Turkey's tourism minister is facing calls to resign after public criticism of an official video promoting tourism that includes workers wearing "Enjoy, I'm vaccinated" face masks.
The video was released by the government-linked Go Turkiye travel (...)
The Sunhak Peace Prize honors distinguished individuals or organizations that have contributed significantly to peace and to the welfare of future generations.
In particular, the committee considers three core areas of accomplishment in the (...)
The Republic of South Korea reported 511 new cases of the novel of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and 4 deaths during the past 24 hours.
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said that the total number of cases reached 128,283, while the total (...)
South Korea been ranked ninth among 44 countries in the global entrepreneurship index 2020, rising six notches from a year earlier, Yonhap quoted the government as saying today.
Asia's fourth-largest economy won 5.49 points out of the full 10 in the (...)
The offshore wind industry's global installed capacity is set to exceed 250 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, driven by a surge in coming projects, a Rystad Energy report shows. The combined capital and operational expenditure for the decade is set to add up (...)
The Indian delegation in Britain for the meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) foreign and development ministers here is self-isolating as two members of the delegation tested positive for COVID-19, Sky News reported on Wednesday.
The meeting that runs (...)
Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Monday for the world's richest nations to underwrite COVID-19 vaccination in poorer countries, highlighting the need to raise some $60 billion over the next two years.
Speaking during the (...)
The COVID-19 pandemic led to increase the share of retail sales via the Internet at a percentage ranging from 16 to 19% in 2020.
A United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report explained that the e-commerce jumped to $7.26 (...)
Foreign ministers from the G7 countries are meeting in person for the first time in nearly three years on Tuesday to discuss how to address global issues including the COVID-19 pandemic and authoritarian regimes.
On the agenda of the three-day (...)
A renewed outbreak of the virus is under way, but not all emerging markets are hit equally hard. Bloomberg Economics' ranking of 75 economies shows countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and East Asia performing better than the rest of the (...)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met in London today with his South Korean counterpart Chung Eui-yong.
During the meeting, they discussed aspects of mutual cooperation to confront COVID-19 and the climate crisis.
The two sides also reaffirmed (...)
South Korea recorded 606 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with two deaths.
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported that the total number of cases infected with the virus reached 123,240, while (...)
The largest naval flotilla assembled by Britain in recent years will set sail in May on a months' long voyage through the Pacific, the country's Defense Ministry said on Monday.
"When our Carrier Strike Group (CSG) sets sail next month, it will be (...)
South Korea said Saturday it has signed a deal with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. to import additional Pfizer vaccine doses for 20 million people, Yonhap reported.
The deal came after South Korean health minister Kwon Deok-cheol held two (...)
South Korea recorded 644 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (Covid 19) in the past 24 hours, along with one death.
The S. Korean health authorities stated, that the total number of cases infected with the virus reached 118,887, while the total number of (...)
Saudi Ambassadors-designate to a number of countries took their oaths of office before the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman virtually early Thursday in the presence of Crown Prince Muhammed Bin Salman.
The taking-oath ceremony was (...)
South Korea has confirmed 70 more cases of contagious variants of the new coronavirus, bringing the total to 449, according to health authorities Monday, amid concerns that the country's virus battle may be exacerbated by the more transmissible (...)
India reported a record daily increase of 234,692 COVID-19 infections over the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed on Saturday.
Total cases reached nearly 14.5 million, second only to the United States, which has reported more than 32 million (...)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Tuesday that it will work closely with Japan which is preparing to release a million tons of contaminated seawater used to cool the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant.
IAEA Director General (...)
As vaccination program rollouts gather momentum in certain countries, the resumption of regular international travel is no longer an abstract hope.
The latest results from the Henley Passport Index — the original ranking of all the world's passports (...)
South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the high 600s for the second straight day Saturday as health authorities warn that the country may be at the start of a fourth wave of infections, Yonhap reported.
The country reported 677 more (...)
The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) announced that it will be the first country in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East to make the full 6 GHz frequency band available for Wi-Fi use. That means there are now 150 percent (...)
The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) announced that it will be the first country in Europe, Africa and Middle East to make the full 6 GHz frequency band available for Wi-Fi use. That means there are now 150% more open (...)
The UN chief condemned in the strongest terms, the killing of dozens of civilians, including children and young people, by security forces in Myanmar on Saturday.
In a statement issued by Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq, Secretary-General António (...)
South Korea reported today 505 COVID-19 cases, including 490 local infections, raising the total caseload to 101,275, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Yonhap News Agency reported.
It added five more deaths from (...)
