WORLD

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. senators voted on Monday to send the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve in the Supreme Court for floor debate and votes. Three Republicans joined Democrats for a 53-47 vote to discharge Jackson’s nomination to the full Senate after the Judiciary Committee deadlocked …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Almost the entire global population, or 99 percent, breathes air that exceeds air quality limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN health agency said in a statement on Monday. Even though a record number of more than 6,000 cities in 117 countries now …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree introducing visa restrictions for citizens from “unfriendly countries,” a decision made in retaliation to hostile measures taken by the European Union, the Kremlin said Monday. According to the decree, Russia will partially suspend its simplified visa agreements with EU …

The Hague, Netherlands | Xinhua | Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal announced on Sunday evening that he has been suffering from an aggressive form of prostate cancer since the end of 2020. Van Gaal said he was still positive about his health. “In most cases, prostate cancer does not kill you,” …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Sunday that the United States has by no means any compassion toward Muslim nations in the region, according to the president’s official website. Making the remarks in a phone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih, Raisi said it has …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Ruble payments will be used more in Russia’s foreign trade, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday. “It is still a prototype system (of payments), but I’m confident that it will spread to new groups of goods as well, and it will play a larger role in …

Karachi, Pakistan | THE INDEPENDENT | Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolved Sunday the National Assembly at the request of the country’s prime minister, said a statement from the president’s secretariat. “President of Pakistan Arif Alvi has approved the advice of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to dissolve the National Assembly …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua |  Explosions rocked Ukraine’s southern Black Sea port city of Odesa early Sunday as the city came under an airstrike, the Operation Command South, a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in southern Ukraine, said on Facebook. The attacks hit the city’s infrastructure. Some of the …

Los Angeles, US | Xinhua|  A new study suggested the risk for cardiac complications was significantly higher after SARS-CoV-2 infection than after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. The study, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, analyzed electronic health record data from 40 U.S. health care systems …

Islamabad, Pakistan | Xinhua | Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan lashed out at the United States for not giving Pakistan its due credit as its ally in the war against terror. The people of Pakistan suffered the most from the country’s experience as an ally in the U.S.-led war against terror after …