OTTAWA - Canada is easing the on-arrival test requirements for fully-vaccinated travelers starting Feb. 28 as the latest wave of COVID-19 driven by the Omicron variant has passed its peak, the Public Health Agency of Canada announced Tuesday, Feb. 15.
SEOUL - South Korea added more than 1 million jobs in January, marking the fastest increase in nearly 22 years, showed data from Statistics Korea on Wednesday, Feb. 16.
HOUSTON - The American Petroleum Institute (API) on Tuesday, Feb 15, reported a decrease of 1.076 million barrels of crude oil in U.S. inventories for the week ending Feb. 4.
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday, Feb. 14, called for diplomacy to defuse the heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
ABUJA - Scores of bandits were neutralized and 20 hostages were freed by security operatives following a recent operation in Nigeria's north-central state of Niger, local police said on Monday, Feb. 14.
