Eight rare baby Siamese crocodiles have been discovered in northeastern Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province, the country’s Environment Ministry and the World Wildlife Fund revealed.
The newborn crocs are presently being watched over by Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary officials.
Cambodia’s Environment Minister Say Sam Al said this is the first discovery in almost a decade.
“This discovery also proves the importance of preserving rare crocodiles and other wildlife species in Cambodia,” he said.
Photo Credit: Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary
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The Siamese crocodile is a medium-sized freshwater croc native to Thailand, Indonesia (Borneo and possibly Java), Brunei, East Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam.
This crocodile is classified as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, and is listed in Appendix I of CITES.
Since the middle of July, Lithuanias COVID-19 infection rate has been steadily increasing. In the past seven days, the average daily number of reported new cases was 1,142 and the average number of deaths was 11 per day
Lithuania has registered 1,402 new COVID-19 infections and nine deaths in the past 24 hours and moved into the worst “black zone” under the color-coded national classification system.
In a “black zone,” the 14-day rate of new coronavirus cases exceeds 500 per 100,000 people and the percentage of positive tests is above ten percent. The number climbed to 504.5 on Tuesday.
Since the middle of July, Lithuania’s COVID-19 infection rate has been steadily increasing. In the past seven days, the average daily number of reported new cases was 1,142 and the average number of deaths was 11 per day.
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Lithuania made the COVID-19 certificate mandatory on Sept. 13 for all people wishing to enter larger shops.
Citizens get off a bus in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sept. 13, 2021. (Xinhua/Xue Dongmei)
As a result, the country’s larger supermarkets, such as Maxima, Rimi, Norfa and Lidl, reported a drop in revenues as people turned to smaller supermarkets and online shopping instead.
Wearing face masks is still recommended in the country, but the government may reinstate a mask mandate for public indoor spaces at its scheduled meeting on Wednesday.
Customers dine beside mannequins dressed in creations of local designers in a cafe in the Old Town of Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 21, 2020.(Photo by Alfredas Pliadis/Xinhua)
Chinese researchers have discovered by employing big-data analysis that the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States might have started to spread around in September 2019, earlier than the officially announced date of its first confirmed case.
According to a new article published Wednesday as a preprint in ChinaXiv, a series of previous studies showed that the United States, Spain, France, Italy, Brazil and other countries had shown signs of being hit by the virus before its outbreak in China.
ChinaXiv is an online publishing service operated by the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The article, titled “Dating the First Case of COVID-19 Epidemic from a Probabilistic Perspective,” suggested that the qualitative and quantitative analysis of infectious diseases, done by combining mathematical models and artificial-intelligence technology, can reveal the epidemic law of infectious diseases.
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The researchers set up an optimized model using the epidemic transmission model and big-data analysis method, and inferred the dates of the first infection cases in 12 northeastern U.S. states and in China’s Wuhan City and Zhejiang Province, based on published data.
The result indicated that, for the 12 U.S. states, the possible dates of the first infection, with a probability of 50 percent, fall mostly between August and October 2019, while the earliest is April 26, 2019 on Rhode Island, and the latest is Nov. 30, 2019 in Delaware.
All of the dates indicated by the data are earlier than Jan. 20, 2020, the officially announced date of the first confirmed case in the United States, showing that the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States started to spread around September 2019 with a high confidence probability.
The result also showed that the date of the first COVID-19 case in Wuhan, with a probability of 50 percent, is Dec. 20, 2019, and the date for Zhejiang is Dec. 23, 2019. It infers that the COVID-19 in China is most likely to have started in late December 2019.
The article said this is consistent with the results of the epidemiological investigation, which proves that the calculation method is accurate and reliable.
The United States is stepping up its preparation of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, while strong actions are being taken to protect students and staff members from the pandemic on campus
The United States is battling rising death tolls and strained hospital resources amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and “all that could be made more difficult by the upcoming flu season,” CNN reported..
