Oil prices drop as demand worries prevail

Oct 01, 2022

New York [US], October 1: Oil prices fell on Friday as traders worried about a deteriorating demand outlook.

U.S. Congress approves stopgap funding bill ahead of gov't shutdown deadline

Oct 01, 2022

Washington [US], October 1: The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a stopgap funding bill to fund the government through mid-December, following a Senate...

Dow sinks 500 points following hot U.S. inflation report

Oct 01, 2022

New York [US], October 1: U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday, as investors were worried about the prospect of further central bank tightening following another...

Annual airshow returns to skies over Southern California

Oct 01, 2022

Los Angeles [US], October 1: The Pacific Airshow, one of the largest airshows in the United States, returned to the skies over Southern California this...

Chinese embassy in Vietnam holds online celebration for China's National Day

Oct 01, 2022

Hanoi [Vietnam], October 1: The Chinese Embassy in Vietnam on Friday held an online event celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's...

Myanmar extends COVID-19 restrictions until end of October

Oct 01, 2022

Yangon [Myanmar], October 1: Myanmar will extend its COVID-19 preventive measures until Oct. 31, according to the Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment for...

Pakistani soldier killed in cross-border firing from Afghanistan: military

Oct 01, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], October 1: A soldier of the Pakistani army was killed on Thursday by cross-border firing from Afghanistan in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,...

6.0-magnitude quake strikes off western Indonesia, no casualty reported

Oct 01, 2022

Jakarta [Indonesia], October 1: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted Indonesia's western province of North Sumatra on Saturday morning, and there were no...

Suicide blast kills 19, wounds 27 in Afghan capital

Oct 01, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], October 1: At least 19 people were killed and 27 others wounded on Friday in a suicide explosion that rocked an education center...