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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang holds virtual dialogue with U.S. business leaders in Beijing, capital of China, April 13, 2021. (Xinhua/Yan Yan) BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday that China welcomes the active participation of companies from the United States and around the world in its reform and opening-up, as […]

Vials of Oxford/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine are pictured at a vaccination centre in Bierset, Belgium March 17, 2021. (File photo: Reuters) A rare, rogue immune response is the main suspect as authorities investigate highly unusual blood clots following use of two similar COVID-19 vaccines from Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca. The US recommended that states pause […]

  A Nepalese Muslim performs the ritual Friday prayer in a mosque at Nepal Jame Masjid, Kathmandu, Nepal, Dec. 18, 2020. (NurPhoto via Getty Images)  During the holy month of Ramadan, millions of Muslims around the world fast between the Fajr prayer (preceding sunrise) and Maghrib prayer (sunset). But depending on where they live, their window […]

M President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday met Somali community elders from Garissa County and discussed several national and regional matters.Image: PSCUIn Summary In Summary • They discussed several national and regional matters among them the progress of government development projects in the region. •The elders were accompanied by Garissa Deputy Governor Abdi Dagane as well as […]

FILE PHOTO: A United States Airman holds up an American Flag as US President Donald Trump delivers remarks to military personnel in an unannounced visit to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, November 28, 2019. © Tom Brenner, Reuters The drawdown delays only by around five months an agreement with the Taliban by former president Donald Trump to […]

Top U.S. health officials on Tuesday called for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine while they review rare cases of blood clots in people receiving the shots. The officials said they are reviewing six cases of a “rare and severe type of blood clot” out of more than 6.8 […]

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R) welcomes Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba pose prior to their meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on April 13, 2021. (AFP Photo)  NATO Secretary-General Jen Stoltenberg called on Russia on Tuesday to withdraw its forces from Ukraine. He expressed serious concerns over developments on Ukraine’s borders. “In recent weeks […]

TEHRAN – Iranian officials have officially blamed the sabotage that targeted the Natanz nuclear enrichment plant on Israel while taking into consideration an American role in the sabotage before drawing a conclusion. Saeed Khatibzdeh, spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said on Monday that Israel was behind the Natanz sabotage. Speaking at a weekly press conference, […]

Europe passed the grim milestone of one million coronavirus deaths on Monday, as the World Health Organization warned that infections are rising exponentially despite widespread efforts aimed at stopping them.  MMedical workers work in the Intensive Care Unit where patients suffering from Covid-19 are treated at the Saint-Pierre clinic in Ottignies, Belgium, on April 7, 2021. © […]