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BAKU, Azerbaijan | XINHUA |   The new round of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia Wednesday entered its 4th day, with more casualties revealed by the two sides. Since the outbreak of the conflict, about 2,300 Armenian soldiers have been killed and wounded, and about 130 tanks and other armored …

  Kuala Lumpur,  Malaysia  | XINHUA |   Malaysia on Thursday recorded its highest number o cases since June, as Japan eased entry restrictions for certain foreigners. Malaysia reported 260 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said, bringing the national total to 11,484. Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in …

UNITED NATIONS, AMERICA | XINHUA |    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for greater ambition to reverse biodiversity loss. Biodiversity and ecosystems are essential for human progress and prosperity. They are central to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change, he told the …

QUITO, Ecuador | XINHUA |   Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno on Wednesday announced the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a 6.5-billion-U.S.-dollar loan agreement reached at the end of August. “A few minutes ago I had a conversation with people from the International Monetary Fund and I can tell you that …

Brussels , Belgium| XINHUA |   The European Union (EU) launched an infringement procedure against the United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday over a contentious bill that allegedly breaches the Brexit deal reached by the two sides in January 2020. The UK has not removed the “problematic part” of the bill, which …

Kuwait, KUWAIT | XINHUA |   Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah passed away at the age of 91 on Tuesday. “With great sadness and sorrow, the Amiri Diwan mourns the passing of his Highness, the late Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah,” the Amiri Diwan, which serves …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    Another 7,143 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, the highest daily total ever since the start of the pandemic in Britain, according to official figures released Tuesday. The newly confirmed infections brought the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 439,013, …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    The General Debate of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 75) on Tuesday lowered its curtain at the UN headquarters in New York on a positive note with the vast majority of world leaders and national representatives voicing strong support for multilateralism …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has lauded China’s foreign policy, which he said is aimed at building an international community free of hegemony based on justice and non-expansion. Speaking at a ceremony held Monday on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the founding …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for further debt relief for poor and middle-income countries for them to respond to COVID-19. “I hope the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (of the Group of 20) will be extended and its scope expanded to all developing and …