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NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar slipped in late trading on Thursday after data showed the number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week.

A United States senator wrote to Microsoft and LinkedIn on Thursday demanding an explanation for the professional networking platforms recent decision to block China-based users accessing the accounts of several US journalists.Earlier this week, LinkedIn blacklisted the accounts of Axios Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian and independent journalists Melissa Chan and Greg Bruno, the latest in a string of actions the Silicon Valley-h

NEW YORK, New York - American stock markets and global bourses ended September with more losses across the board.

CHICAGO, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Thursday as U.S. economic data came in weaker than expected.

RIYADH, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday its pre-budget statement of 2022 with an expected 1.6 percent deficit of the GDP.

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Washington [US], September 30 (ANI): China is the most active country in stalling NGOs applications at the United Nations even if the organisations engage in the most innocuous and uncontroversial activities, an expert said, adding that Beijing is working hard to shrink the space for these groups internationally. In an opinion piece in Foreign Policy, Rana Siu Inboden, a senior fellow with the Robert Strauss Center for In

New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) 2.0 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0 at 11 am on Thursday at Dr Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi. An official statement from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) stated that Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

BRASILIA, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 people were killed and more than 20 injured after a truck crashed into a bus and a van on Wednesday night on Brazil's BR 101 highway, near the city of Novo Mundo in Bahia state, the Federal Highway Police said on Thursday.

Washington [US], September 30 (ANI): The 2021 edition of The Game Awards, which is the annual Oscars-like award show for video games, has been announced to take place on December 9. According to The Verge, the show will take place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, and unlike last year, there will be an in-person audience, though it will be an invite-only event. Details about specific health and safety protocols for

New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and Australia's Minister for Trade and Investment Dan Tehan have launched the resumption of negotiations on the India-Australia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA). Both the Ministers discussed a range of issues during the 17th India-Australia Joint Ministerial Commission meeting today. Key issues which were discuss

Beijing [China], September 30 (ANI): Amid rising concerns over a power shortage in the country, China's manufacturing powerhouse Guangdong Province said it will widen the "peak-to-valley" price difference and hike peak electricity prices by 25 per cent for industrial users. Chinese state media Global Times reported that this power shortage threatens to weigh down industrial production in the coming months. The hike in pea

FRANKFURT, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- German shares lost on Thursday, with the benchmark DAX index down 104.58 points, or 0.68 percent, to close at 15,260.69 points.

New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate has seized an additional amount of Rs 131.11 crore lying in bank accounts and virtual accounts belonging to the Chinese national-owned non-banking financial company (NBFC)-PC Financial Services Pvt Ltd - under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) on Thursday. This is in continuation of earlier seizure order dated August 26 whe

BERLIN, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Inflation in Germany is expected to climb to 4.1 percent in September, the highest rate since December 1993, according to preliminary figures published by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Thursday.

NAIROBI, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Kenya plans to leverage private investments in order to achieve universal water coverage by the year 2030, a government official said on Thursday.

BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday that China's development is propelled by opening-up and reform, noting China stands ready to work with countries worldwide in COVID-19 response and economic recovery.

TIRANA, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Albania's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 17.89 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2021 year-on-year, the National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) said on Thursday.

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 30 (ANI): Gujarat Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Thursday has arrested Ahmed Bilal Kashmiri, an accused terrorist who had been absconding for 15 years in connection with the 2006 Ahmedabad Kalupur blast case. Addressing the media, Ashish Bhatia, Director General of Police (DGP) Gujarat said that in the 2006 Kalupur blast case, terrorist Ahmed Bilal bombed a train and detonated an IED.

New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): India and Australia will sign a comprehensive Free Trade agreement by the end of 2022 and an early harvest trade deal by Christmas later this year. "We (Indian and Australia) have agreed to make sure that we will conclude the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and India by the end of 2022 and an early harvest trade deal by Christmas this year," Daniel Thomas Tehan, Australian Min

Ramallah [Palestine], September 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Two Palestinians, including a woman from the West Bank, were killed on Thursday by Israeli soldiers in two separate conflicts, Palestinian sources said. Alaa Zayoud, 22, was killed by Israeli soldiers during clashes in the village of Burqin near the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank, according to Palestinian medics and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Clashes brok

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN -- Officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states have pledged to strengthen cooperation on combating transnational crime, especially in the post COVID-19 era.

WASHINGTON D.C.: A new treatment for combating Covid-19---as simple as taking a pill after an infection is confirmed---may soon be on the horizon.

WASHINGTON D.C.: President Joe Biden received his Covid booster shot amidst a sea of news cameras, as his government endorses booster directives that have left people in the U.S. perplexed over when a third dosage should be received.

"Like I did with my first and second COVID-19 vaccination shot, I'm about to get my booster shot and do it publicly. That's because the Food and Drug Administration, the FDA, the Ce