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Wednesday, 28 June 2023 17:23 WIB

The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging in illicit gold deals to help fund the mercenary fighters of Russia's Wagner Group. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement it has sanctioned four companies linked to Wagner and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, that it alleged were used to help pay the paramilitary's forces fighting in Ukraine and undertaking operations to support Russian interests in Africa. "The Wagner Group funds its brutal operations in part by exploiting natural resources in countries...

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White House Urges De-escalation in Middle East
Wednesday, 12 May 2021 11:23 WIB | Global

The White House said President Joe Biden had daily reports on Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, and developments had ordered his team to engage intensively with senior Israeli and Palestinian officials, as well as leaders across the Middle East. White House spokesman Jen Psaki on Tuesday (11/5) said the Biden team was now communicating a clear and consistent message to support de-escalation or lowered efforts. "This is our main focus," he said. He added that Biden supported Israel's "legitimate right to defend itself and its citizens" and at the same time condemned "the continuing rocket...

China Population Growth Falls to Lowest Rate in Decades
Wednesday, 12 May 2021 02:25 WIB |

China says its population grew to 1.41 billion in the decade ending in 2020, its lowest rate of growth since imposing a strict one child per family policy in the 1980s.   The National Bureau of Statistics announced Tuesday that China added 72 million people between 2010 and 2020, an increase of 5.38%, with annual growth averaging 0.53%, a decline of 0.04% rate from the previous decade.  The world's most populous nation is facing a worrying trend of declining working-age citizens coupled with a rising number of aging retirees, a trend brought on by the government's mandatory...

New York to Require Vaccinations of University Students
Tuesday, 11 May 2021 18:17 WIB | Global

Students at the State University of New York and the City University of New York must get vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend classes this fall, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday. The requirement, affecting more than 435,000 full-time students, comes as Cuomo and other officials offer a slew of incentives aimed at encouraging people to get inoculated, as they see vaccine demand declining. "So today, no excuses," Cuomo said at a briefing. "SUNY and CUNY boards will require vaccinations for all in-person students coming back to school in the fall." Cuomo, who has ultimate authority...

US Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Children as Young as 12
Tuesday, 11 May 2021 10:58 WIB | Amerika Global

U.S. regulators have authorized the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech to be used by children as young as 12, widening the pool of those eligible to get inoculated. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday the shot is safe and effective for children ages 12 to 15. The vaccine is already available under an emergency use authorization to those 16 and older.  "Today's action allows for a younger population to be protected from COVID-19, bringing us closer to returning to a sense of normalcy and to ending the pandemic," acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock said in a...

India's COVID Numbers Down Slightly, but Remain Near Record High
Monday, 10 May 2021 23:41 WIB | Global India

India's daily COVID statistics are down slightly but remain high. The health ministry said Monday there were 366,161 new infections and 3,754 deaths caused by the coronavirus in the previous 24-hour period.  Public health experts say they believe the new cases and deaths are undercounted. India has 22.6 million COVID cases so far, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. Only the U.S. has more infections, accounting for 32.7 million of the world's 158.3 million COVID cases, the center reported. The highly infectious coronavirus variant first identified in India is...

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