WASHINGTON D.C.: Once giant panda mother Mei Xiang and her cub Xiao Qi Ji got hold of the “cake,” made from frozen fruit juice, sweet potatoes, carrots and sugar cane, it was completely consumed in 15 minutes. As the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC celebrated 50 years of its iconic panda exchange with the […]
BEIJING, China: After 183 days in space, Chinese state television reported that three astronauts returned to earth after completing China’s longest ever crewed space mission. The Shenzhou-13 mission astronauts, Zhai Zhigang, Ye Guangfu and female crew member Wang Yaping, landed nine hours after leaving from China’s first space station. While in orbit, astronauts took manual […]
Beijing [China], April 19 (ANI): Dazed by its Zero-COVID policy, the Chinese leadership has set aside its usual secrecy and is issuing warnings about the lockdowns negatively affecting production and spending. The warning comes from no less a person than Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. This is the third warning he has issued in a week. […]
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia: A U.S. jury has convicted a former British citizen for the beheading of American journalists and aid workers when he was a member of the Islamic State. A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, found El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, guilty on charges that include lethal hostage-taking and conspiracy to commit murder, following a six-week […]
Presidential couple claimed income of $610,702 for 2021 US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have released their tax returns for 2021 on Friday, claiming a total income of $610,702 for the year. They allegedly paid $150,439 in federal income taxes, $30,765 in state taxes to Delaware, and $2,721 in income taxes for […]
SHANGHAI, China: Due to concerns that Shanghai’s strict COVID-19 lockdown could leave parents separated from their children, the U.S. has ordered all non-essential consulate employees to leave Shanghai and warned Americans not to travel there. A day before the quarantine appeared to be easing, the U.S. Department of State evacuated staff on April 11. However, […]
MOSCOW, Russia: Russia’s Black Sea fleet flagship cruiser, the Moskva, has sunk after reportedly being struck by a Ukrainian missile. Following the April 13 missile strike, a fire reportedly broke out in the ship’s ammunition storehouse, resulting in the evacuation of the ship’s crew of 500. Russian officials have announced that the Moskva sunk as […]
Another Russian village located near the border with Ukraine was shelled on Thursday, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of the Belgorod Region, has claimed. Earlier on Thursday it was reported that two Ukrainian helicopters were responsible for an attack on the border village of Klimovo in Bryansk Region, and in a separate incident a border crossing […]
Moscow says it will respond to Western interference in Ukraine Russia will perceive convoys delivering arms from NATO states to Ukraine as legitimate targets for its military once they reach Kiev controlled territory, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov warned in an interview published on Wednesday. Regular contact with the US is impossible for Russia, considering […]
WASHINGTON D.C.: Dr. Anthony Fauci said it is now up to Americans to make their own medical risk assessments, appearing to have abandoned his previous stance for more government restrictions over COVID-19. During an interview, he told ABC News,”This is not going to be eradicated, and it is not going to be eliminated. And what […]
