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BEIJING | Xinhua | Washington delights in touting such noble terms as democracy, human rights and rules-based international order, but what it does betrays what it truly believes. The Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, featuring violent protesters, damaged statues, vandalized offices and terrified lawmakers inside the “seat of American democracy,” …

UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | The United States on Tuesday vetoed a Security Council draft resolution that would have demanded an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza. The draft resolution won 13 votes in favor among the 15 members of the Security Council. The United States voted against it. Britain abstained. …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Tuesday blamed the U.S. “miscalculation and wrong policy” for causing the current stalemate on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal. Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in an address to the High-Level Segment of the Conference on Disarmament in the Swiss …

Mexico city, Mexico | Xinhua | Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday accused the U.S. State Department of “interfering” in the internal affairs of other countries. “There is currently more democracy in Mexico than in the United States,” the Mexican president said at his regular daily press conference. On …

Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | The U.S. response to a Chinese weather balloon ignores its own track record of “global surveillance and bombing,” said an opinion piece published on the website of Al Jazeera. The U.S. shooting down the Chinese weather balloon in its airspace is a “bizarre military stunt” that …

Despite America’s pledge to deliver $55 billion, the West cannot match China’s deep pockets COMMENT | Ana Palacio | The United States is finally paying attention to Africa. But recent attempts at engagement – the US-Africa Leaders Summit in December and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s ten-day tour of the continent last …

The Nord Stream pipelines, which transported natural gas from Russia to European markets via Germany, were severely damaged last September after blasts in the Baltic Sea Rome, Italy | Xinhua | Three European countries looking into the details surrounding last September’s Nord Stream pipelines explosion said on Tuesday they are not …

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on the United States and Russia to resume the full implementation of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). Asked about Guterres’ reaction to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that his country will suspend its participation in the …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia is suspending its participation in rather than withdrawing from the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday. NATO demanded in early February that Russia “return to the implementation” of the New START and allow …

Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | After the tragic loss of at least 3,500 lives in quake-hit Syria, the United States, bowing to international pressure, announced a temporary easing of sanctions on the war-torn country. It came four days after the strong earthquakes rocked on Monday, missing the Golden 72 hours for …