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Rome, Italy | Xinhua |  The new Italian government formed by appointed Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was officially sworn in at the presidential Palace on Saturday. Meloni had been formally appointed and accepted the mandate on Friday, after being summoned by President Sergio Mattarella at the end of his short …

Beijing, China | XINHUA & CGTN  |  Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will meet the press on Sunday after they are elected at a plenary meeting on the same day. The new CPC leadership will be …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian foreign minister on Thursday rejected the claim of the European Union (EU) that Iran had sent missiles and drones to Russia to be used against Ukraine. In a phone conversation with Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian …

  London, UK | Xinhua |  United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after just a little over six weeks in office and thus became the shortest-serving prime minister in the country’s history. In a statement outside 10 Downing Street, she said that there will be a …

About 44 percent of Britons are having to cut back on food spending as a result of rising food prices London, UK | Xinhua | British households are being weighed down by a worsening cost-of-living crisis and public skepticism toward the government’s economic policy is on the rise as the country’s …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday rejected certain “unsubstantiated claims” about Tehran’s stance toward the conflict in Ukraine, saying Iran is ready to play a role in ending the crisis. Making the remarks in a phone call with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda, Raisi noted that …

London, UK | Xinhua | Suella Braverman, home secretary of the United Kingdom (UK), resigned on Wednesday after breaching a security rule. However, she also noted her “serious concerns” about the direction of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s government. In her resignation letter posted on Twitter, Braverman cited her “technical infringement of …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that COVID-19 is still a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the WHO’s highest alert level. The announcement came although the number of weekly deaths is almost at its lowest level since the pandemic began. The WHO’s …

London, UK | Xinhua | Liz Truss, prime minister of the United Kingdom (UK), on Wednesday defied calls to resign after almost all the measures in her government’s economic blueprint had been scrapped following market turmoil. Responding to a question from the opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer on why she should …

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Commission has proposed a new package of measures aimed at improving stability in European gas markets. Presented by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other European Commissioners on Tuesday in Strasbourg, France, the measures include joint gas purchase, the creation of a …