GAZA CITY, Nov 27 — Young Palestinians launched a volunteer initiative on Sunday to clean the Al-Shifa Medical Complex west of Gaza City and to partially restart its operations by preparing the kidney dialysis department.

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ANKARA, Nov 26 — The Palestinian group Hamas handed over 13 Israeli captives held in Gaza at midnight Saturday to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as part of a prisoner swap deal with Israel.

JAKARTA, Nov 25 — Asean foreign ministers have collectively urged all parties in Myanmar to enable the safe repatriation of citizens from their countries caught in the ongoing conflict, particularly in the Northern Shan state.

MANILA, Nov 25 — The Philippines and Australia began their first joint sea and air patrols in the South China Sea on Saturday, days after Manila took similar steps with the United States (US) as Pacific nations warily eye an increasingly assertive China.

BRUSSELS, Nov 24 — Chinese Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Fu Cong on Thursday dismissed a recent claim that China is exporting its overcapacity of electric vehicles (EV) to the European market, reported Xinhua.

JAKARTA — Indonesia's President Joko Widodo today launched the construction of a carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project in West Papua province operated by BP Plc, the country's first carbon storage project.

SINGAPORE, Nov 23 — Singapore's core inflation picked up to 3.3 per cent year-on-year in October, from 3.0 per cent in September, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — Asean countries need to work together to address climate change challenges and sustainability issues, said Singapore Water Association Vice President (General Affairs) Charles Quek.

BEIJING, Nov 23  — The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday officially requested that China provide detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children.

BEIJING, Nov 23 — China's oil demand growth is likely to ease in the first half of 2024 to around 4 per cent, according to consultancies, with resurgent consumption from the aviation and petrochemical sectors offset by weaker diesel usage due to an ongoing property sector crunch.

JAKARTA, Nov 23 — An international media tour has started in Indonesia, aiming to showcase the achievements of Chinese enterprises going overseas, and tell the story of mutual benefit and win-win cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).

GAZA CITY, Nov 23 — The number of people killed in Israeli air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct 7 has risen to 14,532, including over 6,000 children and 4,000 women, the media office in the besieged enclave said on Wednesday.

JAKARTA, Nov 22 — Asean Foreign Ministers have welcomed the recent summit between United States (US) President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 15 in Woodside, California, the US.

ISTANBUL, Nov 22 — Qatar on Wednesday said that the start of a “humanitarian pause” between Israel and Hamas will be announced within 24 hours.

PHNOM PENH, Nov 22 — The World Bank has approved a US$163 million project to support Cambodia's efforts to strengthen water supply and sanitation services in four provinces, benefitting over 175,000 people, said its press release on Wednesday, reported Xinhua.

LONDON , Nov 22 — Sony must face a mass lawsuit worth up to £6.3 billion (US$7.9 billion) over claims the PlayStation maker abused its dominant position leading to unfair prices for customers, a London tribunal ruled on Tuesday.

SINGAPORE, Nov 22 (Bernama) – Singapore’s economy grew by 1.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2023 (3Q 2023), faster than the 0.5 per cent growth in the previous quarter, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI).

ISTANBUL (Turkiye), Nov 22 —  The Israeli government and Hamas agreed to a prisoner exchange deal early Wednesday.

LONDON/TOKYO , Nov 21 — Global inflationary forces are finally seeping into Japan's economy after decades of falling prices, forcing investors to radically rethink their Japan bets as the Bank of Japan considers a major policy shift.