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South Korea, world's lowest fertility rate plunges again...
Seoul [South Korea], February 29: South Korea's fertility rate, already the world's lowest, continued its dramatic decline in 2023.
Israeli plan to expand settlements helped trigger US...
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 29: Israel's plan to add thousands more homes to settlements in the occupied West Bank announced...
Abu Dhabi witnesses 67% annual increase in number...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 29: A new study developed by the Business & Economics Intelligence Sector at the Abu Dhabi...
5-ton caffeine seized in central Myanmar
Yangon [Myanmar], February 28: Myanmar authorities have seized 5 tons of caffeine in central Myanmar's Mandalay region, according to a...
Biden tells press he hopes for Gaza ceasefire...
Washington [US], February 28: US President Joe Biden on Monday expressed optimism about an imminent ceasefire between Israel and the...
Germany, Poland rule out sending troops to Ukraine
Berlin [Germany], February 28: Germany and Poland on Tuesday categorically ruled out sending their troops to Ukraine to help Kiev...
Zelensky in Riyadh to discuss peace plan and...
Kiev [Ukraine], February 28: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks with Crown Prince HRH...
Former RAF terrorist arrested in Berlin after decades-long...
Berlin [Germany], February 28: Police in Berlin have arrested Daniela Klette, a former far-left terrorist from the Red Army Faction...
China wants to negotiate a policy of no...
Countries that own the world's largest nuclear arsenals should sit at the negotiating table for a treaty to prevent the...
Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump won the primary...
Washington [US], February 28: US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump easily won the Democratic and Republican presidential...
China urges UN to define roadmap to exempt...
Beijing [China], February 28: The United Nation's Conference on Disarmament should define a roadmap or timetable for an international legal...
US cautions after Hawaii neighbor Kiribati gets Chinese...
Washington [US], February 28: The United States on Monday cautioned Pacific Islands nations against assistance from Chinese security forces after...
Italy's Meloni loses control of Sardinia in election...
Rome [Italy], February 28: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suffered her first significant electoral setback since taking office in 2022,...
Newshub set to close at end of June,...
Washington [US], February 28: Up to 300 jobs are expected to be lost as one of our biggest commercial media...
G20's legitimacy depends on treatment of world's poorest
Sao Paulo [Brazil], February 28: The legitimacy of the Group of 20 economic powers depends on its impact on the...
Navalny's lawyer briefly detained in Moscow
Moscow [Russia], February 28: A lawyer for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who accompanied Navalny's mother last week as she...
Norway's King Harald in hospital in Malaysia
Moss [Norway], February 28: Norway's King Harald has been hospitalised in Malaysia with an infection, the Norwegian royal household said.
Japan's new births fall to record low in...
Tokyo [Japan], February 28: The number of babies born in Japan fell for an eighth straight year to a fresh...
Inside the Democratic rebellion against Biden over the...
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 28: The depth of Democratic Party anger over President Joe Biden's handling of the Gaza war...
International Summit on Improvement in Education: Morals, values,...
Sharjah [UAE], February 28: Sharjah Education Academy (SEA) announced the recommendations of the third edition of the Sharjah International Summit...
Sharjah to highlight best of its adventure, cultural...
Sharjah [UAE], February 28: The Emirate of Sharjah is gearing up for its participation in the ITB Berlin - the...
UAE, Malaysia CEPA on track for June signing:...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 28: Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, Malaysia's Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI), has affirmed...
World Police Summit 2024: Philippines Rights Commissioner urges...
Dubai [UAE], February 28: Attorney Faydah M. Dumarpa, Commissioner of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights, has urged law enforcement...
Japan's core consumer prices up 2 pct in...
Tokyo [Japan], February 27: Japan's core consumer prices rose 2 percent in January from a year earlier, the government said...
Navalny's team plans to organise public funeral service...
Moscow [Russia], February 27: The team of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who died in custody, says it wants to organize...
Zelensky says 31,000 soldiers killed in first official...
Kyiv [Ukraine], February 27: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said 31,000 soldiers defending the country from Russia's invasion have...
UN rights council deals with misery in Gaza
Geneva [Switzerland], February 27: The plight of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip was at the centre of the...