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MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | The course of parliamentary elections in France does not very much resemble democracy, the second round was designed to manipulate the will of voters, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin. The video was published in the telegram …

PARIS, France | Xinhua | The second and decisive round of France’s snap legislative elections kicked off Sunday in Metropolitan France for voters to elect the remaining 501 members of the 577-seat French National Assembly. According to the results published by the French Interior Ministry, the French far-right wing party …

NEW YORK, USA | TASS | US President Joe Biden said that he was in a position to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin, contain China and hold the North Atlantic Alliance together. “I am running the world, <…> I am taking on Putin,” the US leader boasted in an interview …

BEIRUT,  | TASS | At least 158 journalists have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the enclave’s authorities said. They wrote in their Telegram channel that five media workers had been killed in military operations in recent days. Gaza’s health ministry said earlier that in total, …

TEHRAN, Iran | Xinhua | Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s former health minister, won the country’s 14th presidential election, Iran’s Election Headquarters Spokesperson Mohsen Eslami announced on Saturday. Eslami made the announcement while disclosing the results of the runoff held on Friday between reformist Pezeshkian and principlist Saeed Jalili, Iran’s former chief …

LONDON, UK | Xinhua | Keir Starmer, who led the Labour Party to achieve a landslide victory in Britain’s general election, officially became the new prime minister after meeting with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in London on Friday. Born on Sept. 2, 1962 in London, Starmer studied law …

LONDON, UK | Xinhua | Keir Starmer, who led the Labour Party to achieve a landslide victory in Britain’s general election, officially became the new prime minister after meeting with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in London on Friday. “Our country has voted decisively for change and a return …

🔴 47 State corporations dissolved 🔴 Planned CAS positions suspended 🔴 State advisors to be cut by 50% 🔴 No budget line for offices of First Lady 🔴 Budget for renovations cut by 50% 🔴 Retirement age of 60 to be implemented 🔴 No new government cars 🔴 No harambees …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  After technological advances in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry marked by large language model (LLM) fever since 2022, Chinese firms in the rapidly advancing sector have cemented their position as major players and are intensifying efforts to narrow the gap with forerunners. According to a SuperBench …

ASTANA | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping here Thursday called on the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to ensure security in the face of real threat from the Cold War mentality. Xi made the remarks when attending the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State …