According to The New York Times, the 7-day average of confirmed cases of the pandemic stood at 134,036 nationwide on Tuesday, with its 14-day change striking a 12-percent fall. COVID-19-related deaths were 2,046 on Tuesday, with the 14-day change realizing a 36-percent rise.
CHANGE OF DATA, CHANGE OF MIND
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The United States is battling rising death tolls and strained hospital resources amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and “all that could be made more difficult by the upcoming flu season,” CNN reported on Wednesday.
The country is once again at a point where an average of more than 2,000 people are dying of COVID-19 every day, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile, hospitals are straining to keep up with the number of patients coming in.
Staff shortages and employee fatigue in Pennsylvania hospitals have reached a point where some health systems are offering signing bonuses, loan forgiveness and other incentives to staff. In Wyoming, nearly 100 members of the state’s National Guard were activated on Tuesday to assist hospitals dealing with the surge, according to the report.
People wait outside a mobile vaccine clinic in New York, the United States, on Aug. 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
The serious scenario has triggered off a change of mind among the Americans. According to a new poll, some 50 percent of vaccinated respondents are either “extremely” or “considerably” hesitant to spend the holidays with unvaccinated family members or friends, and only 38 percent said they were not hesitant about making holiday plans with the unvaccinated, while 12 percent said it’s a non-issue for all their families and friends have gotten the shots.
A slightly larger share of 52 percent of vaccinated respondents said that they would be very or somewhat uncomfortable about attending a holiday dinner or gathering knowing some attendees are unvaccinated, according to the Harris poll conducted from Sept. 17 to 19 among 2,055 U.S. adults, including 1,454 vaccinated ones.
A 54 percent majority of all respondents said vaccination status would be a factor in deciding whether or not they will travel or attend events as part of their holiday plans, and a further 42 percent of vaccinated respondents said they had canceled at least one event or existing travel plan they had with people because they were unvaccinated.
Placards display signage for Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations at a mobile COVID-19 vaccination center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, Aug. 18, 2021. (Xinhua/Michael Nagle)
BOOSTER SHOTS ON TRACK
A committee of top vaccine experts under the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started 10 hours of meeting on Wednesday morning to decide who should be eligible for a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 shot. A vote is expected on Thursday.
A different federal advisory committee under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday recommended a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine six months after full vaccination for people aged 65 and older and those at high risk of severe COVID-19.
The FDA has not yet issued an approval for the booster doses, so while the CDC’s committee can meet, it cannot vote on recommendations until it receives that sign-off, Julie Morita, executive vice president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a health-focused nonprofit, was quoted on Wednesday by USA Today as saying.
Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson released new data on Tuesday showing a booster dose of its vaccine given two months after the one-shot vaccine provides 94 percent protection against moderate-to-severe COVID-19 symptoms.
“A single-shot COVID-19 vaccine that is easy to use, distribute and administer, and that provides strong and long-lasting protection is crucial to vaccinating the global population,” said Paul Stoffels, chief scientific officer at Johnson & Johnson. “A booster shot further increases protection against COVID-19 and is expected to extend the duration of protection significantly.”
Johnson & Johnson, citing three studies of the vaccine, said the booster shot offers strong protection against severe or critical symptoms, and a booster dose given six months after the single shot provides even more protection. The results are in line with data from studies of Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, two other U.S. vaccines authorized by federal agencies.
SCHOOL MANDATE DISPUTES
The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation into the Texas Education Agency on Tuesday in response to its guidance that prohibits school leaders from requiring students and staff to wear masks.
“(The) investigation will focus on whether, in light of this policy, students with disabilities who are at heightened risk for severe illness from COVID-19 are prevented from safely returning to in-person education, in violation of Federal law,” Suzanne Goldberg, the department’s acting assistant secretary for civil rights, wrote in a letter to Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath.
Specifically, the investigation will focus on whether the state’s ban on mask requirements flouts part of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, which guarantees students with disabilities the right to receive education in a regular educational environment, alongside their peers without disabilities.
