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Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Europe and the Americas have been affected the most by the monkeypox outbreak, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists on Wednesday. These two regions have reported 95 percent of the diagnosed cases, he said, warning against stigma and discrimination …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Wednesday that his country “welcomes the continuation of diplomacy and talks” to rescue the Iranian nuclear deal, according to the Foreign Ministry’s website. Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone conversation with European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Josep Borrell …

New York, U.S. | Xinhua | While every modern U.S. president has stretched the truth now and then, Joe Biden’s routine misstatements about money and the economy seem to go unchallenged, reported The Hill in mid-July. “In recent months, as the economy has slipped into a soft recession and with inflation …

Using dollar supremacy for sanctions could well lead to other countries backing away from it (the dollar) London, UK | Xinhua | The U.S. government’s frequent use of dollar supremacy for sanctions against other countries could negatively impact global trade and finance, an economist has said. “One of the problems with …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia has decided to leave the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024 and will start building a Russian one by that time, said Yury Borisov, director general of Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos, on Tuesday. “We will focus on creating a Russian orbital station. Nor will …

Beijing, China | THE INDEPENDENT | The global community has been challenged to practice mutual respect, and uphold harmonious co-existence between communities with diverse social systems, ideologies, cultures, histories and development levels. Crispin Kaheru, a member of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), made this call in remarks he made at …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | It is obvious that the process of de-dollarization around the world has started and cannot be stopped, Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of Russia’s lower parliament house, the State Duma, said Tuesday. After the United States withdrew from the Bretton Woods agreement, the greenback was no longer pegged …

Member states agreed to reduce their gas demand by 15 percent compared to their average consumption in the past five years Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | European Union (EU) member states have reached a political agreement on a 15 percent voluntary reduction of natural gas demand from the average of 2017-2021, …

Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements on July 22 with Turkey and the United Nations clearing the way for exporting millions of tons of desperately needed Ukrainian grain — as well as Russian grain and fertilizer — ending a wartime standoff that had threatened food security around the globe. The …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday slashed the global growth forecast for 2022 to 3.2 percent, down by 0.4 percentage point from the April projection, according to its newly released update to the World Economic Outlook (WEO). Several shocks have hit the world economy already …