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China, Russia and U.S. in virtual showdown at UN

NEW YORK, New York - Three major world powers butted heads in a virtual showdown at the United Nations on Friday. "In such a challenging moment, major countries are even more duty-bound to put the future of humankind first, discard Cold War mentality and ideological bias and come together in the spirit of partnership to tide over the difficulties," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at the start of the session which was to discuss internationa...

Trump ordered to defend or delay ban on Chinese social media platform

Sep 26,2020

WASHINGTON, DC, September 25 (ANI/Sputnik): A U.S. federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to postpone its ban on downloads of TikTok or defend...

Trump reinstates sanctions Obama lifted against Cuba

Sep 25,2020

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States on Wednesday announced new sanctions against Cuba, aimed at further denying sources of revenue to the government in...

Scientists at NASA report bus-sized asteroid just missed Earth

Scientists at the U.S. space agency NASA say a small asteroid – roughly the size of a bus – passed close to Earth on...

New York City police officer and U.S. Army reservist was a Chinese spy

NEW YORK, New York – An ethnic Tibetan New York City police officer and U.S. Army reservist was unmasked this week as a spy...

Stock markets in U.S. tumble, dollar takes another leap forward

Sep 24,2020

NEW YORK, New York – Stocks closed sharply lower in the United States on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones plunging more than 500 points,...

Biden victory could spur debilitating arms race with China and Russia

If the Democrats manage to push Joe Biden over the finish line in November’s election, he will find himself presiding over a decadent, declining...

Stock markets in U.S. tumble, dollar takes another leap forward

NEW YORK, New York – Stocks closed sharply lower in the United States on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones plunging more than 500 points,...

Researchers closer to determining whether alien life exists

MASSACHUSETTS, September 23 (ANI): Recent science missions and results are bringing the search for a life closer to home, and scientists at the Center...

Iran being treated like George Floyd, leader tells United Nations

Sep 23,2020

NEW YORK, New York – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani used the killing of American African George Floyd under US police custody to highlight the...

Rescuers scrambling to save hundreds of whales off Tasmanian coast

PanARMENIAN.Net – Rescuers were scrambling on Tuesday, September 22 to save 270 whales stranded off the coast of the Australian island of Tasmania, amid...

K2-315b terrestrial like Earth, but too hot for life to exist

CAMBRIDGE, UK – Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), along with others, have discovered an Earth-sized “Pi Planet” that revolves around its...

United States unilaterally imposes canctions on Iranian government

Sep 22,2020

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States on Monday imposed new sanctions on individuals and entities involved in Iran’s nuclear, missile and conventional arms programs,...

After launchiung last year, Beijing now has 5 million 5G users

BEIJING, China, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — The number of 5G users in Beijing has hit 5.06 million following the city’s official launch of commercial...

U.S. military chiefs unite in condemnation of Donald Trump

Activism in the U.S. Presidential Election by senior military personnel, retired and serving, has reached an unprecedented level. Alan Austin reports. That is a...

Australia and UN urged to help free Australian jailed in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt – A Sydney man is imprisoned in a maximum security prison in Tora, Egypt for liking a Facebook post by a former...

U.S. allies side with Iran over 2015 nuclear accord

Sep 21,2020

TEHRAN, Iran – The Iranian government has called on the international community to come together and shun the United States, after Washington took a...