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Rome, Italy |  XINHUA | Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has died in a Milan hospital, the Rome office of his political party Forza Italia has confirmed. Berlusconi suffered from a serious case of COVID-19 in 2020, and has also overcome heart surgery, severe cardiovascular problems and prostate cancer. Berlusconi …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran denied on Saturday the existence of any “undeclared” nuclear material in the country, as a response to questions raised in a recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about its nuclear activities, the official news agency IRNA reported. In a report by IAEA …

Washington, USA | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday called the sweeping federal indictment against him “ridiculous” and “baseless.” Trump has been charged with 37 felony counts alleging that he stored classified documents at his Florida estate after leaving the White House. He blasted the indictment as an …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that the counteroffensive actions in his country are underway, the government-run Ukrinform news agency reported. “Counteroffensive and defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine,” Zelensky said at a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Kiev. Zelensky …

London, UK | Xinhua | Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday he is stepping down as a Member of Parliament (MP) with immediate effect. Johnson has been under investigation by the cross-party Committee of Privileges in the House of Commons, the lower house of the British Parliament, over …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | The dam breach, coupled with the collapse of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, will lead to devastating economic and ecological consequences, a Ukrainian expert has said. “Up to 1 million people may face drinking water problems,” Oleksii Kushch, an economist at “United Ukraine” think-tank, told …

New York, US | Xinhua | Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, and Slovenia were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on Tuesday for a two-year term. The newly elected members will take up their new responsibilities on Jan. 1, 2024, and serve till Dec. 31, …

San Francisco, US | Xinhua |  Apple on Monday unveiled its spatial computer Apple Vision Pro featuring visionOS spatial operating system on its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). According to Apple, Vision Pro, which features an ultra-high-resolution display system that packs 23 million pixels across two displays and custom Apple …

Vienna, Austria | Xinhua | The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, on Sunday agreed to adjust their overall production level to 40.46 million barrels per day (bpd) next year. The oil-producer alliance announced the decision in a statement released after …

Paris, France | Xinhua | The French National Assembly and the French Senate have adopted a bill to regulate influencer marketing on social media, local media reported Friday. The bill prohibits the influencers from promoting adulterated products, conducting scams or fraud on social media. The influencers are also obliged to label …