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Malaysia unemployment dips to 3.9 percent in April
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia's unemployment rate dipped to 3.9 per cent in April, being below 4 per cent for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Southeast Asian country, official data showed Thursday.
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More than 40 killed in DR Congo diamond mine collapse
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DRC], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): More than 40 people were killed late Tuesday in a diamond mine collapse in the central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local authorities confirmed Thursday.
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More dengue cases reported in Philippines
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday that the number of dengue cases recorded from Jan. 1 to May 21 this year is 23 percent higher than the cases recorded in the same period last year.
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Greece's inflation hits 29-yr record in May
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Greece's annual inflation rate jumped to 11.3 per cent in May this year, reaching a 29-year record for the country.
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Vietnam reports 802 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam recorded 802 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, down by 111 from Wednesday, according to its Ministry of Health.
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Australian energy ministers back renewables, storage to address gas crisis
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's energy ministers have agreed to an 11-point plan to address the nation's gas crisis when the country's energy prices are spiking due to high winter demand and supply shortages.
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Chinese envoy calls for meaningful, concrete actions from US to relieve Ko
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called on the United States to take meaningful, concrete actions to relieve tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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Fraudulent claims cost 527 million euros to EU in 2021: OLAF
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 9 (ANI): In 2021, a total of 527.4 million euros (564 million US dollars) in European Union (EU) funds were used fraudulently, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) said in its annual report published on Wednesday, Xinhua reported.
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OECD upgrades Argentina's 2022 growth forecast to 3.6 pct
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday upgraded its economic growth forecast for Argentina in 2022 to 3.6 per cent, or 1.1 percentage points higher than its previous December forecast.
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Unidentified drone crashes in Iraq's Kurdistan, injures 3
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): An unidentified drone crashed on Wednesday in the north of Erbil, capital of Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, wounding three people, the regional Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) said in a statement.
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Finnish PM infected with COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], June 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Wednesday she has tested positive for COVID-19.
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1 killed, several injured in car ramming in Berlin
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany],June 8 (ANI/Xinhua): A car crashed into a crowd in Berlin's Charlottenburg locality on Wednesday morning, killing one person and leaving at least a dozen injured, local police said.
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