Search For "xinhua"
Somali lawmakers vote to elect new president
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Somali lawmakers are voting on Sunday to pick the country's tenth president, finally ending the long-delayed electoral process.
Read More
Iran serious in Vienna talks, but not trusting 'enemy': nuclear negotiator
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's chief nuclear negotiator stressed on Sunday that although the Islamic republic is serious in the Vienna talks, it is determined not to trust "the enemy," according to Iran's Foreign Ministry.
Read More
Malaysia reports 2,373 new COVID-19 infections, 5 more deaths
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur, May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 2,373 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 4,475,873, according to the health ministry.
Read More
Thousands gather for pro-abortion rights rally in Los Angeles
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Thousands of people took to the streets in Los Angeles on Saturday as part of a nationwide effort to protect abortion rights amid the controversy triggered by news that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
Read More
Palestine warns against allowing Israeli settlers to visit Al-Aqsa Mosque
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Palestine on Saturday warned of the consequences of allowing Israeli settlers to visit the compound of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the old city of Jerusalem during the "Second Jewish Passover" on Sunday.
Read More
9 killed in road accident in Algeria
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Nine people were killed and two others were injured when two vehicles collided in the eastern province of El Oued near the border with Tunisia on Friday, the official Algeria Press Service said on Saturday.
Read More
Africa's COVID-19 cases pass 11.54 million: Africa CDC
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 11,545,490 as of Saturday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
Read More
Iran's Navy thwarts pirate attack on cargo ship in Gulf of Aden
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's Navy has thwarted a pirate attack on an Iranian cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, Iranian Press TV reported on Saturday.
Read More
Vietnam to ban plastic bags by 2030
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam will ban the use of all plastic bags from 2030, including those in wet markets, Vietnam News Agency reported Saturday.
Read More
Jen Psaki leaves role as White House press secretary
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Jen Psaki left her role as the White House press secretary on Friday.
Read More
Colombia to drop mandatory face mask requirement in schools
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombian schools can drop the mandatory use of face masks in enclosed spaces if they meet the criteria starting on May 16, in light of the favorable COVID-19 epidemiological situation over the past two weeks, the Ministry of Health announced Friday
Read More
Israeli missile attack kills 5 in central Syria
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Five people were killed and seven others injured after Israel attacked military sites in central Syria on Friday, state news agency SANA reported.
Read More