The poll also revealed that, if the elections took place right now, 48% of voters would have picked Donald Trump, 78, while only 42% would have cast their ballots for Joe Biden NEW YORK, USA | TASS | About 70% of Americans believe that 81-year-old Joe Biden is too old …
Read More »“The rich who buy our elections don’t want democracy,” says U.S. journalist
BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | “The rich who buy our elections don’t want democracy,” U.S. journalist Lee Camp has said, describing the U.S. representative democracy as “false, rigged, fake, laughable.” Average Americans have no say in government policies and actions, he said in a video speech Wednesday at the third …
Read More »Cancers among younger Americans under 50 on rise
Los Angeles, US | Xinhua | — Cancers among younger Americans under 50 years of age are increasing at an alarming rate, with gastrointestinal cancers climbing at the fastest rates, according to a new study published on Wednesday. In this cohort study of 562,145 people with early-onset cancer in the …
Read More »100,000 Americans die from drug overdoses in 2022: CDC
Washington, USA | Xinhua | More than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2022, according to data released this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The year of 2022 was the deadliest on record for drug overdoses, which claimed the lives of an estimated 109,680 people, …
Read More »Russia bans 500 Americans from entry
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | An additional 500 American citizens, including former U.S. President Barack Obama, have been indefinitely barred from entering Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. Among the newly blacklisted are significant figures, officials, lawmakers, experts and heads of military-industrial companies, the ministry said in a statement. …
Read More »17 pct Americans believe in right-wing QAnon conspiracy: study
QAnon conspiracy movement emerged on the internet in late 2017, and the most visible role it has played was in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Seventeen percent of Americans were deemed as believers of the right-wing QAnon conspiracy in October 2021, up from 14 percent in …
Read More »U.S. State Department urges Americans to depart Ukraine
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. State Department on Thursday urged Americans currently in Ukraine to leave the country “now,” citing what it said was “increased threats of Russian military action” against Ukraine. “Do not travel to Ukraine due to the increased threats of Russian military action and COVID-19; those …
Read More »U.S. embassy urges Americans to leave Afghanistan immediately
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. Embassy in Kabul on Thursday urged Americans to leave Afghanistan immediately as the security situation in the country continues to deteriorate. “The U.S. Embassy urges U.S. citizens to leave Afghanistan immediately using available commercial flight options,” the embassy said in a statement. “Given the …
Read More »In first six months in office, Biden faces setbacks, gains
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Marking his first six months in office on Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden saw a mixed bag of setbacks and gains. On controlling the pandemic, millions of Americans have gotten their vaccine jabs. But in other areas, from crime to spending, the president is encountering a …
Read More »COMMENT: Why Washington is a human rights double-dealer
Social instability, COVID-19, and governmental nonfeasance have made the United States an abyss of human rights abuses Beijing, China | COMMENT – Xinhua | The fine gloss that Washington has tried to put on its tainted human rights record was once again removed as the Report on Human Rights Violations in …
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