Washington, USA | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, clashed fiercely on Tuesday night during their first debate in the 2020 presidential race in Cleveland, Ohio. Moderator and Fox News anchor Chris Wallace opened the debate by asking Trump to explain his nomination of …
Read More »EU considering legal options against UK over contentious bill
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The United Kingdom’s position on the withdrawal from the European Union (EU) is far apart from what the EU can accept and the bloc “will not be shy” from taking legal action for violations of the withdrawal agreement, European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic said …
Read More »Tunisian president meets with visiting Algerian FM, cooperation discussed
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Tunisian President Kais Saied received on Monday visiting Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum, said a statement released by the presidency. “During the meeting, the head of state pledged to further develop the relations between the two countries to reach the expected level,” said the statement. …
Read More »India’s COVID-19 tally surpasses 6 million, vaccine expected early next year
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | India’s COVID-19 tally is steeply rising, surpassing 6 million on Monday, while the country’s Health Minister Harsh Vardhan pinned hopes on the development of the first vaccine by early next year. “Research to develop a vaccine is being done expeditiously. There are at least three …
Read More »EU launches action plan for smarter, efficient customs
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The European Union (EU) launched on Monday a new Customs Union Action Plan, which aims at modernizing and simplifying customs procedures at the EU borders while tackling fraud linked to customs and VAT. Presenting the plan at a press conference in Brussels, European Commissioner for …
Read More »Global COVID-19 deaths surpass 1 mln — Johns Hopkins University
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Global COVID-19 deaths reached the grim milestone of 1 million on Monday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The global death toll rose to 1,000,555, with a total of more than 33.2 million cases worldwide as of …
Read More »Lithuania, France to “move forward together”: Macron
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Lithuania has made huge progress in the two decades since the last official visit by Jacques Chirac in 2001, visiting President Emmanuel Macron said here on Monday, referring to one of his predecessors. “Thank you for the warm welcome during this difficult time. We try …
Read More »Boris Johnson overtaken in major opinion poll for first time since moving into 10 Downing Street
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The leader of Britain’s main opposition party, Labour’s Keir Starmer, has for the first time moved ahead of Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a major opinion poll Sunday. The Opinium poll for the Observer newspaper has given Starmer a four-point lead over Johnson. In a …
Read More »U.S. House speaker says there’s chance to reach agreement on COVID-19 relief package
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that there’s a chance she and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin could reach an agreement on the next COVID-19 relief package. “I trust Secretary Mnuchin to represent something that can reach a solution and I believe we can …
Read More »UN chief extremely concerned over Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday expressed his great concern over the latest Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, calling on both sides to immediately stop fighting. “The secretary-general is extremely concerned over the fresh resumption of hostilities along the line of contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. …
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