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Beijing, China | Xinhua | The people of the Middle East are the masters of the region, and the Middle East is not someone’s backyard, let alone a so-called “vacuum,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Friday. Wang made the remarks at a routine press briefing when asked to comment …

Gaza, Palestine | Xinhua | As U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday for his first Middle East trip as president, some Palestinian political factions have voiced their rejection of the visit, and called for protests in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. During a seminar held in Gaza …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday stressed that Washington’s language of coercion doesn’t work on Iran, and Tehran will not back down from its “rightful and logical positions,” according to the Iranian presidency’s website. The U.S. “maximum pressure” campaign has “failed miserably,” Raisi said at a …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. Supreme Court entered a summer recess on Thursday after concluding a term filled with consequential rulings and a sworn-in ceremony for its first African American female justice. The Supreme Court — where conservatives have a 6-3 advantage over the liberal bloc — on Thursday …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in at noon on Thursday to formally become an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the nation’s first African American woman to serve in that role. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the constitutional oath for Jackson while Associate …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The White House has proposed a gasoline tax holiday in a bid to bring down record energy prices. But economists doubt such a move will have any major impact. “Such a tax holiday might reduce gas prices by up to 18 cents a gallon but will …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress to suspend federal gas tax for 90 days, as Americans are frustrated by the nation’s soaring gas prices. “By suspending the 18-cent gas tax — federal gas tax for the next 90 days, we can bring down …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the appointment of Marilynn Malerba, chief of the Mohegan Tribe, to serve as treasurer of the United States, the first Native American to hold the position. The treasurer of the United States directly oversees the U.S. Mint, the Bureau …

Texas, U.S. | Xinhua | Nearly 5,000 delegates attending Texas GOP Convention over the weekend have overwhelmingly passed a resolution rejecting the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to a statement on the Republican Party of Texas website on Monday. “We hold that acting President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday urged Americans to “acknowledge and condemn the history of slavery”. Biden, in a proclamation on Juneteenth Day, also called upon the United States to “recognize how the impact of America’s original sin remains. ” “This Juneteenth, we are freshly reminded …