Source:ChinaDaily The United States on Tuesday announced its withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council, marking the latest departure by the Trump administration from an international institution. US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Nikki Haley said the council had failed to conduct the “major, dramatic and systematic changes” required by the United States. “As […]
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TOKYO, June 18 (Xinhua) — At least four people have been confirmed dead and 350 others have been injured after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Osaka prefecture in western Japan on Monday. According to local authorities, in Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture, a 9-year-old girl was killed on her way to school when an outer wall at […]
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Source：Xinhua Applications for international protection in the European Union (EU) nearly halved from 1.3 million in 2016 to 728,470 in 2017, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) said Monday in a statement. Applications in early 2018 averaged less than 50,000 per month, it said. Throughout 2017, migratory pressure at EU external borders remained high, but […]
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Source：Xinhua Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio said here Sunday that he had made the plan to beat defending champions Germany in the World Cup Group F opener six months before. Mexico stunned Germany 1-0 in the game at Luzhniki Stadium here on Sunday evening. Hirving Lozano scored what turned out to be the winner on […]
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Source: ChinaDaily The United States, Mexico and Canada won the right to host the 2026 World Cup after easily beating Morocco in a vote by FIFA members on Wednesday. The joint North American bid received 134 of the 203 votes, while Morocco polled 65 in the ballot at a FIFA Congress held in Moscow on […]
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Source: ChinaDaily Any consumption of alcohol, however moderate, has a negative impact on health, said the Superior Council of Health (CSS) in a research report published on Monday. Alcohol is the fourth leading cause of death in Belgium among people aged 15 and over. According to the CSS, alcohol consumption not only increases the risk […]
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Source：ChinaDaily US President Donald Trump and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong-un praised their historic summit on Tuesday in Singapore, which is aimed at achieving peace and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula. A document signed after the summit by the two leaders affirmed Kim’s commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula […]
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