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Instabul, Türkiye | Xinhua | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said that Türkiye may “part ways with the European Union (EU),” suggesting that his country may end the bid to join the European bloc. “The European Union is trying to break away from Türkiye,” Erdogan told journalists in Istanbul before …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua |  Moscow and Pyongyang will strive to strengthen good-neighborly relations and promote regional peace, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday during his meeting with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). At the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur Oblast of …

Los Angeles, US | Xinhua | As public schools across the United States usher in the new school year, they have found many classrooms without teachers — a severe problem that has led to shortened school weeks or even school closures in some places. Teacher shortages, a long-time problem exacerbated …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin met Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, on Wednesday at the Vostochny spaceport in the Amur region in Russia’s Far East, reported Russia’s Sputnik news agency. The two leaders had a brief talk during the …

New York, US | TASS |  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is urging several Group of 20 leaders to meet some of Russia’s demands to try to revive the grain deal, Bloomberg said citing Turkish officials. Erdogan is making the push in closed-door meetings with leaders during the G20 summit …

New Delhi, India | Xinhua | The Group of 20 (G20) should refocus on improving global economic governance and tackling development issues to boost confidence in the world’s economic recovery, said experts, as the G20 summit kicks off in New Delhi on Saturday. The experts said that leaders of the world’s …

Havana, Cuba | Xinhua |  As a new virus variant has been detected in many countries, Cuban resident Raymond Perez has fortified himself with more robust COVID-19 preventive measures. “Hygiene is essential to reduce the risk of being infected by the virus,” he said after strengthening handwashing behavior at his …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The United States should be held accountable for the consequences caused by the delivery of depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday. The spokesman made the statement following Washington’s decision to supply Ukraine with depleted uranium ammunition for Abrams tanks, as …

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | Stem cell researchers created artificial models of human embryos and successfully grew them outside the womb up to day 14, the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in central Israel said in a statement on Wednesday. In a new study published in the journal Science, the …

“As the climate crisis escalates, fossil fuels and industrial agriculture – the two industries that are the largest contributors to climate change – continue to expand and thrive. Meanwhile, the solutions needed to address the climate crisis remain woefully underfunded,” the report reads London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | The …