Washington, US | XINHUA | The United States failed to recognize the coronavirus threat from Europe in time, Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has said. Since the country’s COVID-19 epidemic broke out, the United States has reported over 4.4 million confirmed cases …
Read More »U.S.-Russia tensions in Arctic may escalate amid global warming
Washington, US | XINHUA | As global warming has made navigating Arctic waters more feasible, tensions in the region between the United States and Russia could escalate, analysts have said. “Arctic activity will increase with global warming, so frictions are likely to follow naturally,” Douglas Paal, vice president for …
Read More »U.S. won’t allow entry of new int’l students whose courses are entirely online
Washington, US | XINHUA | The United States will not allow the entry of new international students for the upcoming fall semester if their courses are entirely online, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said on Friday. In a release, the ICE said “F and M students in new or …
Read More »China denounces U.S. request to close Houston consulate
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | China said on Thursday the U.S. request to close the Chinese Consulate General in Houston will cause serious damage to bilateral relations, calling the move “taking down the bridge of friendship between Chinese and U.S. people.” The consulate general in Houston was the first one …
Read More »U.S. stock markets may no longer be “gold rush” for Chinese firms: British media
London, UK | XINHUA | U.S. stock markets have been “a gold rush” for Chinese companies, but this may come to an end, as the U.S. administration has used its market as a “potential new front in a battle with China,” the British newspaper Daily Telegraph has reported. In May, …
Read More »U.S. economy at risk of double-dip recession amid COVID-19 resurgence
Washington, US | XINHUA | The resurgence of COVID-19 cases across the United States is raising the risk of a double-dip recession if the country is unable to reign in the pandemic, economists have warned. A total of 34 U.S. states have seen increasing rates of COVID-19 infection since the Memorial …
Read More »U.S. deaths top 140,000 amid rising worries about data integrity, racial disparities
Washington, US | XINHUA | The United States has reported 140,000-plus COVID-19 deaths and more than 3.71 million cases as of Sunday morning, both figures ranking first worldwide, as the global tally of cases has topped 14.3 million with a death toll above 602,000. Despite skyrocketing caseloads, U.S. President Donald …
Read More »U.S. equities post mixed weekly results amid coronavirus worries, earnings
New York, US | XINHUA | Wall Street’s major averages posted mixed results during the past week as investors digested a slew of earnings reports while weighing the impact of surging coronavirus infections. For the week ending Friday, the Dow gained 2.3 percent, the S&P 500 rose 1.3 percent, and …
Read More »Trump rejects national mask mandate, denies mask’s effectiveness in fighting COVID-19
Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he won’t issue an order at the national level mandating the use of masks, even as the United States continued to break its single-day coronavirus case record amid a pandemic far from being contained, and whether to wear masks …
Read More »Five years after nukes deal, U.S. Iran policy at crossroads
Washington, US | XINHUA | This week marked five years since the signing of the Iran nuclear deal. Now, in the lead-up to November’s U.S. presidential elections, Washington’s Iran policy is at a crossroads. If U.S. President Donald Trump is re-elected, U.S. policy is likely to continue in the same …
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