Kremlin accuses the West of helping Ukraine attack Russia

Aug 17, 2024

Moscow [Russia], August 17: An influential aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the West and the U.S.-led NATO alliance had helped...

EU public health body raises mpox risk alert level

Aug 17, 2024

Brussels [Belgium], August 17: The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Friday raised its risk level for mpox, a day after global...

Philippines poverty rate at 15.5% in 2023

Aug 16, 2024

Manila [Philippines], August 16: The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices limiting the reduction in...

Biden, Harris celebrate medicare drug price cuts

Aug 16, 2024

New York [US], August 16: The United States has negotiated down the prices of 10 top-selling prescription drugs used by Medicare by as much as...

WHO confirms first mpox case outside Africa

Aug 16, 2024

Geneva [Switzerland], August 16: Global health officials on Thursday confirmed an infection with a new strain of the mpox virus in Sweden and linked it...

US wants 'El Mayo' tried in Brooklyn

Aug 16, 2024

New York [US], August 16: Federal prosecutors are seeking to move alleged Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada from Texas to face trial in...

US backs Australia's, UK's export controls in AUKUS

Aug 16, 2024

New York [US], August 16: The U.S. State Department told the U.S. Congress on Thursday that Australia, Britain and the United States now have comparable...

Trump tackles Harris' economic record at rambling press conference

Aug 16, 2024

New York [US], August 16: Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to tie his Democratic rival Kamala Harris to the Biden administration's economic record...

Kim and Putin pledge stronger ties on Korean Liberation day

Aug 16, 2024

Pyongyang [North Korea], August 16: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed a pledge to deepen cooperation with Russia in a message to President Vladimir...