Foreign
Việt Nam’s GDP growth forecast to rank 2nd in ASEAN
April 21, 2023, 2:50 pm
HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam’s gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to grow 5.8 percent this year, sharing the second position with Cambodia in the region, only after the Philippines, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Notably, Việt Nam’s public debt is expected to stay at… Read More
Report: 2022 summer Europe's all-time hottest
April 21, 2023, 2:46 pm
ATHENS – Europe sweltered under its hottest summer on record in 2022, said a yearly report by the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service on Thursday. "Globally, the last eight years have been the warmest on record, while in recent decades, Europe has warmed faster overall than any… Read More
Senate approves migrant decree
April 20, 2023, 8:50 pm
ROME – The Senate on Thursday approved new measures on migration set out in a government decree passed in the wake of the February 26 Cutro shipwreck and now before parliament for conversion into law. The package, which includes controversial restrictions to Italy's protection regime for… Read More
WHO chief: Death toll rises to nearly 300 in Sudan fighting
April 20, 2023, 7:48 pm
WASHINGTON – Nearly 300 people have been killed in Sudan due to ongoing clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday. "The situation in Sudan is increasingly concerning and heartbreaking. Almost 300… Read More
US House speaker proposes raising debt limit by $1.5T
April 20, 2023, 5:47 pm
ISTANBUL – United States House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday proposed raising the nation's debt limit by $1.5 trillion to avoid a default in the world's biggest economy. His proposal, called the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, would raise the debt limit by $1.5 trillion… Read More
67M children missed out on vaccines during pandemic: UNICEF
April 20, 2023, 4:47 pm
WASHINGTON – At least 67 million children missed out entirely or partially on vaccines between 2019 and 2021 due to lockdowns and disruptions to healthcare caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, UNICEF said in a report Wednesday. Of those, 48 million missed out entirely, the UN children's agency's… Read More
Day 115: RSV 421 sails past Algiers
April 20, 2023, 4:43 pm
MEDITERRANEAN SEA – The Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) sailed past Algiers on the morning of April 20. The ship was on a bearing of 90 degrees (east) on its way back to Bulgaria after a successful mission in support of the 31st Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition to… Read More
Netflix rose to 232M paid membership in Q1
April 20, 2023, 2:43 pm
ISTANBUL –American streaming service Netflix revenues rose 3.8 percent year-on-year, according to the company as it also reported that most of its subscribers during the first three months of 2023 came from the Asia Pacific region. The company had 1.46 million paid net additions in Asia-Pacific… Read More
Facebook to effect new rounds of layoff
April 20, 2023, 2:03 pm
ISTANBUL – Facebook parent company, Meta, has begun a new round of layoffs as the social media giant continues its efforts to cut costs. Reports said the layoffs, affecting 4,000 jobs, started Wednesday. This is part of the 10,000 jobs that Meta planned to cut early this year. The layoffs will… Read More
India surpasses China in population: UN data
April 19, 2023, 9:09 pm
ISTANBUL – The latest UN data showed India, with 1.4286 billion, has surpassed China in population. Data available on the UN Population Fund website shows China’s population at 1.4257 billion. It came a few days after the UN had projected India’s population to surpass China’s this year.… Read More
New coronavirus variant rears its head in Russia: sanitary watch
April 19, 2023, 4:44 pm
MOSCOW – Cases of the new coronavirus variant dubbed Arcturus have been registered in Russia; the illness caused by this variant typically occurs in a mild form, Russia’s sanitary watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said on Tuesday. "The regions have been informed about the XBB 1.16 (Arcturus)… Read More
N. Korea's Kim orders launch of spy satellite
April 19, 2023, 4:07 pm
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Pyongyang has completed building its first military spy satellite and ordered final preparations to launch the satellite as planned, the North's state media reported Wednesday. The move is expected to further heighten tensions on the Korean Peninsula.… Read More
Sweden's public radio quits Twitter
April 19, 2023, 3:50 pm
LONDON – Sweden's public radio said Tuesday that it is leaving Twitter, but did not blame the latter's recent labelling of accounts linked to the broadcaster. Radio Sweden will no longer be active on Twitter, said Christian Gillinger, the broadcaster's head of social media, adding that Twitter… Read More
Building collapses in Manhattan, New York
April 19, 2023, 2:28 pm
NEW YORK – At least one person was killed in the collapse of a parking garage in the New York district of Manhattan, Mayor Eric Adams said at a news conference, aired by local television. He said the building’s supporting structures were extremely unstable, so rescuers were using special… Read More
Elon Musk says he is working on rival to ChatGPT
April 19, 2023, 2:21 pm
WASHINGTON – Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he is working on creating an artificial intelligence (AI) to rival Microsoft-supported ChatGPT, promising a safer alternative in the global AI race. "I'm going to start something which I call TruthGPT, or a maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to… Read More
Sudan’s death toll in ongoing clashes rises to 144
April 18, 2023, 9:04 pm
KHARTOUM, Sudan – The death toll in the ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has climbed to 144, the Central Committee of the Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) said in a statement Tuesday. “The number of casualties is rapidly increasing with the… Read More
Plovdiv observes World Heritage Days in old town, Great Basilica
April 18, 2023, 8:17 pm
PLOVDIV, Southcentral, Bulgaria – Plovdiv celebrates the International Day for Monuments and Sites with open doors in the Bishop's Basilica of Philippopolis and emblematic houses in the Old Town, the Culture Department of the municipal administration announced on Tuesday. The Basilica also marks… Read More
Man found dead in landing gear of KLM aircraft
April 18, 2023, 1:21 pm
LONDON – The body of a man was found in the undercarriage of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines plane that flew from Canada to the Netherlands, according to reports Monday. The body was found in the landing gear of the plane after it arrived at Schiphol Airport outside of Amsterdam, the NL Times… Read More
Top G-7 diplomats discuss int’l cooperation, Ukraine
April 17, 2023, 8:42 pm
ISTANBUL – The top diplomats of G-7 nations Monday discussed cooperation with international partners and the Ukraine war, among other issues, during a summit of their foreign ministers in Japan. Yoshimasa Hayashi, Japan’s foreign minister and host of the summit, said it is Tokyo’s priority… Read More
Filipino resto in Beijing draws food enthusiasts
April 17, 2023, 8:01 pm
BEIJING, China – The first Filipino restaurant in this Chinese capital continues to win the appetite of local and foreign food enthusiasts more than two years after it opened even during the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic in November 2020. “Many of the dishes are very popular… Read More
