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Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema have been named as the finalists for The FIFA Best Men’s Football Player Award in 2022, soccer’s world governing body FIFA announced on Friday. Messi captained Argentina to lift the FIFA World Cup trophy in Qatar last year, beating France …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | A group of House Democrats filed a resolution on Thursday, seeking to expel Republican lawmaker George Santos from the U.S. Congress. “We gave him plenty of time to resign, and he has chosen not to do so,” U.S. Congressman Robert Garcia, a California Democrat, told reporters. …

Ankara, Türkiye | Xinhua | Rescue teams continued to spare no effort to search for more survivors trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings on Thursday, though hopes faded quickly on the 4th day after two massive earthquakes jolted Türkiye. The death toll from the devastating earthquakes climbed to 17,134 in Türkiye, …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Air passenger demand will rapidly recover to pre-pandemic levels on most routes by the first quarter of 2023 and is expected to exceed 2019 levels by around 3 percent by the end of the year, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said on Wednesday. “The air …

Istanbul, Türkiye | Xinhua | Selahhatin Elbistan’s life will not be the same after the deadly twin earthquakes shook the southern part of Türkiye and buried everything under rubble. Selahattin burst into tears when confronted with the earthquake’s damage to his business facility in the Elbistan district of the southern …

Tokyo, Japan | Xinhua | Japanese prosecutors arrested a former operations executive of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee and three others on Wednesday over bid-rigging accusations, local media reported. Tokyo prosecutors arrested the former senior official, Yasuo Mori, on suspicion of being a key player in the anti-monopoly law …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that it is necessary to revise the country’s current strategy for scientific and technological development. “We need to concentrate our human, financial and infrastructure resources on a clearly defined set of priorities,” Putin said during a meeting of the Council …

Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | Despite providing military assistance to Ukraine, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) must not become a party to the country’s conflict with Russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday. In a speech to the German lower house of parliament (Bundestag) ahead of a special meeting …

United Nations | Xinhua | Unemployment is the leading factor driving people in sub-Saharan Africa to join violent extremist groups, according to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report released Tuesday. The report, entitled Journey to Extremism in Africa: Pathways to Recruitment and Disengagement, underscores the importance of economic factors as …

Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday night amid a sour public mood. This is Biden’s second State of the Union speech since he took office in January 2021 and the first of its kind before a …