Tag Archives: Washington

BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | Two weeks into the war that claimed his parents, Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has been named his father’s successor, the country’s Assembly of Experts announced on Sunday. With Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) immediately pledging allegiance, the appointment …

BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | At a moment when diplomacy remained on the table, Washington chose to set it ablaze. As the United States and Iran were still engaged in nuclear negotiations, Washington, alongside Israel, launched joint military strikes targeting Iran’s military and political figures and infrastructure, killing Supreme Leader …

COMMENT | Maya Majueran | The United States’ conspicuous absence from two major international gatherings — the G20 Summit in South Africa and the COP30 climate conference in Brazil — has raised pressing questions about Washington’s commitment to multilateralism. Yet paradoxically, both summits achieved significant breakthroughs in global cooperation and …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday night passed a Senate-approved spending package, ending the congressional deadlock that led to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. While the shutdown’s end brings temporary relief, it also exposes a far deeper malaise: a paralyzed …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | The U.S. federal government officially shut down early Wednesday after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on a funding bill, the latest casualty of partisan deadlock in Washington. The shutdown has forced hundreds of thousands of federal employees to work without pay or …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | On Aug.18, the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Washington, in partnership with US-based facilitator Elaine Robnett Moore launched a six-day training program designed to enhance the skills of 100 Ugandan artisans to explore entry opportunities for their products in the US market. The …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said at a White House press conference Monday that he is deploying the National Guard to assist in restoring law and order and public safety in Washington, D.C. Trump also stated that he has formally invoked the Home Rule Act to place …

BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | Washington has turned tariffs into instruments of coercion — used to extract big money from allies and rivals in exchange for access to the U.S. market. By forcing compliance, showers of ultimatums laid bare Washington’s abuse of threats and coercion as a defining feature of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of highly influential American tour agents arrived in Uganda on Friday, June 20th, for a curated nationwide exhibition to experience and explore Uganda firsthand. The delegation is here at the invitation of Uganda’s Ambassador to the United States- H.E. Ambassador Robinah Kakonge, …

“Questions about NATO’s purpose began as soon as the Soviet Union broke up,” Walt said. “Predictions that open-ended expansion eastward would lead to a Europe that was ‘whole, free, and at peace’ look rather hollow today.” BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | The recently concluded Washington summit of the North Atlantic …