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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The U.S. House Armed Services Committee voted on Wednesday to approve an amendment to ban the public display of the Confederate battle flag on all Pentagon property. The measure was approved without debate by voice vote as part of a package of noncontroversial amendments to …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The International Labor Organization (ILO), a Geneva-based UN agency, said on Tuesday the number of working hours lost across the world in the first half of 2020 was significantly worse than previously estimated and that there are risks of large scale job losses. In the latest …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The United Nations on Tuesday launched a new campaign to counter, by fostering personal behavior change, the growing threat of misinformation online, particularly with regard to COVID-19. The campaign, called Pause, asks digital users to take the time to think about what they are about to …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called on citizens to take part in the ongoing referendum on constitutional amendments. “My position is clear, unchanged and absolutely firm: the updated text of the constitution and all proposed amendments will come into force only with your approval,” Putin …

San Francisco, US | XINHUA |  The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) started Boeing 737 MAX recertification test flights on Monday, marking a major step toward the aircraft’s return to service after being grounded. A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft departed from Boeing Field in Seattle, U.S. state of Washington, on …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Monday of bumpy times ahead amid a looming recession in Britain, but insisted there would be no return to austerity in the country. In a broadcast interview on the Times Radio newly launched in London, Johnson said he was …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | China on Monday expressed strong opposition to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s statements over China-Africa relations, saying that the statements ignored the fundamental facts and smeared China arbitrarily, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesperson. Spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a news briefing when …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that global COVID-19 cases had reached 10,004,707, after the records of daily new cases had been refreshed repeatedly for the past few days. The latest WHO numbers show that as for 10:43 a.m. CEST (0843 GMT), the total confirmed …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Commonly used cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may help reduce the death rate in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to a new study published in the journal Cell Metabolism. Animal studies have shown that statin drugs can improve immune cell responses, reduce inflammation, and slow the progression of lung …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was never briefed on intelligence that Russians offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing U.S troops. “Nobody briefed or told me, @VP Pence, or Chief of Staff @MarkMeadows about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan …