The Ukrainian National Bank (NBU) announced Tuesday a decision to raise the key interest rate to its highest level in 13 years in a bid to stem the soaring inflation and support the local currency.
State employment still favored by most Vietnamese job seekers.
Cambodia is working with UNESCO to form an International Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and Development of the Historic Site of Preah Vihear (ICC-Preah Vihear), Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An said Tuesday.
Luc Besson's new sci-fi thriller Lucy may be laden with car chases and fight scenes, but the French director underlined the movie's "philosophical" side when addressing the press in Taipei on Tuesday.
The Lao Deputy Prime Minister Asang Laoly called for authorities to redouble their efforts at a national meeting in Luang Prabang to combat illegal opium and cannabis farming in the country, state-run daily Vientiane Times reported Tuesday.
At least six people including three female teachers and two students were killed and several others were injured when a blast hit a school van in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Bajaur Agency on Tuesday morning, local media reported.
Several unidentified warplanes bombed Islamist militants in Libya's volatile capital of Tripoli on Monday, killing five and injuring several, according to sources.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Tuesday to accept her proposal made last week to resume inter-Korean cooperation in non-political areas.
Egypt announced Monday evening that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed to extend ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for 24 hours, the official MENA news agency reported.
Political tension around Russia and Ukraine would not affect the national space programs, a senior space official said Tuesday.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday called for early announcement of the result of the presidential runoff held on June 14.
As a migrant worker, Li Weichao spent much of his youth shifting from one temp job to another, living thousands of miles away from his family to perform backbreaking labor for minimal pay.
Chinese cities reported worse air quality on average in July compared with a year ago, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said Tuesday.
The Taliban militants, who vowed to regain power in Afghanistan, have intensified their activities since May and have launched massive offensives, a development viewed by local analysts here as a result of the government's soft stance against them.
A militant was killed during a gunfight with Indian military Tuesday near the line-of-control (LoC) in restive Kashmir, India's official broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) said.
Common ocean bacteria play a greater role in global climate processes than previously thought, says a New Zealand scientist who took part in research that found sunlight stimulates bacteria to use carbon dioxide (CO2) for growth when organic carbon food sources are scarce.
Cambodia and Laos have so far achieved 86 percent of joint border demarcation and the two neighbors vowed to fully complete it as soon as possible, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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