US, Japan, South Korea vow strategic cooperation to boost security, economies
WASHINGTON, June 29 ------ Commerce and trade ministers from the United States, Japan and South Korea vowed to cooperate on strategic...
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Jun 29
IMF releases AI preparedness index for 174 countries
ISTANBUL, June 29 ------ The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its AI Preparedness Index (AIPI), mapping the world's readiness...
Jun 28
Japanese yen touches 38-year low as global stocks finish mixed
NEW YORK, United State, June 28 ------ The yen, weakened by the Japanese government's easy monetary policy, hit a 38-year low against the...
Jun 28
China gives cities over $316 million in emergency relief amid deadly floods
BEIJING, China, June 28 ------ China has provided more than 2.3 billion yuan ($316.4 million) in funds to help with rescue efforts,...
Jun 28
EU and Zelensky expected to sign Ukraine security pact
BRUSSELS, June 28 ------ The European Union is expected to sign a security agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,...
Jun 28
Russia lacks strength for ‘big breakthroughs’ in Ukraine - NATO chief
BRUSSELS, June 28 ------ NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said that Russian forces were not capable of making a "big breakthroughs" on the...
Jun 27
South Korea, Japan vow to take steps to defend their currencies
SEOUL, June 27 ------ Finance ministers of South Korea and Japan used a bilateral meeting in Seoul to express a shared concern about...
Jun 27
Finland to start bird flu vaccinations for humans, in world first
HELSINKI, June 27 ------ Finland plans to offer preemptive bird flu vaccination as soon as next week to some workers with exposure to...
Jun 27
Russia, Ukraine each return 90 prisoners of war
June 27 ------ Russia and Ukraine each handed back 90 prisoners of war in the latest of several periodic swaps in their 28-month-old...
Jun 27
Ukraine’s Zelensky visits front-line troops
KYIV, Ukraine, June 27 ------ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Commander in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi visited troops in the...
Jun 26
Veteran BOJ watcher warns Japanese households facing more pain from weak yen
TOKYO, June 26 ------ Japanese households are bearing the brunt of the central bank's snail-pace normalization of loose monetary policy...
Jun 26
South Africa records third mpox death after 16 confirmed cases
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 26 ------ South Africa has recorded its third death from the viral infection mpox in an outbreak that...
Jun 26
Kyiv: Any peace plan for Ukraine should be ‘fair,’ based on international law
KYIV, June 26 ------ Ukraine has a clear understanding that any plan to end the war with Russia should be based on international law and...
Jun 26
Western arms reach Ukraine front lines, relieving some pressure
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine, June 26 ------ Western supplies of artillery shells, slowed by months of political wrangling in Washington...
Jun 25
Taiwan leader says China 'has no right to punish' island
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 25 ------ Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te said that China "has no right to punish" Taiwanese people for their views...
Jun 25
Heat wave scorches US East Coast as dangerous temperatures expand to West
June 25 ------ More than 100 million people across the US were under heat warnings, with cities on the East Coast bracing for...
Jun 25
Leader of NATO member Poland visits China, talks to Xi about Ukraine, peace and trade
BEIJING, June 25 ------ Polish President Andrzej Duda met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for talks on Ukraine, peace and expanding...
Jun 25
US is expected to send Ukraine $150 million more in munitions
WASHINGTON, June 25 ------ The U.S. is expected to announced it is sending an additional $150 million in critically needed munitions to...
Jun 24
Stigmatizing vaccines causes serious consequences – Sinovac
June 24 ------ STIGMATIZING vaccines can lead to extremely serious consequences like causing mistrust between science and public health,...
Jun 24
Bird flu shows world not ready for future pandemics – report
PARIS, June 24 ------ Surging cases of bird flu among mammals, including cattle in the United States, offer a stark warning that the...
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