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SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Xinhua/APP): South Korea’s state-run power plant operator hit a record operating loss in the first half of this year due to higher fuel costs, the company said Friday. The Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) posted an operating loss of 14.3 trillion won […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 12 (APP): Despite an unprecedented scale-up in assistance in Afghanistan over the past year, immense needs still exist and the future looks bleak, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Thursday. Following the Taliban takeover last August, UN agencies and their […]

Agujita , Mexico, Aug 11 (AFP/APP):Rescuers trying to enter a flooded Mexican coal mine where 10 workers have been trapped for more than a week have encountered obstructions blocking their advance, authorities said Thursday. A soldier wearing a helmet and military fatigues and equipped with […]

Kabul, Aug 11 (AFP/APP): A senior Taliban cleric known for his fiery speeches against the Islamic State (IS) was killed Thursday at his madrassa in the Afghan capital in a suicide attack claimed by the jihadist group. Rahimullah Haqqani, who had recently spoken publicly in […]

Palm Beach, United States, Aug 9 (AFP/APP): Former US president Donald Trump said Monday that his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida was being “raided” by FBI agents in what he called an act of “prosecutorial misconduct.” The FBI declined to comment on whether the search was […]

ULAN BATOR, Aug. 6 (Xinhua/APP): Mongolia kicked off an annual cultural and sports festival near the country’s capital on Saturday to promote its pandemic-hit tourism by attracting more domestic and foreign tourists. The two-day festival titled “Khuree Tsam-Danshig” was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due […]

Nairobi, Aug 6 (AFP/APP): The frontrunners for Kenya’s presidential election were set to make their final push for votes Saturday, capping months of frenetic campaigning ahead of the August 9 polls. Deputy President William Ruto and Raila Odinga, a veteran opposition leader now backed by […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 05 (APP):Food prices dropped significantly in July, marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline since hitting record highs earlier in the year in the wake of the war in Ukraine, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), a Rome-based UN agency, reported Friday. The […]

Phnom Penh, Aug 5 (AFP/APP): Southeast Asian ministers Friday condemned the lack of progress on a crisis resolution plan for coup-hit Myanmar, demanding the junta take action before a regional summit later this year. Myanmar has been in chaos since a putsch in February last […]

Moscow, Aug 5 (AFP/APP):The drug smuggling conviction in Russia of US basketball star Brittney Griner has again raised the question of potential prisoner exchanges between Moscow and Washington. Russia said Friday it was “ready” for talks on a swap, so who are the potential prisoners […]