Washington, United States | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to officially quit the World Health Organization (WHO) has sparked outrage among U.S. lawmakers, raising concerns over the ongoing global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. “To call Trump’s response to COVID chaotic and incoherent doesn’t do it justice. This …
Read More »Russia vows retaliation if rights under Open Skies treaty hurt
Moscow, Russia | XINHUA | Russia will take retaliatory measures if there are attempts to limit its rights under the Treaty on Open Skies, after the United States decided to withdraw from the deal, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. “No scenarios are excluded,” the ministry said in a statement, …
Read More »U.S. formally submits withdrawal from WHO amid surge of COVID-19 cases
Washington, United States | XINHUA | The United States on Tuesday officially submitted its notification of withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) to the United Nations secretary-general, setting in motion the country’s exit from the global body in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. President Donald Trump and …
Read More »Trump expected to refile paperwork to end
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to refile paperwork this week to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which grants undocumented immigrants brought to the nation as children permission to live and work lawfully, The Hill reported Monday. White House Chief of Staff …
Read More »U.S. buys nearly all available supplies of Remdesivir for next three months
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. health authorities have said that the country is buying nearly all the global supplies of Remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment for the next three months, which could mean that no other country will be able to buy it in the period. The U.S. Department of …
Read More »Trump denies being briefed on alleged Russian-Taliban bounties intelligence
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was never briefed on intelligence that Russians offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing U.S troops. “Nobody briefed or told me, @VP Pence, or Chief of Staff @MarkMeadows about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan …
Read More »Biden surging ahead in some polls, but next U.S. president still far from certain
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is ahead in the polls, but experts said the winner of the 2020 race to the White House is still far from a done deal. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent civil unrest, U.S. President Donald Trump has come …
Read More »Trump signs executive order to protect monuments from vandalism
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump Friday said on social media that he has signed an executive order to protect the country’s monuments. “I just had the privilege of signing a very strong Executive Order protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues – and combatting recent Criminal Violence,” …
Read More »Trump administration asks Supreme Court to invalidate ObamaCare
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday night argued in a legal brief filed to the Supreme Court that the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) should be invalidated, local media reported. “The entire ACA thus must fall with the individual mandate, though the scope of …
Read More »Trump celebrates border wall milestone during Arizona visit
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated the completion of 200 miles (around 320 km) of border wall along the border with Mexico during his visit to the southwestern state of Arizona on Tuesday. The president flew to Yuma, a city in southwest Arizona, on Air Force One …
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