Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order directing his government to review and release some documents related to the FBI’s investigation into the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The order directs the Justice Department and other federal agencies to review documents …
Read More »Abba are back after four decades!
Stockholm, Sweden | XINHUA | The Swedish band Abba is set to release an album with new songs, it announced on Thursday. The quartet, who parted ways in 1982, recorded the first two songs of the ten-track album titled “Voyage” in 2018. “When we had these two songs, it …
Read More »Politicizing COVID-19 origins is unreliable: Putin
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Politicizing the origins of COVID-19 will only lead to untrustworthy conclusions, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday during the plenary session of the sixth Eastern Economic Forum (EEF). “Those who choose to politicize this issue are making colossal, catastrophic mistakes in the fight against the pandemic,” …
Read More »Tracing origins of America’s war addiction
America’s addiction to the use of armed forces lies in its yearn to maintain hegemony Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Since its declaration of independence in 1776, the United States has been involved in warfare through most of its history. And Washington has been proactively engaged in military interventions or even …
Read More »Biden administration taps strategic petroleum reserve to address hurricane fuel shortages
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The Biden administration is releasing 1.5 million barrels of crude oil from America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to address fuel shortages caused by Hurricane Ida. “The Department of Energy has authorized the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to conduct an exchange of 1.5 million barrels of crude oil …
Read More »Weather disasters increase five-fold in 50 years: WMO report
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The number of weather-related disasters has increased by five times over the past 50 years, the latest report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday. However, thanks to improved early warning systems and disaster management, the number of deaths from these hazards has been …
Read More »China urges investigation of massacre of Afghans by U.S.
Beijing, China | Xinhua | Although the U.S. military has withdrawn from Afghanistan, the massacre of civilians by the U.S. military and its allies in Afghanistan in the past 20 years must be investigated thoroughly, and the murderers brought to justice, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Wang …
Read More »COVID-19 vaccine elicits antibodies in 90 percent taking immunosuppressants: study
Chicago, U.S. | Xinhua | COVID-19 vaccination elicited antibody responses in nearly nine out of 10 people with weakened immune systems, although their responses were only about one-third as strong as those mounted by healthy people, according to a study of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. …
Read More »Biden defends U.S. hasty exit in post-Afghanistan withdrawal remarks
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday defended his decision to hastily pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, a mission broadly criticized by the American public. During televised remarks delivered from the State Dining Room inside the White House, Biden spent a considerable portion of his speech …
Read More »Taliban special forces take over Kabul airport after U.S. troops pullout from Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The Taliban deployed special forces at the Kabul airport on Tuesday hours after the last batch of U.S. troops left Afghanistan. The Badri Special Forces have been deployed at the Kabul airport. “Security and safety is ensured at the airport,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told reporters at …
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