UN chief to meet Putin and Zelensky next week
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Moscow next week to meet Russia's President Vladimir Putin and then head to Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
World News in Brief: April 22
The Chairman of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un has exchanged letters with the Republic of Korea's outgoing President Moon Jae-in and thanked Moon for his efforts to improve relations, state media KCNA reported on Friday.
Thailand to scrap on-arrival COVID tests from May
Thailand will next month remove a requirement for arrivals vaccinated against COVID-19 to undergo a test and brief quarantine on arrival, an official said on Friday, the latest measure to revive its battered tourism industry.
World News in Brief: April 21
Cambodia decided on Thursday to reduce a quarantine period for unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated travelers from 14 days to seven days, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said in a statement.
Indonesia to export clean energy to Singapore
NDO/VNA - Singapore’s renewable energy developer Quantum Power Asia Pte has agreed to advance a 5 billion USD plan in Indonesia to export solar power to Singapore, which attempts to accelerate its use of renewables.
Timely action from International Monetary Fund
NDO - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed the establishment of the Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is a new tool to assist low- and middle-income countries in adapting to long-term challenges. In the context of
Biden administration will appeal lifting of mask mandate, if CDC agrees
US President Joe Biden's administration said on Tuesday it would appeal a judge's ruling ending a mask mandate on airplanes if public health officials deem it necessary to stem the spread of COVID-19.
World News in Brief: April 19
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov will lead Russia's delegation at this week's meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies, the Russian finance ministry said on Tuesday. G20 host Indonesia said last week Siluanov had confirmed he planned to attend the
Turkey says Erdogan, Israel's Herzog to speak after Jerusalem clashes
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will hold a call with Israel's President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday, after Israeli interventions on Palestinian worshippers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque last week, Turkey's foreign minister said.
ASEAN, US to convene special summit in May
NDO/VNA – Cambodia, as the Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2022, announced that the bloc and the US are set to convene a special summit to celebrate the 45th anniversary of their dialogue relations in Washington D.C., on May 12 and 13.
Many countries face being engulfed in a multi-dimensional crisis
NDO - The United Nations warns that poor countries are facing food, energy and financial crises at the same time due to the breakdown of supply chains, which is attributed to the instability in the world, including the conflict in Ukraine. Without urgent response, many countries will be engulfed
RoK tech giant pushes for 9-bln-USD battery supply chain project in Indonesia
NDO/VNA – A consortium from the Republic of Korea (RoK) led by LG has signed an initial agreement with Indonesia's state-run companies to push for a project worth around 9 billion USD to establish an electric vehicle battery supply chain in the Southeast Asian country, a LG unit said on April 18.