Last week, two New York state senators, John Liu from Queens and Robert Jackson from Manhattan, introduced a bill to require any public school located in a city with at least 1 million people to offer a remote option to students if the CDC considers the COVID-19 transmission rate of the surrounding county “substantial” or “high level.”
One of the ways the CDC categorizes the level of community transmission of COVID-19 in an area is by determining the number of positive cases of the virus per 100,000 residents. If a county has 100 or more COVID-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, it is considered a red zone or an area of high transmission. Per current data from the CDC, every county in New York City (NYC) is a red zone.
“Parents are calling for a remote option for school and it’s time @NYCSchools provided one. Many families don’t feel safe sending their kids to physical school right now. The stubborn lack of receptiveness to legitimate safety concerns raises questions about mayoral control,” Liu said in his tweet, questioning NYC public schools’ reopening on Sept. 13 with full in-person teaching and learning.
Students are dismissed from the first day of school at PS 133 in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, on Sept. 13, 2021. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai reconnected with world leaders while stressing the importance of post-Covid-19 economic recovery at the opening session of the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Don had bilateral discussions with foreign ministers from Australia, Bahrain, Vietnam and Hungary on his first day of a week-long high-level UN visit to New York City.
Don on Tuesday attended the opening of the general debate of the 76th UNGA session under the theme “Building resilience through hope – to recover from Covid-19, rebuild sustainably, respond to the needs of the planet, respect the rights of people, and revitalise the United Nations”.
Don has one-on-one discussions with foreign ministers attending UNGA
Don heard several leaders’ statements, including those from the presidents of the United States and Brazil. He also met with several foreign dignitaries at UN headquarters.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is scheduled to deliver his pre-recorded remarks on September 25 at 01.15 hours (Thailand time).
Don has one-on-one discussions with foreign ministers attending UNGA
During Don’s meeting with his Australian counterpart Marise Payne, both sides expressed satisfaction over dynamic bilateral relations despite the Covid-19 pandemic, and exchanged views on regional and international issues.
In Don’s discussions with Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, both nations agreed to deepen bilateral ties by setting up a mechanism to follow up on cooperation and projects. Thailand also expressed its readiness to support Bahrain as the ACD chair for 2021-2022.
Don has one-on-one discussions with foreign ministers attending UNGA
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Don also met with his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son. Both voiced pleasure over bilateral trade between the two Asean countries, which continues to thrive despite the Covid-19 crisis. Don reaffirmed that Thailand continues to work hand in hand with Vietnam in combating the pandemic. Both sides said they looked forward to participating in the 4th Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation.
Don discussed with Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó cooperation on procurement of vaccines and medical supplies, especially oxygen concentrators. Thailand voiced its appreciation for Hungary’s call to the European Union to expedite negotiations of a free trade agreement with Thailand. Don also encouraged Hungary to explore investment opportunities in the Eastern Economic Corridor.
They emphasized the importance of fostering an intra-Afghan dialogue.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
Both sides expressed their intention to cooperate in order to prevent terrorism, extremism and drug-related crimes, the Kremlin said in a press release.
They emphasized the importance of fostering an intra-Afghan dialogue, with the interests of all groups of the population taken into account.
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Putin informed Draghi of the results of the Collective Security Treaty Organization summit, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and a joint meeting of the two groups held last week in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Macron and Biden “have decided to open a process of in-depth consultations aimed at creating the conditions for ensuring confidence and proposing concrete measures toward common objectives,” said a joint statement.
Since the AUKUS pact was unveiled, France, outraged by the abrupt move without notice, has accused Australia and the U.S. of “lying, duplicity, a major breach of trust and contempt” and recalled its ambassadors to the two countries.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden said they will meet in October in Europe following their phone call on Wednesday over the new trilateral Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) security partnership.
The AUKUS deal, which was described as a “stab in the back” by France and sparked outcry across Europe, has raised concerns over nuclear proliferation from the international community as under the deal Australia has scrapped a contract to buy submarines from France in favor of U.S.-made nuclear vessels.
