Washington, US | Xinhua| The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden announced Monday that the United States will provide Ukraine with 1 billion U.S. dollars worth of additional security assistance, the largest one-time weapons package since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. According to a statement by the Department …
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Trump confirms FBI now at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida Washington, US | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday evening that his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, had been raided by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Trump said in a statement that his …
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Beijing, China | Xin Ping – Xinhua | When people talk of “genocide,” “segregation” and “racial superiority,” the notorious Adolf Hitler and Nazism are often the first thing that comes to one’s mind. Yet Nazism has an unexpected philosophical origin: eugenics in the United States. The Nazis took inspiration from …
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Denver, United States | Xinhua | U.S. Congress voted this week to enact the first gun control measures in America since assault weapons were banned for a decade in 1995, though many still doubt the real effect of the law on stemming gun violence. The conclusive 67-34 vote Thursday in …
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Los Angeles, US | Xinhua | At least four rallies for abortion rights were held in Los Angeles after U.S. Supreme Court made decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The first Los Angeles crowds to protest the ruling began to gather around noon outside the federal courthouse downtown and grew …
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New York, US | Xinhua | For more than 20 years, the U.S. federal government failed to properly support research into gun violence, reported Scientific American on Thursday. “We spent about 63 U.S. dollars in research dollars per life lost to gun violence, compared to roughly 1,000 dollars per life …
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Hong Kong | Xinhua | The United States appears to be strengthening its long-standing geostrategic endeavours against China, and it risks turning a crisis into another major conflagration, according to an opinion piece recently published by the South China Morning Post (SCMP). Officials in Washington have to shake off their …
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Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu spoke over the phone on Friday, marking the first call between the two since Russia launched the special military operation in Ukraine. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said in a brief statement following the …
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Washington, USA | Xinhua | Male giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji went to great lengths to climb onto the back of his mother, Mei Xiang, only to fall down cutely before both of them were drawn to an ice cake made of their favorite treats, including sugar cane, carrots, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Uganda in sanctions crisis: Targeting of top officials by U.S. puts country in diplomatic minefield THE LAST WORD Behind DRC entry into the EAC: How Museveni’s and Kagame’s military adventures have contributed more …
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