WORLD

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The European Commission has authorized anti-viral drug remdesivir for the treatment against coronavirus on Friday, making it the first drug authorized at the European Union level for the treatment of COVID-19. “Today, the European Commission granted a conditional marketing authorization for the medicine remdesivir,” the European …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Friday on the official publication of the country’s amended constitution after it was approved in a recent referendum. The amendments become effective from July 4, according to the decree published on the Kremlin website. Earlier in the day, the …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | A total of 77.92 percent of Russians have backed the 206 amendments to the country’s constitution in a referendum, while 21.27 percent have voted against them, data released by the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) showed Thursday. Under the updated constitution, Russian President Vladimir Putin …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. health authorities have said that the country is buying nearly all the global supplies of Remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment for the next three months, which could mean that no other country will be able to buy it in the period. The U.S. Department of …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for a sense of shared fate and collective compassion in face of COVID-19. “This sense of shared fate and collective compassion is both the spirit of the Buddha and the animating force of the Charter of the United …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Turkey will do its best to maintain peace, security and stability in Syria, emphasizing political unity and territorial integrity of the neighboring country as a priority. “Maintaining the political unity and territorial integrity of Syria, establishing peace on …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday that the past week’s new COVID-19 cases in Istanbul, the largest metropolis in Turkey, accounted for 54 percent of all the increase across the country. This remarkable increase is also observed in the capital Ankara, northwestern Bursa, Central …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The U.S. House Armed Services Committee voted on Wednesday to approve an amendment to ban the public display of the Confederate battle flag on all Pentagon property. The measure was approved without debate by voice vote as part of a package of noncontroversial amendments to …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The International Labor Organization (ILO), a Geneva-based UN agency, said on Tuesday the number of working hours lost across the world in the first half of 2020 was significantly worse than previously estimated and that there are risks of large scale job losses. In the latest …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The United Nations on Tuesday launched a new campaign to counter, by fostering personal behavior change, the growing threat of misinformation online, particularly with regard to COVID-19. The campaign, called Pause, asks digital users to take the time to think about what they are about to …