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Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the Afghan troops must fight for themselves as multiple cities have fallen to the Taliban in the past few days. “We spent over a trillion dollars over 20 years. We trained and equipped with modern equipment over 300,000 …

Biden administration has moved slow to reverse its predecessor’s attack on international dispute settlement Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration, which has lectured China about respecting a so-called arbitral tribunal ruling on the South China Sea, is in itself a breacher of the international rule of law, …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The United States is heading “in the wrong direction” as the country scrambles to fight a new surge of COVID-19 cases because of the Delta variant and a large number of unvaccinated people, Anthony Fauci, White House chief medical advisor, has warned. “We are going in …

About 18,000 Afghans who worked for the US are awaiting visas. Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The United States will launch “Operation Allies Refuge” in late July to evacuate Afghans who helped the U.S. military during the two-decade war, the White House said on Wednesday. “Flights out of Afghanistan for SIV …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | The United States should face up to its serious systemic racism and shoulder the responsibility of promoting genuine equality among all races and ethnicities, experts said. The online side event of the ongoing 47th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council was held on Monday …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua| Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday that the United States must lift “all unjust sanctions” on Iran and Europe abide by their commitments under the 2015 nuclear agreement. “What I am saying to the United States is that according to the nuclear deal, you were obliged …

Tariffs have harmed American jobs, American consumers, American companies and the country’s global competitiveness Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. business groups have urged the Biden administration to remove punitive tariffs on U.S. imports imposed by the previous administration, as tariffs continue to hit American businesses and consumers while pushing …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The United States is preparing additional sanctions against Russia over the alleged poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday. “We are preparing another package of sanctions to apply in this case as well,” Sullivan said in an interview with …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday lashed out at the United States on arms control, human rights, cyber-attacks, among other issues, after “constructive” talks with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden. “As for the general assessment, I believe there was no hostility at all,” Putin said during …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | China on Thursday urged the United States to immediately work with the World Health Organization (WHO) on COVID-19 origin tracing in a science-based way like China did. Since the United States has repeatedly asked China to be part of a comprehensive, transparent and evidence-based international investigation, …