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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Syrian capital Damascus on Monday, his first visit to the country since 2012, state TV reported. A Russian delegations, headed by Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov, arrived in the country to hold talks with top Syrian officials …

New York , US | XINHUA | U.S. equities decreased in the past week as investors rotated about of the tech sector while digesting a slew of key economic data. For the week ending Friday, the Dow slid 1.8 percent, the S&P 500 lost 2.3 percent, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq dipped …

Tehran, Iran | XINHUA | Iran and Russia will cooperate to produce a COVID-19 vaccine in the Islamic republic, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali was quoted as saying by semi-official FARS news agency on Saturday. The announcement was made on Friday at the online meeting between Jalali and Kirill Dmitriev, …

Montreal, Canada | XINHUA | The United States could face sanctions if they cut off funding from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). WADA said in a statement on Friday that several government representatives have expressed concerns “relative to threats from the United States Government to withdraw funding from the Agency …

Geneva, Switzerland | XINHUA | “Initially, when supply of COVID-19 vaccine is limited, priority must be given to vaccinating essential workers and those most at risk, or in other words, vaccinating some people in all countries rather than all people in some countries,” the World Health Organization (V) Director-General Tedros …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday his country is looking forward to stepping up bilateral trade and service cooperation with China. In a video message at the Global Trade in Services Summit of the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services held …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Friday that Israel is to establish diplomatic relations with Kosovo, a predominantly Muslim nation, while Serbia will move its embassy to Jerusalem. The agreements were reached with U.S. mediation, as an announcement was made by U.S. President Donald …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he will reverse Pentagon’s decision to cut funding to U.S. military’s independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, and cease its publication. “The United States of America will NOT be cutting funding to @starsandstripes magazine under my watch,” Trump tweeted …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   The European Commission on Friday unveiled a plan for a coordinated approach to the restriction of movement resulting from measures being implemented by individual member states to curb the spread of the coronavirus. In a proposal to the European Council, the Commission said it wanted …

Beijing, China | XINHUA | The international community has expressed consistent condemnation against the sanctions imposed by the United States on the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor and a member of her office, calling on the U.S. government to lift the punitive measures. The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions …