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Washington: The United States sees an upcoming meeting with top Chinese officials as a stand-alone event rather than the beginning of the negotiating process and one that was important to hold on American soil, a senior administration official told...

Atlanta: At least 8 people, including four women, were killed in three separate shootings at spas in Atlanta, police said on Tuesday.According to the police, the women victims appear to be Asian.The police found two people dead and three...

Niamey (Niger): At least 58 people were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire on four vehicles carrying passengers who were returning from a weekly market in the Tillabéri region, the Niger government said on Tuesday.So far, no group has...

Naypyidaw: Twenty people died and over 60 injured in Myanmar on Monday as security forces cracked down on unceasing anti-coup demonstrations across the country, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said.The deaths were confirmed in the cities of...

Beijing: China's capital and a wide swath of the country's north were enveloped Monday in the worst sandstorm in a decade, leading to the cancelation of hundreds of flights.Skyscrapers in the center of Beijing appeared to drop from sight...

Belgrade/Tel Aviv: The partially-recognized Republic of Kosovo chose to open its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, the Kosovar Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.The two states established diplomatic relations on February 1 through the mediation of the United States."The Kosovo...

Moscow: More New Yorkers have died from COVID-19 than during World War II, the Vietnam War, Hurricane Sandy and 9/11 combined, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said.On Sunday, New Yorkers marked a year since the first COVID-19 fatalities...

Moscow: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to publish a new foreign policy review this coming week in which Russia will be described as a "hostile state" and the "biggest state-based threat," The Times reported on Sunday.The UK...

Naypyitaw: Security forces killed at least 14 protesters in a poor, industrial suburb of Myanmar's main city on Sunday and at least three people in other parts of the country, according to local media.State television said a policeman had...

Nay Pyi Taw: The leader of a group of politicians Myanmar ousted by the military coup on Saturday vowed to continue with the "revolution" against the authorities.In his first public address, Mahn Win Khaing Than said "this is the...