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Beijing, China | XINHUA | The United States unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and has no right to demand the United Nations Security Council launch the snapback mechanism to restore sanctions against Iran, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday. Noting that the United States …

Washington, US | XINHUA | Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, laying out his vision for building the nation back better in a speech that capped off the four-day virtual Democratic National Convention. Almost right at the beginning of his speech, Biden …

Beijing, China | XINHUA | China’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged certain U.S. politicians to stop dragging China into its election campaigns, and stop their “despicable performance.” The ministry’s spokesperson Zhao Lijian said this at a routine press briefing in response to recent remarks by Director of Trade and Manufacturing …

Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. Senator from California Kamala Harris, who was chosen by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to be his running mate in the 2020 presidential election, delivered a speech Wednesday to formally accept her nomination as the party’s candidate for vice president. Shortly before Harris spoke, her …

✳ Saturday 12 September • CRY 17:00 SOU • FUL 17:00 ARS • LIV 17:00 LEE • TOT 17:00 EVE • WBA 17:00 LEI • WHU 17:00 NEW London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT |  The 2020/21 Premier League season has been handed a thrilling start, with champions Liverpool playing promoted …

Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released the final volume of its bipartisan investigation report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The nearly 1,000 pages report confirmed former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s findings that the Russian government engaged in “an aggressive, multi-faceted effort …

United Nations | XINHUA | Disruptions to services for preventing and responding to violence in the home, due to the global pandemic, has left children in more than 100 countries vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. The UN agency’s “Socio-economic Impact Survey …

Washington, US | XINHUA | More than 30 major U.S. business groups said on Tuesday that they’re unlikely to implement President Donald Trump’s recent executive order (EO) on payroll tax deferral as it would prove “unworkable” and impose a large tax bill on American families next year. “Under current law, …

Washington, US | XINHUA | The ongoing U.S. Democratic National Convention on Tuesday voted to officially nominate Joe Biden as the party’s presidential candidate. Biden, already the presumptive nominee since April when all other contenders in the once crowded Democratic field dropped their bids, briefly addressed supporters from his hometown …

  ✳ PSG 3 Leipzig 0 Lisbon, Portugal | THE INDEPENDENT | Paris Saint Germain ( PSG) are into the UEFA Champions League final for the first time after an impressive win against their Bundesliga opponents. Paris may have wondered if it was to be their night when Neymar toe-poked against …