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The two presidents “agreed that the situation would have benefitted from open consultations among allies on matters of strategic interest to France and our European partners,” according to their joint statement.
Since the AUKUS pact was unveiled last Wednesday, France, outraged by the abrupt move without notice, has accused Australia and the U.S. of “lying, duplicity, a major breach of trust and contempt” and recalled its ambassadors to the two countries on Friday.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on July 26, 2021. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)
Macron and Biden “have decided to open a process of in-depth consultations aimed at creating the conditions for ensuring confidence and proposing concrete measures toward common objectives.” They will meet in Europe at the end of October “in order to reach shared understandings and maintain momentum in this process,” the joint statement said.
Macron has decided that the French ambassador will return to Washington next week, it added.
Meanwhile, Biden reaffirmed “the strategic importance of French and European engagement in the Indo-Pacific region” and said that the U.S. “recognizes the importance of a stronger and more capable European defense that contributes positively to transatlantic and global security and is complementary to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization),” according to the joint statement.
Dismayed by the “unacceptable” act by the U.S., European leaders in recent days have voiced concerns about the AUKUS agreement and demanded an explanation from Biden on why he misled France and other European partners in forging the new strategic agreement in the Indo-Pacific region.
U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to meet in Europe in late October to “reach shared understandings and maintain momentum in this process,” according to a joint statement.
U.S. President Joe Biden held a phone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday in an attempt to defuse a diplomatic rift caused by a controversial submarine deal with Australia.
The White House said in a joint statement between the two countries that Biden requested the call with Macron to discuss “the implications of the announcement on September 15.”
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The United States and Britain announced on Sept. 15 that they would support Australia to develop nuclear-powered submarines, depriving France of a contract to provide conventional submarines to Australia.
Outraged by the abrupt move without consultations, France recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia on Friday in protest.
“The two leaders agreed that the situation would have benefitted from open consultations among allies on matters of strategic interest to France and our European partners. President Biden conveyed his ongoing commitment in that regard,” said the joint statement.
“The two leaders have decided to open a process of in-depth consultations, aimed at creating the conditions for ensuring confidence and proposing concrete measures toward common objectives,” it added.
Macron ordered the French ambassador to return to Washington next week and “start intensive work with senior U.S. officials,” according to the joint statement. Biden and Macron agreed to meet in Europe in late October to “reach shared understandings and maintain momentum in this process.”
U.S. media noted that the joint statement suggested regret by the Biden administration over how it handled the issue.
The phone call came a week after the United States, Britain, and Australia unveiled a new trilateral security partnership known as “AUKUS,” which lists a nuclear submarine fleet for Australia with U.S. and British technology a top priority.
Australia then announced it would scrap the deal with France signed in 2016 to purchase 12 conventional diesel-electric submarines.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called the trilateral move a “stab in the back” and a “crisis of trust” between allies that requires explanations.
The number of Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia crossed 11.65 million, with 60,416 new cases reported on Wednesday, slightly lower than Tuesday’s tally of 61,942. Asean also saw 1,095 additional deaths, an increase from Tuesday’s 1,089, taking total coronavirus deaths to 255,324 so far.
Laos reported 222 new cases on Wednesday, bringing cumulative cases in the neighbouring country to 19,952 patients and a total 16 deaths. Laos’s Public Health Ministry announced it is planning to give Covid-19 vaccines to children aged 12-17 soon to prepare for the reopening of schools in Vientiane and other provinces that had been ordered shut since the new Covid-19 wave.
Meanwhile, Malaysia announced it had fully vaccinated 80 per cent of its adult population, and is moving on to inoculating teenagers and rolling out booster shots for high-risk groups. The country’s Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccines Supply will now focus on tracking down the remaining 20 per cent of adults who are yet to be vaccinated to achieve 100 per cent adult vaccination by the end of October.
