Helicopter crashes in Uzbekistan killing entire crew

Nov 18, 2023

Tashkent [Uzbekistan], November 18: A Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Uzbekistan's Samarkand region during a training flight Friday night, killing the entire crew, the Ministry of...

Forest fires rage in three of Bolivia's nine departments

Nov 18, 2023

La Paz [Bolivia], November 18: Forest fires are raging in three of Bolivia's nine departments, mostly sparked by field burning to prepare farmland for planting,...

Ecuador deploys armored vehicles to combat organized crime

Nov 18, 2023

Quito [Ecuador], November 18: Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso Friday delivered 15 Turkish-built Otokararmored tactical vehicles to the armed forces to help fight organized crime and...

EU needs bold action to advance capital markets union, says ECB president

Nov 18, 2023

Frankfurt [Germany], November 18: European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde on Friday called for bold actions to advance the capital markets union (CMU) in...

Italy gripped by strike over government's budget plan

Nov 18, 2023

Rome [Italy], November 18: Italian trade unions on Friday mobilized tens of thousands of people in support of a national day of strike action that...

Philippines seeks to promote local small-scale sellers via TikTok

Nov 18, 2023

Manila [Philippines], November 18: Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos has sought a partnership with popular video platform TikTok to promote the products of Filipino small-scale...

Japan logs first drop in influenza cases in 3 months

Nov 18, 2023

Tokyo [Japan], November 18: The average number of influenza patients per regularly monitored medical institution in Japan this week came to 17.35, down by 3.78...

38 injured in S. Korea's hospital fire

Nov 18, 2023

Seoul [South Korea], November 18: Thirty-eight people were injured on Saturday from a hospital fire in southeastern South Korea, according to Yonhap news agency.

At APEC, Biden touts workers' rights, stable Chinese relations

Nov 18, 2023

San Francisco [US], November 18: U.S. President Joe Biden said he would keep working to advance a Pacific trade pact, even as his vision for...