000 doses of the cholera vaccine from the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Coordination...
Israel's inflation hits 14-year high of 5.3 pct
Jerusalem [Israel], December 16: Israel's year-on-year inflation rose to 5.3 percent in November, the highest since October 2008, according to figures issued by the Israeli...
Palestine hails UN resolution on natural resource sovereignty
Ramallah [Palestine], December 16: Palestine hailed a UN resolution passed by a wide margin in favor of sovereignty over its natural resources.
Russia reports 7,833 new COVID-19 cases
Moscow [Russia], December 16: Russia has registered 7,833 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 21,692,870, said the official...
UK central bank raises interest rate to 3.5 pct
London [UK], December 16: Britain's central bank, the Bank of England (BoE) on Thursday raised its benchmark interest rate, Bank Rate, by 0.5 percentage points,...
Hungary projects 3.5 pct deficit, 1.5 pct GDP growth in 2023
Budapest [Hungary], December 16: The Hungarian government projected that the country's budget deficit would be 3.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 and...
OECD urges Finland to increase productivity
Helsinki [Finland], December 16: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Thursday urged Finland to increase productivity and the rate of employment to...
Austria's economy faces stagnation in 2023: WIFO
Vienna [Austria], December 16: The Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) said on Thursday that it expects the country's economy to stagnate next year amid...
EU grants candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], December 16: The member states of the European Union (EU) have unanimously adopted a recommendation by the European Commission to grant...
Biden says COVID-19 cases rising across U.S.
Washington [US], December 16: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that COVID-19 cases "are rising" across the country.
Magnitude 5.9 quake rattles El Salvador
San Salvador [Mexico], December 16: A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook El Salvador at 8:32 a.m. Thursday local time, according to a Ministry of Environment...
Weekly storage of natural gas in U.S. down
Houston [US], December 16: Working gas storage in the contiguous United States was 3,412 billion cubic feet in the week ending Dec. 9, a net...
Oil prices drop amid recession worries, U.S. dollar strength
New York [US], December 16: Oil prices fell on Thursday as traders grew concerned that major central banks' policy tightening would trigger a global recession...
U.S. retail sales fall more than expected
Washington [US], December 16: U.S. retail sales dropped in November, falling lower than analysts' estimates, according to data published Thursday by the U.S. Department of...
Mexico's central bank hikes interest rate again amid inflationary pressure
Mexico City [Mexico], December 16: The central bank of Mexico (Banxico) raised the key interest rate once again on Thursday to counter domestic inflationary pressure...
Sri Lanka discusses nuclear energy cooperation with Russia
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 16: Sri Lankan Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said on Thursday that the South Asian country is discussing nuclear...
Over 509 mln USD worth of drugs seized in Myanmar in 2022
Yangon [Myanmar], December 16: Myanmar confiscated narcotics and precursor chemicals worth over 1,069.94 billion kyats (over 509.49 million U.S. dollars) so far this year, the...