Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail delivery nationwide, calling them “a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service” before the presidential election. Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Washington state, said he was issuing a …
Read More »COVID-19 expanding risks to peace everywhere, warns UN chief
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday that the COVID-19 pandemic is expanding risks to peace everywhere. “It poses an enormous threat to people caught up in conflict, which is why I made an immediate appeal for a global ceasefire,” the UN chief said …
Read More »EU not acting in good faith over Brexit deal
London, UK | XINHUA | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a parliamentary committee Wednesday he did not believe the European Union (EU) was negotiating a Brexit deal with Britain in good faith. Johnson spent more than an hour being grilled by the House of Commons Liaison Committee, made up …
Read More »Arab normalization agreements with Israel serve Netanyahu, Trump: Palestinian official
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The Arab normalization agreements with Israel is “poor play” that serves Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and United States President Donald Trump, a Palestinian official said on Wednesday. Jibril Rajoub, secretary-general of the Central Committee of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Movement, said that “signing …
Read More »UN chief calls for more efforts to address global fragilities exposed by COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for more efforts to address the global fragilities that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed. “We must do far more to address the global fragilities that the virus has exposed,” the UN chief told journalists at a hybrid …
Read More »Apple introduces all-in-one plan for subscription services
San Francisco, US | XINHUA | Apple on Tuesday announced Apple One, a plan to include all of Apple’s subscription services, during its September 2000 event. “With a single subscription, customers in over 100 countries and regions can enjoy their favorite Apple services across their favorite devices, including iPhone, iPad, …
Read More »Israel normalizes ties with UAE, Bahrain, but Mideast peace still in question
Washington, US | XINHUA | Israel signed on Tuesday normalization accords with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, but Palestine claimed they will not achieve peace in the Middle East. U.S. President Donald Trump joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Bahraini …
Read More »UN chief calls for int’l solidarity to find vaccine accessible to all
United Nations | XINHUA | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on the international community to get united and find a vaccine that is accessible to all. “As the COVID-19 pandemic has upended our world, we have once again seen that international solidarity is no longer a choice, but …
Read More »Could mountains of mail-in ballots spark U.S. election chaos?
Washington, US | XINHUA | This election year could well see the largest number of mail-in ballots in recent memory, and many fear that could cause chaos on election night. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many Americans fret over going to the polls in person, fearing that close contact with …
Read More »TikTok submits proposal to U.S. authorities to resolve security concerns
Beijing, China | XINHUA | Video-sharing social networking platform TikTok said Monday it had submitted a proposal to the U.S. administration to resolve its “security concerns,” in order to continue the company’s operation in the future. Oracle, a U.S. multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in California, also confirmed in a statement …
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