United Nations, USA | XINHUA | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for investment in culture to promote global solidarity. Guterres made the appeal at a United Nations Day concert, which was sponsored by the Italian mission to the United Nations. “As we celebrate United Nations Day with this …
Read More »Acting Kyrgyz president signs law to postpone parliamentary elections
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | XINHUA | Acting President and Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov on Thursday signed a constitutional law to postpone the date of repeat parliamentary elections, his press service reported. The report said that the need to adopt this law is dictated by a number of circumstances, as …
Read More »China urges U.S. to clarify biological militarization activities: spokesperson
BEIJING, CHINA | XINHUA | China on Wednesday urged the United States to offer a comprehensive clarification on its overseas biological militarization activities. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks when responding to a query about a report that Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said …
Read More »UK, EU to resume trade talks later this week in London
London, UK | XINHUA | Britain announced on Wednesday that it will resume talks on future relationship with the European Union (EU) later this week in London, a few days after Downing Street said the post-Brexit negotiations were over. “We are ready to welcome the EU team to London to …
Read More »China urges U.S. to stop discrimination against Chinese students
Beijing, China | Xinhua | A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Wednesday urged the United States to stop discriminative actions against Chinese students and academics in the United States. For some time, the United States has been abusing judicial power to harass, interrogate, and even arrest and prosecute Chinese students in …
Read More »Russia seeks to continue dialogue with U.S. on nuclear treaty
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia on Wednesday confirmed its readiness to continue negotiations with the United States on the extension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). “This topic is of strategic nature and global significance. It is in the interests of not only our two countries …
Read More »Italian PM calls for EU recovery fund to kick off by January 2021
Rome, Italy | XINHUA | The European Union (EU) recovery fund should kick off as soon as in January to provide the necessary relief to the European economies hit by the COVID-19 crisis, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte urged on Tuesday. “In the European Council a few days ago, we …
Read More »U.S. prepared to meet with Russia on nuclear arms control
Washington, US | Xinhua | The United States is prepared to meet immediately with Russia to finalize a verifiable nuclear arms control agreement, the State Department said in a statement on Tuesday. “We appreciate the Russian Federation’s willingness to make progress on the issue of nuclear arms control,” the statement …
Read More »Trump, Biden to have microphones muted for part of final presidential debate
Washington, US | Xinhua | The U.S. Commission on Presidential Debates on Monday announced a new rule on muting the microphones of President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden to give them each two uninterrupted minutes at the beginning of every debate segment in the upcoming final presidential …
Read More »Spotlight: Pressure remains over Aussie state lockdown despite partial easing
Sydney, Austria | XINHUA | The Australian State of Victoria has taken the next highly anticipated step towards “COVID normal” as it eases its way out of a long and difficult lockdown. As of Monday, Victorians were given more freedom to travel and socialize after nearly three months of being …
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