The treaty will take interaction between the two countries “to a new level” rather than resting on laurels that already exist PYONGYANG, North Korea | TASS | Russia and North Korea signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement and several other important documents after the Russian-Korean talks in which President Vladimir …
Read More »Why the new antibiotic development report is lacking innovations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its latest report on antibacterial agents, including antibiotics, in clinical and preclinical development worldwide showing an increase in the number of agents in the pipeline from 80 in 2021 to 97. First released in 2017, this annual report evaluates …
Read More »IN PICTURES: Salt lake transformed into tourist landmark, ecological reserve in N China
TAIYUAN, China | Xinhua | Yuncheng Salt Lake, known as the “Dead Sea of China,” is one of three inland salt lakes with sodium sulfate in the world, covering an area of 132 square km. It once served as a salt production base. To better protect the lake’s ecology, industrial …
Read More »It’s G7’s bias overcapacity that harms world
GENEVA | Xinhua | China’s green technologies from solar panels to electric vehicles (EVs) are in the crosshairs again as Group of Seven (G7) leaders gathered for their annual summit in Italy. In their latest statement, the G7 claimed that China’s industrial policies lead to “global market distortions and harmful …
Read More »Putin vows to enhance relations with DPRK
SEOUL | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his intent to enhance bilateral relations with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in an article ahead of his planned visit to the DPRK, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Tuesday. In the article published by the …
Read More »Mbappe’s Euro 2024 ruined by broken nose
DUSSELDORF, Germany | Xinhua | Despite starting their Euro 2024 group stage campaign with a win, Didier Deschamps and his French team were overshadowed by concern as their star player, Kylian Mbappe, left the match injured, potentially affecting his participation in upcoming games. France secured a 1-0 victory over Austria …
Read More »Xinhua president meets UNICEF deputy executive director, signs MoU
NEW YORK | Xinhua | President of Xinhua News Agency Fu Hua on Thursday met here with Kitty van der Heijden, deputy executive director for partnerships, at the global headquarters of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Together, they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UNICEF and Xinhua News …
Read More »More people turning away from news, report says
London, UK | BBC | More people are turning away from news, describing it as depressing, relentless and boring, a global study suggests. Almost four in 10 (39%) people worldwide said they sometimes or often actively avoid the news, compared with 29% in 2017, according to the report by Oxford …
Read More »WSJ: People close to Biden claim his mental state getting worse
NEW YORK | TASS | Behind closed doors, US President Joe Biden shows “signs of slipping,” alternating between bouts of energy and moments where he is hard to understand and uses notes with prompts, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) wrote after interviewing over 45 sources who have worked with the …
Read More »Gavi launches preventive Ebola vaccine programme
Move is part of wide programme that involves routine multivalent meningitis, human rabies, and hepatitis B birth dose vaccination ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | In a historic step, preventive Ebola vaccination will become the norm in the highest-risk countries, courtesy of GAVI, the public-private partnership Vaccine Alliance that brings together developing …
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