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Beijing, China | Xinhua | The U.S. Federal Reserve announced earlier this month the fourth consecutive three-quarter point interest rate hike to cool record levels of inflation, another aggressive move leaving economists fearing a recession ahead. The Fed has committed to hawkish rate hikes to fight inflation while standing by as …

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for action in three areas to prevent the disaster of biological weapons. Guterres made the appeal in a video message to participants of the Ninth Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference in Geneva. The first area of action is to …

United Nations | Xinhua | The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), ahead of World AIDS Day, warned that progress in HIV prevention and treatment for children, adolescents, and pregnant women has nearly flatlined over the past three years, with many regions still not at pre-COVID-19 service coverage. Around 110,000 children and adolescents …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | To avoid racist stereotypes and stigmatization, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Monday that the monkeypox virus be renamed “mpox.” Both names — mpox and monkeypox — will be used simultaneously for one year while the latter is phased out, the WHO said in a …

Tokyo, Japan | Xinhua | Tokyo prosecutors and Japan’s Fair Trade Commission on Monday raided the headquarters of major advertising firm Hakuhodo Inc. over suspected bid-rigging connected to the Tokyo Olympic Games held last year. The search of Japan’s second-largest advertising firm follows that of the country’s biggest firm Dentsu Inc. …

🌟 World Cup 2022 ✳ TODAY ⚽ Japan vs Costa Rica 1pm ⚽ Belgium vs Morocco 4pm ⚽ Croatia vs Canada 7pm ⚽ Spain vs Germany 10pm (UBC TV) Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | The eighth day of action in the World Cup finals promises high drama as Germany fight for World Cup survival, while matches in a …

🌟 World Cup 2022 ⚽ Tunisia 0 Australia 1 ⚽ Poland 2 Saudi Arabia 0 ⚽ France 2 Denmark 1 ⚽ Argentina 2 Mexico 0 ✳ TODAY ⚽ Japan vs Costa Rica 1pm ⚽ Belgium vs Morocco 4pm ⚽ Croatia vs Canada 7pm ⚽ Spain vs Germany 10pm (UBC TV) Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | Spain face Germany in a crunch game …

🌟 #FIFAWorldCup 2022 ⚽ Tunisia 0 Australia 1 ⚽ Poland 2 Saudi Arabia 0 ⚽ France 2 Denmark 1 ⚽ Argentina 2 Mexico 0 Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | Two players will occupy headlines around the world after the seventh day of competition at the Qatar World Cup: Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi. Mbappe was …

🌟 World Cup 2022 ✳ TODAY ⚽ Tunisia vs Australia 1pm ⚽ Poland vs Saudi Arabia 4pm ⚽ France vs Denmark 7pm (UBC TV) ⚽ Argentina vs Mexico 10pm Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Robert Lewandowski and Christian Eriksen will be among the stars on display on day seven of the 2022 FIFA …

🌟 World Cup 2022 ⚽ England 0 USA 0 ⚽ Netherlands 1 Ecuador 1 ⚽ Wales 0 Iran 2 ⚽ Qatar 1 Senegal 3 ✳ TODAY ⚽ Tunisia vs Australia 1pm ⚽ Poland vs Saudi Arabia 4pm ⚽ France vs Denmark 7pm (UBC TV) ⚽ Argentina vs Mexico 10pm Al …