© Provided by Xinhua The Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) agreed upon by health ministers of G20 members aims to build infrastructures to prevent and prepare for potential pandemics in the future.JAKARTA, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The Grou

BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- China's men's basketball team will depart for Melbourne, Australia on Saturday for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers, the Chinese Basketball Association announced on Friday. Coached by Du Feng, China's 1...

CANBERRA, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Australia's national science agency has announced to open a hub in Vietnam to help reduce plastic waste in the region. The Plastics Innovation Hub Vietnam will be run out of the Australian Embassy in Hanoi by the Commonw...

By Reena BhardwajWashington [US], June 24 (ANI): US National Security Council coordinator John Kirby on Friday (local time) said that India had been invited to G7 because the agenda is "deep and diverse" and "it is not about trying to splinter them o...

Zurich [Switzerland], June 23 (ANI): The Bureau of the FIFA Council - composed of the FIFA President and the six confederation presidents on Thursday approved the size of final squad lists for FIFA World Cup 2022, increasing it to at least 23 and put...

By Pushpesh PantNew Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): The war in Ukraine has sent the oil prices sky rocketing and clouds are gathering on the middle eastern horizon of oil wars in near future. This has distracted our attention from the other oil crisis ...

Portsmouth [England], June 23 (ANI): According to a new study led by the University of Portsmouth and supported by the research group Operation Wallacea has shown how organisms process the carbon from atmospheric CO2 that is stored in large woody deb...

Three years in the making, Rising's much-anticipated first edition brought to Melbourne's festival-deprived audiences a rich program featuring 225 events.With former Chunky Move founder and choreographer Gideon Obarzanek as co-director, it was only n...

New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, FoodPublic Distribution on Wednesday said major edible oil brands have lowered prices by Rs 10-15 per litre as the government made timely interventions on multiple fronts to control ...

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin said his country would be more than willing to assist Russia would be happy to help India in the event that it wins the right to host...

JAKARTA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- A total of 28 million doses of vaccines will be provided for livestock across Indonesia in a bid to overcome the re-emergence of the deadly foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a minister said here on Wednesday. The budget for t...

by Nurul Fitri Ramadhan JAKARTA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- It was a dirty, broken doll holding a drum, however, "It is not a waste, it's a new toy," said 9-year-old Nina. She took the toy from a trash mound in Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi city, West Ja...

Seoul [South Korea], June 22 (ANI/Global Economic): South Korean food companies are paying attention to the halal market. Halal means "allowed things" in Arabic, and refers to food that it conforms to the Islamic law. Only food products without alcoh...

Interiors Spied - Captain Seats Hyundai commands a large market share, especially in the Asia Pacific region. The South Korean brand possesses a wide range of models including hatchbacks, SUVs and sedans. However, it misses out on a proper MPV in mo...

Community engagement can ease the pressures of urban drought, but government interventions are the key to sustained change. Indonesia holds 6 percent of the world's water potential - fresh water that can be used directly for daily human needs. Despi...

Recently at a Winnipeg comedy club, American comic Rich Vos hurled racist "jokes" at female Indigenous attendees - lobbing lines like he hoped the women would get ticketed for driving under the influence on the way home.Vos's antics further a longsta...

Moscow fired back after the US and its allies brought up the Ukraine conflict at the G20 health meeting Russia has asked other members of the G20 to keep politics out of a...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 21 (ANI): Chinese doubles maestro Zhao Yunlei is the next inductee into the BWF Hall of Fame, joining doubles contemporary Liliyana Natsir in the class of 2022. Zhao Yunlei was possibly the most versatile female doubles ...

JAKARTA, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Five critically endangered orangutans have been released into the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park on Indonesia's island of Borneo, West Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) said on Tuesday. Head of...

SEOUL -- South Korea successfully launched its homegrown space rocket on Tuesday, putting multiple satellites into the low-Earth orbit. The Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV)-II, also dubbed Nuri, blasted off from the Naro Space Center in the southern...

ABU DHABI, 16th June, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received the Coordinating Minister for Mari...

ABU DHABI, 16th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, has received General Luhut Binsar Pa...

DUBAI, 6th June, 2022 (WAM) -- Nasdaq Dubai today welcomed the listing of two Sukuk tranches issued by the Government of Indonesia, with a tot...

LOSPALOS, 27th May, 2022 (WAM) -- An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck near the coast of Lospalos in East Timor on Friday, Reuters quoted the...

DILI, 23rd May, 2022 (WAM) -- President of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, has received Abdullah Salem Al Dhaheri, the UAE Ambassador to Indones...

DILI, 21st May, 2022 (WAM) -- Jose Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor, expressed his happiness at the decision made by his country's parliam...

JAKARTA, 21st May, 2022 (WAM/ANTARA) -- Indonesia is planning to develop clean energy power plants to generate 587 gigawatts (GW) of power by ...

DILI, 19th May, 2022 (WAM) -- The newly elected President of East Timor, Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta, has announced his country's adoption of the Doc...

SUMATRA, 19th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia in wee hours of Tuesday, Reuters quoted ...

SUMATRA, 17th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia in wee hours of Tuesday, Reuters quoted ...

JAKARTA, 14th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo has mourned the death of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. "I...

ABU DHABI, 4th May, 2022 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of t...