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Global CO2 emissions from energy set to defy expectations
October 20, 2022, 7:31 pm
ANKARA – Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion are expected to increase by less than 1 percent this year with the large expansion in renewables and electric vehicles preventing sharp emission rises, a new analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA) revealed… Read More
US ready to release more oil reserves: Biden
October 20, 2022, 4:45 pm
WASHINGTON – The United States will release 15 million barrels of oil from its emergency reserves and will prepare for further possible releases in the latest effort to address high energy prices, President Joe Biden said Wednesday, as inflation weighs on the country weeks ahead of the midterm… Read More
Covid-19 still international health emergency: WHO
October 20, 2022, 1:33 pm
GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said Covid-19 is still a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the WHO's highest alert level. The announcement came although the number of weekly deaths is almost at its lowest level since the pandemic began. The WHO's… Read More
NASA’s Webb telescope captures view of Pillars of Creation
October 20, 2022, 10:59 am
WASHINGTON – NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a view of the Pillars of Creation where the US space agency said new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. "The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations, but are far more permeable. These columns are… Read More
Europe takes measures to mitigate energy crisis
October 19, 2022, 9:00 pm
ANKARA – Facing a spiraling energy crisis, European governments are coming up with measures to rein in runaway bills and give some relief to worried citizens. There were several new plans put forward across the continent on Tuesday, indicating the extent of the apprehension gripping Europe as it… Read More
Rapid, one-sided yen fall negative for Japan economy: BOJ chief
October 19, 2022, 5:56 pm
TOKYO – The yen's recent rapid and one-sided depreciation is "negative" for the Japanese economy, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Wednesday after the currency hit a fresh 32-year low versus the United States dollar. Kuroda told a parliamentary session that the rapid-paced weakening… Read More
Artillery shots 'serious warning' over military drills: NoKor
October 19, 2022, 3:25 pm
SEOUL – North Korea's military said Wednesday it fired artillery shots overnight into maritime buffer zones near the inter-Korean border as a "serious warning" over South Korea's ongoing military drills. In a statement, a spokesman for the General Staff of the Korean People's Army (KPA) said the… Read More
France wants to explore PH waters in exchange for submarines
October 18, 2022, 8:36 pm
ISTANBUL – France has offered the Philippines two submarines in exchange for permission to explore the Southeast Asian nation’s “sovereign waters,” according to reports on Tuesday. “France offered to build two diesel-electric-powered submarines for the Philippines based on the design and… Read More
Asean-Korea Centre in search of next successful startups
October 18, 2022, 7:04 pm
SEOUL, Korea – The Asean-Korea Centre is organizing the “Asean-Korea Startup Week”, an online pitching contest for Asean startups, on October 19-20. Twenty-seven promising early-stage startups from the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) member states have been selected to take… Read More
Asean, EU ink world’s first bloc-to-bloc air transport deal
October 18, 2022, 6:57 pm
MANILA – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and the European Union (EU) and its member states have signed the Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement (CATA) between their respective member states at the 28th Asean Transport Ministers’ Meeting on Oct. 17 in Bali, Indonesia. The… Read More
Iran backs proposal on nuclear weapons convention
October 18, 2022, 4:03 pm
NEW YORK – Iran supported the Non-Alignment Movement’s (NAM) proposal on a comprehensive nuclear weapons convention. In a United Nations General Assembly meeting on Monday, Heydar-Ali Balouji, a diplomat in Iran’s permanent mission in the UN, said the repeated failures of revision in the… Read More
Japan to expand sanctions on NoKor over missile tests
October 18, 2022, 3:27 pm
TOKYO – Japan decided Tuesday to impose additional sanctions on North Korea by freezing the assets of five more organizations over their involvement in Pyongyang's nuclear and missile development programs, top government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said. The additional sanctions, approved at a… Read More
France faces massive national strike on Tuesday
October 17, 2022, 9:36 pm
PARIS – Workers in sectors such as transport, energy, education, waste collection, and agriculture plan to join French unions' call for an "inter-professional" strike this Tuesday. As a result, not only will refinery workers and those at France's largest nuclear power plant Gravelines be on… Read More
Russian drone strikes hit Ukraine's capital Kyiv
October 17, 2022, 6:39 pm
KYIV, Ukraine – At least four explosions were heard in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Monday as authorities reported attacks by Russian kamikaze drones. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said four separate explosions took place in the capital’s Shevchenkivsky district. He shared photos of the wreckage… Read More
71M people face poverty due to war in Ukraine, says UN
October 17, 2022, 2:01 pm
ANKARA – Some 71 million people have faced poverty due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, according to the UN Development Program (UNDP). The impact of the war on food and energy prices is expected to increase the number of poor in the world. According to the UNDP report on the effects of the… Read More
Ex-Tokyo Olympic exec to be probed over fresh bribery case
October 16, 2022, 7:39 pm
TOKYO – Japanese prosecutors are set to build yet another corruption case against a former Tokyo Olympic executive for allegedly accepting bribes from a company that sold officially licensed stuffed dolls of the games' mascots, investigative sources said Sunday. Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, who has… Read More
China will never seek hegemony or engage in expansionism: Xi
October 16, 2022, 5:28 pm
BEIJING – China will never seek hegemony or engage in expansionism, Xi Jinping said on Sunday at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. China stands firmly against all forms of hegemonism and power politics, the Cold War mentality, interference in… Read More
World can learn from China’s unique model of democracy
October 15, 2022, 5:13 pm
BEIJING – In the West, people like to chat or talk business in cafes or barrooms; while in China, especially in the countryside, the typical place for such activities is the teahouse. For many years, rural farmers would head straight to the teahouse after waking up in the morning to learn about… Read More
US 'reviewing' consequences for Saudi Arabia over OPEC decision
October 14, 2022, 7:31 pm
WASHINGTON -- The United States is "reviewing" consequences for Saudi Arabia after a decision by OPEC+ to cut oil production, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday. "We are not only deeply disappointed in that, we think it's short-sighted. And as the President's made very clear, that… Read More
G-20 finance chiefs agree to avoid monetary tightening spillovers
October 14, 2022, 7:19 pm
WASHINGTON -- The Group of 20 major economies committed to avoiding economic "spillovers" from interest rate hikes as central banks tackle inflation, while sharing concern over increased volatility in currencies, Indonesian and Japanese officials said Thursday. The announcements followed a two-day… Read More
