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Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. State Department on Thursday urged Americans currently in Ukraine to leave the country “now,” citing what it said was “increased threats of Russian military action” against Ukraine. “Do not travel to Ukraine due to the increased threats of Russian military action and COVID-19; those …

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | Israel’s Ministry of Transport and Road Safety announced on Wednesday the country’s first certification for unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs) to operate in civilian airspace. The certification was issued by the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to the Hermes Starliner unmanned system, which was developed and …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | The U.S. “genocide” allegation is a lie of the century, which fully exposes its sinister intention of politicizing the Winter Olympics and maliciously smearing China with Xinjiang-related issues, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a daily …

Paris, France | Xinhua | France, which is holding the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, and its ally Germany have been engaged in shuttle diplomacy, trying to de-escalate the Ukraine crisis. Following his visits to Moscow and Kiev on Monday and Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron met …

Once the bill clears the Senate, senior lawmakers will have until March 11 to reach an agreement on how to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a short-term bill to extend federal government funding …

New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 400 million on Tuesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The global case count amounted to 400,244,031, with 5,761,208 deaths worldwide, as of 5:21 p.m. local time (2221 GMT), showed the data. The United States reported 77,025,027 cases and 908,262 …

New York, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. on Tuesday presented weaker-than-expected operating guidance for 2022 leading to material loss of its stock price. Pfizer expects to realize 98 billion to 102 billion U.S. dollars of revenues in 2022 and the mid-point of the guidance range represents a …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | China’s top economic planner said on Tuesday that it is ready to stockpile pork, the country’s staple meat, for state reserves, as an index monitoring pork prices triggered a second-level warning. The index, the national average of pork prices against grain prices, came in at 5.57 …

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | Weaker economic activity in the Eurozone during the first months of the year will give way to a rebound in the second quarter as the Omicron variant proves milder and governments become wary of imposing strict restrictions, said a Dutch banking company expert. However, higher inflation, …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden reaffirmed Monday that a joint gas pipeline project between Germany and Russia won’t advance if Russia invades Ukraine, stopping short of explaining how it will be achieved if Germany has reservations for that decision as a deterrence against Moscow. With visiting German …