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🔴 RESULT 🇺🇬 ✳ 5,000m final – Oscar Chelimo – BRONZE – Joshua Cheptegei – 9th Eugene, USA | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Ugandan long distance runner Oscar Chelimo won bronze, as ace Joshua Cheptegei faltered in the Oregon World Athletics Championships 5000m final. After Cheptegei failed to keep up …

Geneva, Switzerland | XINHUA |  The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared on Saturday that the current multi-country monkeypox outbreak outside of the traditional endemic areas in Africa has already turned into a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). After reconvening the WHO Emergency Committee on Thursday concerning the …

Ankara, Turkey | XINHUA |  Russian officials has told Ankara that Russia had “nothing to do” with the attacks on Ukraine’s key Black Sea port of Odessa, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday. “In our contact with Russia, the Russians told us that they had absolutely nothing to …

The Northern Ireland Protocol, part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, is meant to avoid a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Union (EU) on Friday launched four new infringement procedures against Britain for not implementing the Northern Ireland Protocol. “Despite repeated calls by …

Copenhagen, Denmark | Xinhua | As the European Region of the World Health Organization (WHO) reels from the effects of a prolonged heatwave responsible for a series of ferocious wildfires and escalating record-breaking high temperatures, regional governments have been urged by the WHO to implement the Paris climate agreement, whose position …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | China on Friday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition concerning content in Japan’s 2022 defense white paper, urging the country to stop arbitrarily hyping up security threats in the neighborhood to justify its military build-up. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a daily press briefing …

Instanbul, Turkey | Xinhua | Russia and Ukraine separately signed a deal in Istanbul Friday with Türkiye and the United Nations to resume grain shipments from Ukrainian ports to international markets via the Black Sea. The deal was first signed by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | African people have fair judgement on who can deliver high-quality infrastructure in Africa and is earnestly committed to improving their well-being, a Chinese spokesperson said Friday. Wang Wenbin, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson, made the remarks in response to a poll of more than 1,000 policymakers from …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia’s oil production increased by 3.4 percent year on year in the first six months of 2022, Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov said on Thursday. At a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Shulginov said the country’s oil production in the first half of 2022 rose …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday to protect access to contraception nationwide. The legislation, titled the Right to Contraception Act, cleared the Democratic-led chamber in a 228-195 vote. The measure, which seeks to codify access to contraceptives on the federal level, would …