
Asia markets follow Wall Street with broad gains
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 9, 2021 - Asian stocks made broad gains in Thursday trade, following another strong lead from Wall Street as Omicron coronavirus variant fears lessened.
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Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 9, 2021 - Asian stocks made broad gains in Thursday trade, following another strong lead from Wall Street as Omicron coronavirus variant fears lessened.
Dec 9, 2021

Washington (AFP) Dec 9, 2021 - President Joe Biden warned Thursday that the United States was preparing additional measures against Iran as expectations grow that talks on halting Tehran's nuclear program are set for failure.
Dec 9, 2021

Beijing (AFP) Dec 9, 2021 - Debt-crippled Chinese property giant Evergande has defaulted for the first time, Fitch Ratings agency said Thursday, as authorities scrambled to avoid contagion throughout the world's second biggest economy.
Dec 9, 2021

Brussels (AFP) Dec 9, 2021 - The EU will propose a set of criteria on Thursday to determine whether a gig worker in Europe using platforms like Uber, Bolt or Deliveroo should be considered an employee.
Dec 9, 2021

Kojo, Iraq (AFP) Dec 9, 2021 - Incense wafted in the air as a funeral cortege made its way Thursday to a cemetery in northern Iraq for the burial of 41 Yazidis killed by jihadists and recovered from mass graves.
Dec 9, 2021

Hassan-Jalad, Irak (AFP) Dec 9, 2021 - In the northern Iraqi hamlet of Hassan-Jalad, almost every family has a story to tell about a time when a child, nephew or brother was lost to wartime munitions.
Dec 9, 2021

Cairo (AFP) Dec 9, 2021 - Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday during a rare visit to Egypt for talks on the blockaded Gaza Strip and Iran's nuclear programme, the two sides said.
Dec 9, 2021

Paris (AFP) Dec 9, 2021 - President Emmanuel Macron vowed Thursday France would work towards a strong and sovereign European Union when it takes over the bloc's rotating presidency that coincides with France's presidential election.
Dec 9, 2021

Moscow (AFP) Dec 9, 2021 - Russia's military escorted five French and US military aircraft over the Black Sea and away from its border Thursday, it said, as tensions mounted over the conflict in Ukraine.
Dec 9, 2021

Istanbul (AFP) Dec 9, 2021 - Three Turkish soldiers died Thursday in an attack in northern Iraq launched by outlawed Kurdish militants, prompting a retaliatory air strike, the Turkish defence ministry said.
Dec 9, 2021

Baghdad (AFP) Dec 9, 2021 - The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group has finished its combat mission in Iraq and will shift to a training and advisory role, the alliance and its host country said Thursday.
Dec 9, 2021

Bangkok (AFP) Dec 8, 2021 - Facebook parent Meta said Wednesday it has banned all pages and accounts belonging to Myanmar military-backed businesses, expanding its restraints on the country's armed forces.
Dec 8, 2021

Baghdad (AFP) Dec 8, 2021 - A deadly motorcycle bombing in the southern Iraqi city of Basra this week targeted an intelligence officer in the security services, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi said on Wednesday.
Dec 8, 2021

Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 08, 2021 - The South Korean Defense Ministry has unveiled a model for a hypersonic weapon prototype months after North Korea tested its own weapon. Just days ago while in South Korea, US Defense Secretary Lloy
Dec 8, 2021

Reston VA (SPX) Dec 08, 2021 - SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, supports the U.S. Army in conducting a series of cutting-edge trials and testing of commercial satellite constellations in multip
Dec 8, 2021

Washington (AFP) Dec 8, 2021 - The United States will swiftly determine whether Tehran is acting in good faith in talks about reviving the Iran nuclear accord, a State Department spokesman said Wednesday, one day before negotiations were due to resume.
Dec 8, 2021