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US condemns China’s ban on BBC World News

Posted on February 12, 2021 by News Desk

The US on Thursday denounced China’s decision to ban BBC World News, urging Beijing to provide full access to both internet and media. “We absolutely condemn the PRC’s decision to ban BBC World News,” State Department Spokesman Ned Price said in a press briefing, referring to […]

US president extends national emergency for Libya

Posted on February 12, 2021 by News Desk

US President Joe Biden on Thursday extended the national emergency with respect to Libya by one year, according to the White House. The first emergency was declared on Feb. 25, 2011 during the era of Muammar Gaddafi, whose government was accused of using violence against civilians and misappropriating Libyan state assets. “The […]

Trump’s condition during COVID worse than acknowledged, ventilator was option, report claims

Posted on February 12, 2021 by News Desk

The former US president announced that he had been infected with COVID-19 in early October 2020, saying that he and his wife, Melania, had tested positive. Later, Trump was admitted to Walter Reed military hospital to receive treatment. New detailes about Donald Trump’s October 2020 COVID […]

US secures deals for 200M more vaccines Biden promised

Posted on February 12, 2021 by News Desk

The US has finalized agreements to secure 200 million more coronavirus vaccine doses, President Joe Biden announced Thursday. The announcement fulfills a pledge the president made in January to buy 100 million more doses each of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s vaccine. The purchase increases the US vaccine supply by […]

Biden raises economy, rights abuses in call with Chinese premier

Posted on February 11, 2021 by News Desk

In his first call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Joe Biden voiced his concerns about Hong Kong and Xinjiang and discussed a range of issues, including the coronavirus pandemic. During the phone conversation, Biden affirmed his priorities of protecting the American people’s security, prosperity, health […]

House impeachment managers say Trump ‘inciter in chief’

Posted on February 11, 2021 by News Desk

The House of Representatives team tasked with prosecuting former US President Donald Trump used his own words Wednesday to make the case that he is directly responsible for the Jan. 6 assault on the US Capitol. The House managers said during the first day of arguments that […]

Biden forms China task force to meet growing challenges

Posted on February 11, 2021 by News Desk

US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the Department of Defense has established a China task force. “We need to meet the growing challenges posed by China to keep peace and defend our interests in the Indo-Pacific and globally,” Biden told reporters during his first […]

Palestinian group declines to take part in elections

Posted on February 10, 2021 by News Desk

The Islamic Jihad movement announced Tuesday that it will not participate in upcoming Palestinian elections as the polls were being held in accordance with the Oslo Agreement signed between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel in 1993. In a statement after the main Palestinian factions began a national […]

Iran says armed forces member involved in nuclear scientist’s murder

Posted on February 10, 2021 by News Desk

Tehran – A member of the armed forces is suspected of involvement in last November’s assassination near Tehran of Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the country’s intelligence minister said Monday. “The person who carried out the first preparations for the assassination was a member of […]

Hope fading for survival of 180 missing in Indian flood

Posted on February 9, 2021 by News Desk

More than 180 people are still missing in the major floods that hit northern India on Sunday, when part of the Himalayan glacier burst, officials confirmed on Tuesday, adding that the death toll has now reached 28. A portion of Nanda Devi glacier, India’s second-highest mountain, broke […]

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US condemns China’s ban on BBC World News

US president extends national emergency for Libya

Trump’s condition during COVID worse than acknowledged, ventilator was option, report claims

US secures deals for 200M more vaccines Biden promised

Biden raises economy, rights abuses in call with Chinese premier

House impeachment managers say Trump ‘inciter in chief’

Biden forms China task force to meet growing challenges

Palestinian group declines to take part in elections

Iran says armed forces member involved in nuclear scientist’s murder

Hope fading for survival of 180 missing in Indian flood

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