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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called on citizens to take part in the ongoing referendum on constitutional amendments. “My position is clear, unchanged and absolutely firm: the updated text of the constitution and all proposed amendments will come into force only with your approval,” Putin …

San Francisco, US | XINHUA |  The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) started Boeing 737 MAX recertification test flights on Monday, marking a major step toward the aircraft’s return to service after being grounded. A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft departed from Boeing Field in Seattle, U.S. state of Washington, on …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Monday of bumpy times ahead amid a looming recession in Britain, but insisted there would be no return to austerity in the country. In a broadcast interview on the Times Radio newly launched in London, Johnson said he was …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | China on Monday expressed strong opposition to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s statements over China-Africa relations, saying that the statements ignored the fundamental facts and smeared China arbitrarily, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesperson. Spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a news briefing when …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that global COVID-19 cases had reached 10,004,707, after the records of daily new cases had been refreshed repeatedly for the past few days. The latest WHO numbers show that as for 10:43 a.m. CEST (0843 GMT), the total confirmed …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Commonly used cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may help reduce the death rate in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to a new study published in the journal Cell Metabolism. Animal studies have shown that statin drugs can improve immune cell responses, reduce inflammation, and slow the progression of lung …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was never briefed on intelligence that Russians offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing U.S troops. “Nobody briefed or told me, @VP Pence, or Chief of Staff @MarkMeadows about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 500,000 on Sunday, reaching 500,108 as of 4:33 p.m. (2033 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile, the total COVID-19 cases around the world rose to 10,063,319, according to the CSSE. The United …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday that the WHO-led global response to COVID-19 needs 31.3 billion U.S. dollars for therapeutics, vaccines and diagnostics over the next 12 months, including two billion doses of vaccines. The money would go to the Access to COVID-19 Tools …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | A study conducted in India’s villages has found that 86 percent of the health providers in rural India were private “doctors” and 68 percent had no formal medical training like Bachelor of Medicine or MBBS. The survey, conducted in 1,519 villages across 19 states, revealed …