By Kevin Zhang Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, has passed away at the age of 99, Buckingham Palace has announced. In a statement released on Friday, the palace said, “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death …
Read More »EU and China Impose Tit-for-tat Sanctions Over Xinjiang
The European Union imposed sanctions on four Chinese officials on Monday, including a top security director, citing human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, to which Beijing responded in kind, placing sanctions on Europeans. Contrary to American foreign policy on China, …
Read More »American and Chinese Diplomats Clash at Anchorage Meeting
In the first face-to-face meeting between US and Chinese officials, diplomats traded barbs on Thursday as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s statement that the Biden administration would bring up “deep concerns” about some of China’s actions around the world was met …
Read More »Biden Signs $1.9 Trillion Covid Relief Bill
On Thursday, March 11th, 2021, Biden signed into law the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package as Washington prepares to send fresh aid to American families this month. Signing into law another Covid relief bill was one of Biden’s top priorities early in …
Read More »Pope Francis Visits Baghdad in First-ever Papal Trip to Iraq
By Kevin Zhang On Friday, Pope Francis has just landed in Baghdad as part of the first-ever papal trip to Iraq, seeking reconciliation in a country embroiled in a severe coronavirus outbreak and political unrest, and with extraordinary religious culture and history. …
Read More »U.S. Conducts Airstrikes in Syria
By Kevin Zhang The United States military has stated that it carried out attacks on facilities in eastern Syria that were being used by Iran-backed militia on Thursday, following recent rocket attacks on U.S. military locations in Iraq. “At President Biden’s direction, …
Read More »Widespread Power Outages in Texas After Winter Storm
By Kevin Zhang After a winter storm that settled in on the American Midwest around February 13th, many American households, particularly in Texas, lost power. In widespread power outages caused by freezing temperatures, millions of Americans were without power, and some even …
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