Ukraine to receive financial assistance from IMF
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 15: Ukraine would receive a total of 4.5 billion U.S. dollars from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this year, the country's finance...
Oil prices close higher on tighter supply outlook
New York [US], April 15: U.S. oil prices grew slightly on Friday as the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned of a tighter supply outlook this...
Rare fungal infection outbreak forces temporary closure of U.S. factory
Los Angeles [US], April 15: An unusual fungal infection outbreak at a paper mill in the U.S. state of Michigan, which infected more than 90...
Japanese PM uninjured after explosion at Wakayama speech, suspect arrested
Tokyo [Japan], April 15: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday was evacuated unscathed after an object that appeared to be a smoke bomb was...
Cambodia breaks its own Guinness World Record for largest Madison dance
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], April 15: Cambodia on Saturday broke its own Guinness World Record for the largest Madison dance involving 4,999 participants, a Guinness World...
People enjoy 1st Lao New Year celebration after years of COVID-19
Vientiane [Laos], April 15: People enjoyed Lao New Year celebration activities across the country in 2023, after events were canceled or downsized for three years...
Moscow complains about delay in visas for Russian UN delegation
Washington [US], April 15:Russia has criticized delays in issuing US visas to Moscow's United Nations delegation led by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shortly before key...
Putin signs electronic military draft system into law
Moscow [Russia], April 15:Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill to create a digital draft system, greatly facilitating mobilising Russians into the army,...
Airman suspected of leaking secret US documents hit with federal charges
Washington [US], April 15: A 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard accused of leaking top secret military intelligence records online was charged with...
Macron cleared to raise French retirement age, protesters vow to fight on
Paris [France], April 15: French President Emmanuel Macron's flagship pension reform will enter into force swiftly, officials said after it received the Constitutional Council's approval...
U.S. Supreme Court's Alito temporarily blocks abortion pill curbs
Washington [US], April 15: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily halted lower court rulings that set limits on access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese companies in action over fentanyl
Washington [US], April 15: Washington imposed sanctions on two entities based in China, accusing them supplying precursor chemicals to drug cartels in Mexico for the...
Eight dead in Sloviansk strike as Ukrainians said to pull back in...
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 15: A Russian missile strike killed eight people in eastern Ukraine as a British assessment said Ukrainian troops had been forced to...
Florida to allow death penalty
Washington [US], April 15: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to sign a bill on Friday allowing juries to recommend the death penalty in capital...
Presight AI signs MoU with Senegalese Ministry of Communication, Telecommunications and Digital...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 15: Presight AI (ADX: PRESIGHT), a G42 company, and the Ministry of Communication, Telecommunications and Digital Economy of the Republic of...
Emirates Food Security Council discusses the 2023 action plan, latest global agricultural...
Dubai [UAE], April 15: During its first meeting for 2023, the Emirates Food Security Council (EFSC) discussed the action plan for 2023 and latest developments...
New Zealand's new programs support young people in getting jobs
Wellington [New Zealand], April 14: The New Zealand government has been working to help steer young people into training and employment so as to stay...
UN envoy urges armed groups in Colombia to engage in peace talks
United Nations, April 14: The top UN envoy for Colombia, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, on Thursday called on armed groups in Colombia to engage in and...
Ghana Becomes First African Nation To Approve Oxford University's Malaria Vaccine
Accra [Ghana], April 14: Ghana has become the first nation in the world to approve a novel malaria vaccine from Oxford University. Children under the...
Sunak: Stopping boats is 'complicated & will not happen overnight'
London [UK], April 14: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has admitted his plans to stop boats crossing the Channel "won't happen overnight" and declined to...
Biden hails US-Irish relationship in historic address
Dublin [Ireland], April 14: US President Joe Biden declared he was home as he made a historic address to a packed Irish Parliament where he...
Berlin allows Poland to send fighter jets to Ukraine
Berlin [Germany], April 14: The German government approved within hours a Polish request on Thursday to deliver five Soviet-designed MiG-29 fighter jets from old East...
Sudanese military warns against violence
Khartoum [Sudan], April 14: On Thursday, the Sudanese army warned against mobilising paramilitary groups in the north and the capital Khartoum. Deployment of the Rapid...
Moscow complains about delay in visas for Russian UN delegation
Washington [US], April 14: Russia has criticized delays in issuing US visas to Moscow's United Nations delegation led by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shortly before...
Qatar, Bahrain end feud
Doha [Qatar], April 14: Qatar and Bahrain announced late Wednesday that they had agreed to end a long-running diplomatic feud and re-establish relations. Bahrain in...
N Korea likely fired 'new type of missile'
Seoul [South Korea], April 14: North Korea likely fired a "new type" of ballistic missile on Thursday that may have used advanced solid fuel, Seoul's...
Mideast nations re-establish ties
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], April 14: Saudi Arabia hosted landmark delegations from Iran and Syria on Wednesday as Gulf countries prepare for re-establishing diplomatic ties after...