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Paris, France | Xinhua | Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to one year in prison for illegally financing his election campaign in 2012, a court in Paris announced on Thursday. Sarkozy was found guilty of having spent almost twice the legal limit on his reelection bid. He has denied …

Rome, Italy | Xinhua | The director-general of the Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Wednesday called for countries to redouble efforts to halve food waste by the end of this decade. The organization estimated that around 14 percent of the world’s total food production is lost between …

Manila, Philippines | Xinhua | Filipino world boxing icon and Senator Manny Pacquiao said on Wednesday that he is retiring from boxing to focus on next year’s presidential race. “It is difficult for me to accept that my time as a boxer is over. Today, I am announcing my retirement,” Pacquiao, 42, …

Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | Antibody levels following COVID-19 vaccination decrease more rapidly than previously believed, according to a study of staff at a hospital in Stockholm, Swedish Television reported on Tuesday. Seven months after receiving the second dose, the number of antibodies had decreased by 85 percent among those immunized …

UEFA has appealed to remove a judge in Madrid from its case against clubs still committed to the European Super League after suspending its legal action London, UK | Xinhua | UEFA confirmed on Tuesday that they will appeal to a higher court after their legal action against Barcelona, Real Madrid …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Homicides in the United States rose nearly 30 percent in 2020 from 2019, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s Uniform Crime Report for 2020 published on Monday. “In 2020, there were an estimated 1,277,696 violent crimes,” the agency said in a statement. Among them, …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday received his COVID-19 vaccine booster shot on camera at the White House. “Boosters are important, but the most important thing we need to do is get more people vaccinated,” Biden said before getting his booster shot. About 23 percent of …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Negotiations over U.S. President Joe Biden’s 3.5-trillion-U.S.-dollar spending bill have hit a “stalemate,” leaving the fate of his entire first-term agenda up in the air. The president on Friday said negotiations have hit a deadlock amid heated disagreements between progressives and moderates in his party, which …

WORLD AFFAIRS | Isidoros Karderinis | The new AUKUS Partnership, the new geopolitical alliance of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, to enhance security in the Indian and Pacific Oceans zone envisages the provision of the necessary technology by the United States and Great Britain to Australia be …

United Nations | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke Sunday on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, declaring that nuclear weapons must be eliminated from the world and a new era of dialogue, trust and peace must begin. Addressing the threat of nuclear weapons “has …