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Islamabad, Pakistan | Xinhua | At least five people, including Pakistan’s former prime minister and chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Imran Khan, were injured on Thursday after his political convoy was shot at in the eastern Punjab province, a party leader told Xinhua. The PTI Secretary General Asad Umar …

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warmly welcomes the announcement from Russia on its resumed participation in the implementation of a deal to facilitate grain export via the Black Sea, his spokesman said on Wednesday. Guterres is grateful for the diplomatic efforts of Türkiye, and thanks UN coordinator …

Russia and Ukraine separately signed a deal in Istanbul with Türkiye and the United Nations to resume grain shipments from Ukrainian ports to international markets via the Black Sea Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia on Wednesday announced its return to the implementation of a grain export deal via the Black …

United States is gearing up for the mid-term elections Beijing, China | Xinhua | Democrats are funding Republican primaries to try to nominate more potentially beatable candidates. Republicans are transporting migrants to Democratic-led cities in protest over immigration policy. Both parties are busy gerrymandering to get an upper hand. Former President Donald …

Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, aiming to resolve the grain export impasse. In the phone call, Erdogan told Putin that Türkiye was making efforts with all sides to solve problems about the implementation of …

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | Exit polls from Israel’s parliamentary elections suggested Tuesday that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc has a good chance of making a comeback after the country’s fifth elections since 2019. Exit polls of three main Israeli TV channels indicated that the long-time leader and his alliance …

Brasilia, Brazil | Xinhua | After winning the second round of voting on Sunday, President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the Workers’ Party is expected to remodel the largest Latin American economy during the four-year presidential term starting from Jan. 1, 2023. Analysts believe that the victory of Lula, …

Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua |  Sweden’s economy is heading for a “grim winter,” the country’s government said here on Monday. “We don’t know yet how cold and grim it will be,” Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson said at a press conference here. The government expects Sweden’s gross domestic product (GDP) to …

Former president Lula da Silva wins second round of Brazil’s presidential elections Brasilia, Brazil | Xinhua | Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the Workers’ Party won the second round of presidential elections on Sunday, thereby setting to serve a third four-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2023. …

Call to Action on Financing for Tuberculosis Response to tackle the second leading cause of death from infectious diseases Jakarta, Indonesia | Xinhua | Health ministers of the Group of 20 (G20) members launched a “Call to Action on Financing for Tuberculosis Response” to tackle the second leading cause of death …