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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday announced sanctions on top U.S. officials, including U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Russia’s “stop list” also includes Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, National Security Advisor …

“Deltacron,” recombinant form of the Delta and Omicron variants has emerged Beijing, China | Xinhua | As the Delta and Omicron variants of the novel coronavirus are rampant around the world, scientific researchers have proven that the so-called “Deltacron,” a hybrid form of the two variants, has emerged and the global anti-pandemic …

London, UK | Xinhua | While prices in Britain already rose at a pace never seen for decades this winter, a flare-up of the Russia-Ukraine conflict is expected to push the inflation even higher, with millions of households feeling the pinch. Many have slashed the forecasts for the country’s economic growth …

United States has a recorded history of using nuclear and chemical weapons during its wars with other countries Damascus, Syria | Xinhua | The United States has been refusing to fulfill its commitment to prohibiting the spread of biological weapons, deliberately shirking its due responsibility, Syrian experts have said. Muhammad Omari, …

London, UK | Xinhua | Britain’s Supreme Court on Monday refused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal against a High Court decision to extradite him to the United States to face espionage charges. A Supreme Court spokesperson said that the appeal “did not raise an arguable point of law.” In …

New York, U.S. | Xinhua | The suggestion that Russian President Vladimir Putin is isolated may still be something of a Western bias — an assumption based on a definition of the “world” as places of privilege, largely the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia and Japan, The Washington Post reported. “Of …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | A study by Chinese researchers has found that restricting eating to the early part of the day has more significant benefits for metabolic health among healthy people. Time-restricted eating or time-restricted feeding (TRF) is a dietary approach that consolidates the daily calorie intake to 6- to …

Paris, France | Xinhua | France will start offering on Monday a fourth COVID-19 vaccination shot to people over 80 years old who have received their booster dose, French Prime Minister Jean Castex told daily Le Parisien in an interview published on Saturday. The vaccination campaign will also be extended to …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that he had tested positive for COVID-19. “I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise,” Obama tweeted. He also wrote that he and his wife, Michelle, “are grateful to be vaccinated and …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Near half of Russia’s roughly 640 billion U.S. dollars of gold and foreign currency reserves has been frozen, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Sunday. Siluanov said on a Russian TV program that Russia will pay roubles to its debt holders. He said that the …