United Nations, Sep 14 The 77th session of the UN General Assembly was declared open by its new President Csaba Korosi. In his opening remarks on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for solidarity among member states to address common challenges, reports Xinhua news agency. The many challenges that defined ...

Wellington, Sep 13 Food prices in New Zealand were 8.3 per cent higher in August year on year, the largest growth in 13 years, the country's statistics department Stats NZ said on Tuesday. This is the largest annual increase since July 2009, when annual food prices increased 8.4 per cent, ...

Islamabad, Sep 13 The number of polio cases detected in Pakistan this year has increased to 18 after a three-month-old infant in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's North Waziristan district was paralysed by the virus, the Health Ministry announced. The Ministry said on Tuesday that the child suffering from polio-induced disabilities had an ...

Tokyo, Sep 12 Typhoon Muifa has brought heavy downpours and gale-force winds to islands in Japan's Okinawa, the meteorological agency said on Monday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Muifa was over waters 30 km south of Ishigaki Island with an atmospheric pressure of 955 hectopascals at its centre ...

Washington, Sep 11 The UK entered a period of weeklong mourning for Queen Elizabeth II, who died at 96, even as the US mourned the death of over 3,000 on this day in 2001 in the worst-ever terror attacks in American history. Both the mighty democracies were in mourning on ...

Seoul, Sep 11 South Korea and 13 other member nations of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) have agreed to begin official negotiations to boost regional economic cooperation facing multiple economic challenges, according to Seoul's Trade Ministry. Trade Minister Ahn Duk-geun and his counterparts from the IPEF member nations agreed on ...

Seoul, Sep 11 South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol plans to attend the funeral of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II set to be held in London next week, the Presidential office said on Sunday. Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday at the age of 96 after ruling for 70 years. The state ...

Kiev, Sep 10 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting in Kiev with his visiting Latvian counterpart Egils Levits and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. At the meeting, Zelensky thanked Latvia and Poland for the political, defence, and humanitarian support they have provided to Ukraine since Russia began its invasion ...

Athens, Sep 10 Tourism in Greece, a vital pillar of the country's economy, is on track to yield record high revenues this year, exceeding pre-Covid levels, according to officials. "2022 has been an amazing year for Greek tourism... I'm very happy to say that both branded and alternative destinations, both ...

New York, Sep 9 Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning British monarch (70 years), passed away at 96 in London, paving the way for her first-born Prince Charles to become the King and a long-planned "Operation London Bridge" goes underway in the British Isles. The national anthem immediately shifted back ...