Serious COVID-19 cases hit fresh high amid few signs of virus slowdown

Nov 16, 2021

Seoul (South Korea), November 16: The number of critically ill COVID-19 patients in South Korea hit an all-time high on Tuesday as the daily caseload...

NATO chief says no consensus on inviting Ukraine

Nov 16, 2021

KEIV (Ukraine), November 16: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries have not reached a consensus on inviting Ukraine to the military alliance, Ukraine's state-run...

UN says 34 truck drivers released by Ethiopia

Nov 16, 2021

United Nations, November 16: The Ethiopian government has released almost half of the contract aid truck drivers detained, leaving 36 still held, a UN spokesman...

Mexico's president slams U.S.-imposed sanctions against Cuba

Nov 16, 2021

Mexico City (Mexico), November 16: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday again decried the U.S.-led economic blockade against Cuba.

Libyan PM says election laws "designed to obstruct elections"

Nov 16, 2021

Tripoli (Libya), November 16: Libya's Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah on Monday said the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections face a major problem of "laws that...

Putin, Macron discuss migrant crisis, Ukraine by phone

Nov 16, 2021

Moscow (Russia), November 16: Russian President Vladimir Putin had a phone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to discuss the migrant crisis on the...

Lao PM to lead historic trip on Laos-China Railway

Nov 16, 2021

Vientiane (Laos), November 16: The Lao People's Revolutionary Party leadership has resolved that Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh will lead other senior officials in the first...

U.S. entangled in COVID-19 vaccine mandate dispute as cases rise in cold weather

Nov 16, 2021

New York (US), November 16: As the cold days set in, the United States is again seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases, though deaths and...

French ex-PM Fillon's appeal hearing opens in Paris

Nov 16, 2021

Paris (France), November 16: The first hearing for former French prime minister Francois Fillon's appeal against his conviction for embezzlement of public funds kicked off...