U.S. purports to walk the high ground of human rights, with its status quo displaying a different reality Beijing, China | Xinhua | The Chinese government on Monday issued the Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2021, which sheds light on the reality of a country claiming …
Read More »17 pct Americans believe in right-wing QAnon conspiracy: study
QAnon conspiracy movement emerged on the internet in late 2017, and the most visible role it has played was in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Seventeen percent of Americans were deemed as believers of the right-wing QAnon conspiracy in October 2021, up from 14 percent in …
Read More »Iran says not to wait “forever” for nuke deal if U.S. fails to make decisions
Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Tehran will not wait “forever” for a possible nuclear deal if the United States fails to make decisions, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Tuesday. The United States has already “walked away” from the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan …
Read More »U.S. provides 350 mln USD worth of weapons to Ukraine
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Saturday that the United States is offering 350 million U.S. dollars worth of “lethal defensive” weapons to Ukraine to help defend itself against the ongoing Russian military operations. Blinken said in a statement that U.S. President Joe Biden authorized …
Read More »China urges U.S. to return assets to Afghanistan
Beijing, China | Xinhua | China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday urged the United States to unconditionally return assets belonging to the Afghan people and take concrete actions to repair the damage caused to them. Global Times, an English-language Chinese newspaper, launched an online petition on Thursday, calling on the U.S. government …
Read More »Biden’s decision to compensate 9/11 victims with Afghan assets unfair: Taliban spokesman
Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | Deputy spokesperson for the Taliban government Inamullah Samangani on Sunday criticized Washington’s “unfair” decision to compensate the victims of 9/11 terrorist attacks with Afghanistan’s assets. “The recent decision of U.S. President Joe Biden on the handling of the foreign exchange reserve of Afghanistan is a hasty, …
Read More »Taliban criticizes U.S. president’s decision splitting Afghan assets
Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | A Taliban political spokesman has criticized U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision on splitting the frozen Afghan assets in the United States. Mohammad Naeem, spokesman of the Taliban political office in Qatar, tweeted on Friday that “Stealing the blocked funds of Afghan nation by the United States …
Read More »U.S. State Department urges Americans to depart Ukraine
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. State Department on Thursday urged Americans currently in Ukraine to leave the country “now,” citing what it said was “increased threats of Russian military action” against Ukraine. “Do not travel to Ukraine due to the increased threats of Russian military action and COVID-19; those …
Read More »U.S. “genocide” allegation is lie of century: spokesperson
Beijing, China | Xinhua | The U.S. “genocide” allegation is a lie of the century, which fully exposes its sinister intention of politicizing the Winter Olympics and maliciously smearing China with Xinjiang-related issues, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a daily …
Read More »More U.S. sanctions against Russia could cause cutoff of ties: Lavrov
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | If the United States were to impose more sanctions against Russia, the country would risk severing relations with Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. “Regarding the threat of (new) sanctions, the Americans were told during the contacts of the presidents that the package …
Read More »