Tag Archives: U.S

NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | The Kenyan shilling strengthened against major world currencies, hitting a nine-month high against the U.S. dollar Wednesday. The Central Bank of Kenya placed the shilling against the dollar at 138.8, its highest level since the currency started to decline in June last year. The shilling …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. employers added 275,000 jobs in February, the highest level in two years, with the unemployment rate rising to 3.9 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Friday. Job gains occurred in health care, in government, in food services and drinking places, in social assistance, and in …

LONDON | Xinhua | Chinese electric cars sell better than U.S. “inferior” ones due to their better performance and affordability, the Financial Times reported, citing the head of a global battery material producer. Chinese vehicles are “simply good cars and people buy them,” Mathias Miedreich, CEO of Umicore headquartered in …

BEIJING | Xinhua | China urges the United States to refrain from using the Philippines as a pawn to destabilize the South China Sea. The Philippines also needs to refrain from being manipulated by the United States, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks …

KABUL | Xinhua | Afghan Chief of Army Staff Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat has accused the United States of violating Afghanistan’s airspace, saying that Washington’s pilotless planes occasionally enter Afghanistan’s airspace. “American drones occasionally fly over Afghanistan’s airspace. Drones occasionally patrol, and Afghanistan’s airspace is still occupied by the Americans,” the …

BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Friday called on the business circles of China and the United States to consolidate the foundation of friendship and mutual trust and expand cooperation areas. Han made the remarks when addressing the annual appreciation dinner of the American Chamber …

“We are in agreement that Congress must work in a bipartisan manner to fund our government,” House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a joint statement. WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. congressional leaders have come to an agreement to prevent a partial government shutdown slated …

It is a combination of factors, including the U.S. strategic interests for global dominance and the lucrative war business. BEIJING | Xinhua | Over the weekend, the full-scale war in Ukraine has hit a two-year mark, and the Palestinian death toll in the Gaza conflict is nearing 30,000. Two ongoing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States remained one of the largest contributors to Uganda’s health sector in 2023. There had been fears that the health sector in Uganda would suffer aid cuts following backlash between the two countries from the enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act. Last year, the …

LOS ANGELES, North America | Xinhua | SpaceX and Axiom Space launched the third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, as part of NASA’s efforts to open access to space. The mission, codenamed Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3), is the first all-European commercial astronaut mission to …