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Jul 11, 2021 09:08 PM EDT
(Photo : Photo by Li Xueren/Xinhua via Getty Images) Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China CPC Central Committee and Chinese president, attends the CPC and World Political Parties Summit and delivers a keynote speech in Beijing, capital of China, July 6, 2021.
The Chinese and North Korean leaders have both expressed their intentions to fortify their countries relationship as the two nations celebrate the 60th anniversary of their defense treaty.
North Korea s Kim Jong-Un told Chinese President Xi Jinping that it was the fixed stand of his government to continue developing its positive relationship with the Chinese nation. The politician s words to his colleague were broadcasted by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
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Jul 09, 2021 10:05 PM EDT
(Photo : Photo by STR / AFP / Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) Volunteers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carry a coffin containing the body of a person who died from the Covid-19 coronavirus before it is cremated in Taungoo, Bago region on July 8, 2021.
Myanmar s military general on Friday said that Russia has agreed to provide two million doses of the coronavirus vaccine within the month as the country struggles amid a surge of infections and deaths as well as political unrest due to the February coup.
On February 1, Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar s Chairman of the State Administration Council, was the head of a military coup against Aung San Suu Kyi s elected government. He said that the coronavirus pandemic was quickly spreading throughout the country. He also announced that Russian officials have sent assistance in the form of vaccine distributions to the country.
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Jul 09, 2021 08:05 PM EDT
(Photo : Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 09: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the State Dining Room of the White House July 9, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden signed an executive order on “promoting competition in the American economy.”
The head of the Social Security Administration, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, was forcibly removed by President Joe Biden on Friday after failing to resign at the White House s request.
White House officials said the forced resignation was due to Andrew Saul, the Social Security commissioner, having a long history of undermining and politicizing the agency s benefits. Another Trump-appointee in the agency, David Black, who is Saul s deputy, chose to resign on Friday.