Washington, USA | Xinhua | Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has reportedly testified before a federal grand jury investigating the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Pence, a Republican, spent several hours testifying at a courthouse in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, according to media reports. A federal judge last month …
Read More »BBC chair resigns amid row over ex-PM Johnson loan
London, UK | Xinhua | Richard Sharp, chair of The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), resigned on Friday after an independent report found he breached rules for public appointments in his involvement in facilitating a loan to former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Sharp said he would stay on until the end …
Read More »Over half candidates pass FIFA football agent exam
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Over half of the candidates passed the FIFA football agent exam, a requirement for a license to provide transfer services in the world football market, FIFA announced on Thursday. A total of 3,800 candidates took the exam on April 19, and 1,962 of them passed. Initially, …
Read More »UN Security Council fears Sudan crisis could take a regional dimension
New York, US | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the UN Security Council have warned that the crisis in Sudan could take a regional dimension with dire consequences. The council meeting on Wednesday has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and the guarantee of the humanitarian workers and …
Read More »Haaland record as Man City rout Arsenal
Man City 🔵 4-1 🔴 Arsenal Manchester, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Manchester City are two points off top spot in the Premier League after a storming 4-1 victory over leaders Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium. Kevin De Bruyne’s seventh minute strike gave Pep Guardiola’s side and a raucous City support an …
Read More »XI JINPING: No one wins a nuclear war
Xi says dialogue only viable way out for Ukraine crisis Beijing, China | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that dialogue and negotiations are the only viable way out for the Ukraine crisis, and no one wins a nuclear war. He made the remarks while talking to …
Read More »Biden officially announces 2024 US presidential bid
Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he is running for re-election for the presidency in 2024, seeking another four years in the White House, according to an online campaign video. “Every generation has a moment where they have had to stand up …
Read More »Ukraine in talks with Russia over “all-for-all” prisoner exchange
Kiev, Russia | Xinhua | Kyrylo Budanov, chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, said Ukraine is in talks with Russia over an “all-for-all” prisoner exchange, local media reported Monday. Speaking in an interview with RBC-Ukraine media outlet, Budanov said that the two countries “in principle …
Read More »UN chief urges accelerating climate action with deeper, faster emissions cuts
United Nations, USA | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called on the international community to accelerate climate action with deeper, faster emissions cuts. “We need accelerated climate action with deeper, faster emissions cuts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius,” the top UN official said in …
Read More »China’s success in aerospace industry important to world’s sci-tech development, says expert
St Petersburg, Russia | Xinhua | China’s success in the aerospace industry is “of great importance to the development of world science and technology,” a Russian expert has said. “China’s achievements in space exploration are impressive: several crews were successively sent to space; planetary rovers were operating on Mars and …
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