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WASHINGTON, May 1-- The war of words between Washington and Moscow escalated on Wednesday over the latest situation in Venezuela. On Tuesday, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who had proclaimed himself as the interim president, reportedly called on the Venezuelan people and military to take to the streets...

LONDON, May 1  -- Downing Street said Wednesday in a statement that Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson had been sacked by the Prime Minister for "unauthorized disclosure of information". A Downing Street spokesperson said, "The Prime Minister has this evening asked Gavin Williamson to leave the Government, having...

MOSCOW, May 1 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday denounced Washington's support for the Venezuelan opposition in their attempt to seize power as an intervention in the country's internal affairs. In a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Lavrov noted the latest situation...

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- U.S. media reported Wednesday that the Trump administration has not reached a consensus on whether to engage in military intervention in Venezuela to support the opposition leader Juan Guaido. According to a report of the Washington Post, as the Maduro government remains intact after an...

BEIJING, April 29 -- A joint military exercise with the Chinese and Russian navies has begun in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, marking the second time that both navies have met at the port of Qingdao since the launch of the annual drill mechanism in 2012. The Chinese PLA Navy sent a warm welcome to the...

Phnom Penh , April 30 – Interior Ministry spokesperson Khieu Sopheak said Tuesday that the USD 3.5 million confiscated from three Chinese at Phnom Penh International Airport now belongs to the state-property thus preserved at the National Bank of Cambodia. Phnom Penh municipal court investigating judge Ros Samedy,...

Phnom Penh , April 30 – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi pledged to strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation, speaking in a meeting on Tuesday at the Peace Palace Phnom Penh. Aung San Suu Kyi informed the Premier that the three-day visit to Cambodia is her first...

BERLIN, April 24 -- An unexploded World War II bomb was discovered and later defused on Wednesday in Cologne, forcing 2,500 residents to evacuate, according to the official twitter account of the city of Cologne. The bomb was discovered Wednesday afternoon and an area of 500 meters in radius had been cordoned...

TRIPOLI, April 25 -- Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Serraj denied calling for ceasefire between the government and the east-based army, as both parties continue fighting for control over the capital Tripoli, the government spokesperson said Wednesday. "The Head of the Presidential Council of the Government...

BEIJING, April 25 -- China will further promote international space cooperation to make concrete contributions to the realization of sustainable development goals set by the United Nations, a senior official with the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Wednesday. China is to build a new type of...