Japan's gov't panel agrees on record minimum wage hike plan

Aug 02, 2022

Tokyo (Japan), August 2: A panel of the Japanese government on Monday agreed to the plan to increase the average minimum wage by a record...

Mexico's economy rebounds in early third quarter

Aug 02, 2022

Mexico City (Mexico), August 2: Mexico's economy regained strength at the start of the third quarter of 2022, after losing dynamism in the previous period,...

Overlapping crises accelerating health inequality: WHO

Aug 02, 2022

Montreal [Canada], August 2: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that overlapping crises of COVID-19, inflation and cuts to foreign...

Sudan reports 1st confirmed case of monkeypox

Aug 02, 2022

Khartoum (Sudan), August 2: Sudan's health ministry announced on Monday the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the country.

Somalia, UN agencies vow to create breastfeeding-friendly environments for mothers, babies

Aug 02, 2022

Mogadishu (Somalia), August 2: Somalia and two United Nations agencies on Monday vowed to step up efforts to ensure breastfeeding-friendly environments for mothers and babies...

UNICEF sees increase in exclusive breastfeeding rates in South Sudan

Aug 02, 2022

Juba (South Sudan), August 2: The United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF, said Monday that 68 percent of children in South Sudan are exclusively breastfed...

Assembly Speaker Kim to meet with U.S. House Speaker Pelosi this week

Aug 01, 2022

Seoul (South Korea), August 1: National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo will meet with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi later this week to discuss regional security,...

Online shopping up around 10 pct in June amid eased virus curbs

Aug 01, 2022

Seoul (South Korea), August 1: Online shopping in South Korea rose around 10 percent in June from a year ago as the lifting of COVID-19...

SK, Tokuyama start off construction for semiconductor cleaning agent plant in S. Korea

Aug 01, 2022

Seoul (South Korea), August 1: SK Geocentric Co., a chemical unit of South Korea's SK Group, said Monday the construction began for the joint factory...