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South Korea holds live-fire drill after North’s shelling near islands.

South Korea carried out a live-fire exercise in response to what it called a “provocation” after shelling by the North spurred evacuation of two frontline South Korean islands in the Yellow Sea on Friday. The shelling and the South’s forceful...

UN: Global economic growth may slow in 2024

World economic growth may slow from 2.7 per cent in 2023 to 2.4 per cent in 2024. This was stated at a briefing by Shantanu Mukherjee, Director of the Economic Analysis and Policy Division of the UN Department of Economic...

China to launch 3-year campaign to tackle workplace safety risks

China will initiate a three-year campaign in 2024 to tackle workplace safety risks in areas from mining to firefighting. The Ministry of Emergency Management said at a Thursday meeting that efforts will be made to screen hidden dangers and improve...

South Korea orders islanders to seek shelter after North fires artillery nearby

North Korea fired more than 200 artillery rounds into the sea on Friday near a tense maritime border with South Korea, a military official said, while residents of two South Korean islands were ordered to seek shelter due to...

Putin inks decree on granting citizenship to foreigners under contract with Russian army

Foreign nationals who concluded a contract with Russia’s Armed Forces during the special military operation will be able to apply for Russian citizenship, according to a decree by Russian President Vladimir Putin published on the official portal of legal...

Tokayev spoke about partnership with China

Despite external fears, relations with China are extremely important for the republic President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is confident that cooperation with China is extremely important for Kazakhstan and should not give way to fears brought from outside or based...

Argentina calls on the United Kingdom to return the Falkland Islands

Argentina’s new authorities have called on the United Kingdom to return the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). This is stated in a statement on the website of the Latin American country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, APA reports. According to the ministry, London has...

Kazakhstan increases transit tariff for Russian oil

KazTransOil described this measure as coercion and recalled that they have not changed prices for several years. Kazakhstan has cancelled the transit of Russian oil “Tuimazy – Omsk – Novosibirsk-2” (“TON-2”) main pipeline section from $9.3 to $11.3 per tonne...

North Korea says it will launch three new spy satellites in 2024

North Korea plans to launch three more spy satellites next year as part of efforts to ramp up its military, the country’s state media has said. Last month Pyongyang put a spy satellite into space – and claims it has since...

Moscow: “Nobody is going to isolate Russian diplomats”

Nobody is going to isolate Russian diplomats, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel as she responded to a recent remark by Ukraine’s top diplomat. Earlier on Tuesday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba outlined five steps toward “a...

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