Foreign
2023 be year of goodwill, recovery of world peace: Patriarch
January 2, 2023, 10:40 am
SOFIA – In an address for the start of 2023, Patriarh Neophyte prays for a better future, for deep, true peace in every human heart across the entire world. In his words, in 2022 our lives were marked by the tragedy of the siblicidal war at the very heart of Christian Europe, in fraternal… Read More
Canada to require negative Covid-19 test for travelers from China
January 1, 2023, 7:50 pm
ANKARA – Canada announced Saturday it will ask travelers coming from China, Hong Kong and Macao to submit temporary negative coronavirus tests ahead of their flights to the country. The Canadian Health Ministry said all air travelers from those locations "will need to provide evidence of a… Read More
Death toll from Cambodia's casino fire jumps to 27
January 1, 2023, 7:21 pm
ISTANBUL – At least 27 people are confirmed dead and 112 others were injured in Thursday’s casino fire in Cambodia’s border town of Poipet, officials said on Saturday. Authorities in Poipet city in the western Banteay Meanchey province, along the border with Thailand, said of the 112… Read More
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI dies at 95
December 31, 2022, 8:00 pm
ROME – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died, the Vatican announced on Saturday. The former pontiff was 95. "With sorrow, I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican," Vatican Spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a… Read More
New Omicron subvariant accounts over 40% new Covid-19 cases in US
December 31, 2022, 6:06 pm
LOS ANGELES – New Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is estimated to account for 40.5 percent of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the United States in the week ending Dec. 31, nearly doubling from the previous week, according to data updated Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control… Read More
Gold poised significant quarterly rise
December 31, 2022, 6:01 pm
WASHINGTON – On the last trading day of 2022, spot gold rose 0.2 percent to USD1,818.70 per ounce by 2:17 p.m. while U.S. gold futures settled unchanged at USD1,826.2, Reuters reported. Gold prices moved up on Friday, as the non-yielding metal is on course to close its best quarter since June… Read More
US House committee releases Trump's tax records
December 31, 2022, 5:34 pm
NEW YORK –The US House Committee on Ways and Means released on Friday former President Donald Trump's tax returns covering six years from 2015 to 2020. The Democratic-controlled committee made public the thousands of pages of report following a lengthy court battle. Trump has long refused to… Read More
N. Korea fires unspecified ballistic missile toward East Sea
December 31, 2022, 1:34 pm
SEOUL – North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Saturday, the South Korean military said. The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced the launch. It did not provide other details immediately. The launch came after South Korea successfully conducted a test flight of a… Read More
Indonesia has potential to make ASEAN axis of global economy
December 31, 2022, 1:11 pm
JAKARTA – Indonesia has vast potential to become the ASEAN axis of the global economy, said Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) Arsjad Rasjid Friday. Indonesia will be the Chair of the ASEAN Summit next year, and Rasjid was appointed as Chair of the 2023 ASEAN… Read More
India closes cough syrup pharma linked to deaths in Uzbekistan
December 30, 2022, 8:37 pm
NEW DELHI – India shut down a pharma firm that manufactured a cough syrup linked to the death of at least 19 children in Uzbekistan, the country's health minister said on Friday. Mansukh Mandaviya said that following an inspection by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), the… Read More
Medicine shortage worsens in France
December 30, 2022, 8:28 pm
PARIS – The shortage of medicines in France risks being aggravated in the winter amid a triple epidemic of coronavirus, flu, and bronchiolitis. Patients are struggling to find pediatric forms of paracetamol and amoxicillin in most pharmacies. Souhil Cherraben, a pharmacist in the Parisian region… Read More
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to spend 33 years in jail
December 30, 2022, 8:26 pm
ISTANBUL – A junta court on Friday sentenced Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven more years, bringing her total jail term in all cases to 33 years. The latest jail term, the 15th conviction, was given in a case of alleged corruption, which brings her trial in all cases to an end.… Read More
S. Korea imposes COVID-19 restrictions on guests from China: PM
December 30, 2022, 4:45 pm
SEOUL – South Korea has joined other nations in imposing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions on travelers from China as the east Asian country battles a fresh surge of infections. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday that South Korea would require COVID-19 tests, visa… Read More
Great Mosque of Paris files complaint vs. writer's remarks
December 30, 2022, 3:58 pm
PARIS – The Great Mosque of Paris is filing a complaint against French writer Michel Houellebecq over his Islamophobic remarks, it announced on Thursday. The decision was taken after a "long conversation" between Houellebecq and another writer, Michel Onfray, was published in magazine Front… Read More
UK weighs options on COVID restrictions on travelers from China
December 30, 2022, 2:29 pm
LONDON – The UK government is looking at the possibility of imposing COVID-19 restrictions on travelers from China, the defense secretary said Thursday. Speaking to Sky News, Ben Wallace said he is expecting "to see some clarification from the Department for Transport today or tomorrow." The… Read More
Russia eyes 4 new ballistic missile submarines to ensure security
December 30, 2022, 1:31 pm
MOSCOW – Russia will build four new ballistic missile submarines that would ensure the country’s security for decades, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. The new submarines and ships with modern navigation, communication, and sonar systems will be equipped with high-precision weapons and… Read More
Benedict XVI in serious but stable condition
December 29, 2022, 9:16 pm
ROME – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is in serious but stable condition after Pope Francis asked for prayers for his "very ill" predecessor whose respiratory problems have worsened lately, Vatican sources said Thursday. Sources in contact with the former monastery where the 95-year-old ex-pontiff… Read More
China urges countries to ensure travel curbs are scientific, fair
December 29, 2022, 9:04 pm
ISTANBUL – Covid-19 requirements imposed by countries on travelers from China should be based on science, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. “China believes all countries’ responses to Covid-19 should be scientific and fair,” ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a news… Read More
5 killed, 37 hurt in SoKor tunnel fire
December 29, 2022, 8:18 pm
GWACHEON, South Korea – At least five people were killed and 37 others injured when a fire broke out at a noise-barrier tunnel in Gwacheon, south of Seoul Thursday. Fire authorities said the blaze started after a bus and a truck collided at 1:49 p.m. inside the noise tunnel in Gwacheon along the… Read More
US hits over 100M Covid-19 cases in holiday season
December 29, 2022, 6:13 pm
LOS ANGELES – The United States has officially recorded more than 100 million Covid-19 cases amid another surge in the holiday season, according to the latest data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The United States is the first country to have recorded 100… Read More
