Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, announced Tuesday that she would run for reelection in this year’s midterm elections. “While we’ve made progress, much more needs to be done to improve people’s lives. Our democracy is at risk because the assault on the truth, …
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United Nations | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that military coups are not acceptable in the 21st century while speaking briefly about the military coup that occurred in the West African country of Burkina Faso the day before. “Democratic societies are a value that must be …
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Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday projected the global economy to grow by 4.4 percent in 2022, down by 0.5 percentage point from October’s forecast, according to a newly released update to its World Economic Outlook report. Growth will slow as economies grapple with supply …
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Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | Internet “dead zones” in Europe will soon belong to the past, announced Thierry Breton, European commissioner for the internal market, at the 14th European Space Conference on Tuesday. Breton is preparing a legislative proposal that will be ready “in the coming weeks” in order to “equip …
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New York, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. dollar gained ground in late trading on Monday amid heightened demand for safe haven. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, grew 0.28 percent to 95.9100. “The U.S. Dollar is stronger this morning as markets tumble ahead of a …
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Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Anthony Fauci, top U.S. infectious disease expert, said Sunday he is confident that most states in the country will reach a peak of Omicron infection cases by mid-February. “You never want to be overconfident when you’re dealing with this virus,” Fauci said in an interview with …
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Yerevan, Armenia | Xinhua | Armenian President Armen Sarkissian on Sunday announced his resignation, citing the lack of constitutional power for him to solve domestic and foreign policy problems. In a statement posted on the presidential website, he attributed his resignation to “a paradoxical situation when the President has to be a …
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Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | Men infected with COVID-19 might experience a short-term reduction in sperm count, according to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The study shows that some men infected with COVID-19 might find it hard to impregnate a woman after recovering from the …
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Beijing, China | Xinhua | Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, this week stressed rigorous and unswerving efforts in further promoting full and strict Party governance. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, vowed to maintain a zero-tolerance stance …
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Geneva, SWITZERLAND | EURO NEWS | The top diplomats from Russia and the US described their talks in Geneva on Friday as “useful” and left the door open for further meetings in the coming weeks. Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov told reporters that Washington had agreed to respond to …
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