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San Francisco, US | XINHUA | A number of high-profile Twitter accounts were simultaneously hacked on Wednesday by attackers to spread a cryptocurrency scam. The false messages encouraged users to post their cryptocurrency funds to a particular address under the guise that their “investment” will be doubled. Billionaire Bill Gates …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Global emissions of methane have reached their highest level on record, according to a study released by Stanford University on Tuesday. The findings are outlined in two papers published in the journal Earth System Science Data and Environmental Research Letters by researchers from the Global …

Washington, US | XINHUA | The U.S. government has rescinded a new rule that could have denied international students their stay in the country if they only attend online courses in the coming fall semester, a federal judge in Boston, Massachusetts said Tuesday. Judge Allison Burroughs, who presided over a …

Washington, US | XINHUA | Some U.S. media has reported that the United States and Israel are involved in a joint strategy to conduct clandestine strikes on Iran’s nukes sites and carry out hits on certain generals. It remains unclear if this assertion from a recent New York Times report …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) predicts that global oil demand will register a historic high growth of seven million barrels per day (b/d) in 2021, although it will remain far below the pre-COVID-19 level. While the oil market is still ravaged by …

Washington, US | XINHUA | As the United States is faced with a ballooning COVID-19 caseload, a number of states have rolled back their reopening plans and announced new measures in the coming fall semester, some with caution. With COVID-19 cases surging in the state of California, Governor Gavin Newsom …

Washington, US | XINHUA | An analysis of nearly 300 recently identified human SARS-CoV-2 antibodies has uncovered a gene frequently used in antibodies that effectively target the virus which causes COVID-19, according to a new study published Monday in Science magazine. The results contribute to growing structural insight that could …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The latest edition of the “State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World” estimated that the number of hungry people in the world increased by around 10 million last year, putting the world “off track” for reaching the United Nations’ goal of ending food …

Washington, US | XINHUA | Seventeen U.S. states and the District of Columbia sued the administration of President Donald Trump on Monday to reject the federal government’s recent rule stripping foreign students of their visas if the institution they are enrolled in only offers online teaching this fall due to …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a phone conversation on Monday, discussing the preparations for a summit among the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The two …