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According to Dmitry Medvedev, the situation around Ukraine is used by the West in their "geopolitical game against Russia ."

The global influencer marketing market was valued at a record $13.8 billion in 2021 and is expected to grow to $24.1 billion by 2025.

Seoul is likely to see its population, sink below 9.5 million during the first half of 2022. This suggests that government policies to promote marriages and births have lacked efficacy.

The troupe returns to Europe to resume its touring productions after a two-year hiatus. The pandemic forced its London home, the Royal Albert Hall, to shut its doors on March 17, 2020.

Researchers found in a study that a third dose increased vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization from 69 percent to 88 percent among the immunocompromised, and 82 percent to 97 percent among those without immune-compromising conditions.

In the test-fire for updating the long-range cruise missile system on Tuesday local time, two long-range cruise missiles flew along the flight trajectory over the East Sea of Korea to hit the target island, according to the KCNA.

Six young people, who are now aged between 17 and 27, sued the operator of Japan's disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, claiming they developed thyroid cancer due to radiation exposure after the plant's multiple meltdowns.

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government’s COVID-19 pre-emergency designation took effect in 18 more prefectures Thursday following the rapid spread of the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus.

North Korea on Friday confirmed this week's two rounds of weapons tests involving long-range cruise missiles and surface-to-surface tactical guided missiles, and vowed to "keep developing powerful warheads."

SINGAPORE - In one of the strongest signals that the country is committed to reopening and returning to life in a world with Covid-19, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and promoters Singapore GP on Thursday (Jan 27) announced a new seven-year deal to continue hosting a Formula One race here.

BEIJING - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday held a phone conversation over China-US relations and the current situation in Ukraine.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed concern over the developments in Afghanistan and called for mutual cooperation between India and Central Asia countries for regional security and stability.

The forest officials said that the bio-repellent was extracted from a plant and was much harmless but still effective against the elephants.

The Russian vessels will practice communications, safe manoeuvers in areas with intensive navigation, and air defence.

Boosted by the contactless trend, the small self-servicing ramen shops have caught the eyes of Koreans, especially solo diners.

The Tet holiday is no less special for Vietnamese citizens who cannot travel back to their homeland for the most special time of year.

During the weekly questions session in the House of Commons, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson ruled out his resignation as the opposition parties' leaders urged him to do so.

"I would say the committee is of a mind to raise the federal funds rate at the March meeting assuming that conditions are appropriate for doing so," Fed Chair Jerome Powell said, adding inflation risks are "still to the upside" in the views of most Fed officials.

Spring Festival decorations have been prepared in the China Town of Bangkok, Thailand, waiting for customers to choose to welcome the 2022 Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 1.

In response to the shortage of nurses amid the surging Omicron cases, many Western countries have "stepped up international recruitment as part of a trend that is worsening health inequity," Reuters said.

China's meteorological authorities on Thursday issued a yellow alert for heavy snow in some regions of the country.

SINGAPORE — Economic prospects for ASEAN+3 (Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus China, Japan and Korea) look promising in 2022, despite challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and the global economy, according to a report published on Tuesday by the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).

South Korea reported another case of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a duck farm on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases in poultry to 26 this winter season.

SINGAPORE - A free trade agreement struck on Wednesday (Jan 26) between Singapore and a bloc of countries consisting of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru is set to give the Republic greater access to what is collectively the world's eighth largest economy, scrapping most tariffs on goods and allowing local companies to bid for government projects in the Americas.