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Moscow, Russia | XINHUA | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for the removal of barriers to cooperation between countries in the field of medicine. “As to healthcare, just like in economy, we now need to remove as many as possible obstacles to partner relations,” Putin said at the general …

New York, US | XINHUA | U.S. COVID-19 deaths surpassed 200,000 on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. With the national caseload topping 6.8 million, the death toll across the United States rose to 200,005 as of 11:23 a.m. local time …

United Nations | XINHUA | United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday appealed for global solidarity to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic in his centerpiece address to the historic and unprecedented 75th session of the UN General Assembly. Addressing the largely empty General Assembly Hall in New York, the UN …

Geneva, Switzerland | XINHUA | A total of 156 economies representing nearly two-thirds of the world’s population have joined the COVAX Facility, an international initiative co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners to ensure equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines, the WHO said on Monday. This includes 64 higher-income …

Washington, US | XINHUA | The United States on Monday announced fresh sanctions and measures against entities and individuals related to Iranian nuclear and conventional weapons programs, a move to support its self-claimed UN snapback sanctions widely ignored by the international community. President Donald Trump said that he had issued an …

Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is considering five women for the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Speaking to reporters at the White House before leaving for state of Ohio to campaign, Trump said …

Beijing, China | XINHUA | Wealthy countries, including the United States, Britain and Japan, have purchased more than half of the expected COVID-19 vaccine supply, global anti-poverty charitable organization Oxfam has said. Rich countries have bought up to 51 percent of the promised doses of leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates, while …

Tehran, Iran | XINHUA | The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force said on Monday that Iran is ready to export arms as soon as the UN embargo is terminated next month, Tasnim news agency reported. The exports of Iranian military equipment would be facilitated after …

Beijing, China | XINHUA | The international community has denounced the unilateral announcement made by the United States to resume United Nations (UN) sanctions on Iran, saying the attempt is illegitimate and that the United States has no right to impose them. Zhang Jun, China’s permanent representative to the UN, on …

Washington, US | XINHUA | Just two months before the tightest presidential race in recent memory, it remains unknown where the United States will stand on foreign relations after voters cast their ballots. But experts said if challenger Joe Biden is elected, his foreign policy stance on such issues relating …