The country reported 14,990 new cases and 334 deaths on Wednesday, bringing cumulative cases to 2,142,924 patients and a total 24,078 deaths.
WASHINGTON – The 3,500-year-old cuneiform clay tablet from ancient Mesopotamia that was seized by federal authorities in 2019 and officially forfeited by craft store Hobby Lobby in July is being returned to Iraq in a formal ceremony on Thursday afternoon.
The handover is both a victory lap for American and Iraqi officials and a symbolic warning to looters that both governments are committed to eradicating the illicit trade of cultural artifacts.
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and senior leaders from the U.S. and Iraqi governments will gather at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian for the return of the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, a 6-by-5-inch clay artifact that is part of an epic poem considered to be one of the world’s earliest works of literature. The rare piece had once been on display at the Museum of the Bible, the institution built and led by Hobby Lobby chief executive Steve Green that opened a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol in 2017.
The ceremony caps a multiyear effort to return the rare artifact to its homeland and spotlights the ongoing fight against cultural smuggling. While the fragment of the Gilgamesh poem is the star of the event, it represents more than 17,000 items that U.S. officials have returned to Iraq.
Hobby Lobbys forfeited Gilgamesh tablet is headed back to Iraq, and authorities hope it will be a warning to smugglers
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UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay described the restitution as historic and said it is crucial to Iraq’s recovery. After Thursday’s event, the tablet is expected to be sent to Iraq and displayed at the National Museum in Baghdad, she said.
“The Gilgamesh tablet is the most symbolic of the 17,000 cultural objects that were seized,” Azoulay said in an email. “The 3,500-year-old Assyrian tablet contains a segment from the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh poem, which is considered one of the oldest literary works in history. It is a founding story that has inspired the great monotheisms, because this myth has been reinterpreted again and again. It also influenced ‘The Iliad’ and ‘The Odyssey.’ It is therefore a jewel of our common humanity and a bulwark against all obscurantism and the identities which pull us apart.
“Having the Gilgamesh tablet returned to Iraq and displayed in the National Museum in Baghdad is also a major step forward in the return of the cultural heritage that was looted from Iraq during decades of conflict,” Azoulay continued. “This is crucial to Iraq’s reconstruction and recovery.”
Highlighting the return of the artifacts could deter the continued looting and trade, said Katharyn Hanson, a cultural heritage preservation scholar at the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute, which has worked with Iraqi cultural heritage practitioners for many years.
“We don’t see big repatriations like this as often as we should. I have a lot of hope that it is raising awareness of the issue,” Hanson said. “This is going to be a joyous event. The Gilgamesh poem holds a special place in human history, in Iraqi history.”
Hobby Lobby bought the tablet for almost $1.7 million in 2014 to display at the museum being built in Washington. The artifact is thought to have been looted from a museum in Iraq in 1991 and smuggled into the United States in 2007, according to UNESCO. It was seized by U.S. officials in 2019, and in July, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ordered Hobby Lobby to forfeit it.
The looting and sale of cultural artifacts have increased because of the armed conflict in the region, UNESCO says. Although the extent of the looting is unknown, the organization estimates that the United States represents 44 percent of the global art market.
The recovery of looted artifacts is slow and difficult, said Lazare Eloundou Assomo, UNESCO director for culture and emergencies.
“Some have false documents and it take years to detect them,” Assomo said. “To this, add the fact that every country has its own legal framework, judicial framework and laws regulating the art market.”
Thursday’s 3 p.m. ceremony spotlights the collaboration between the United States and Iraq, both signatories of a 1970 UNESCO convention that created a legal framework for preventing the trafficking of cultural items and ensuring their repatriation, Assomo said. Iraqi officials in August also cited the efforts of the Bible Museum’s leaders in facilitating the return of what they described as a record number of artifacts from the United States.
“In May 2020, when we learned of the fraudulent import and documentation supplied for the item by previous owners, we announced our full support of the U.S. government’s efforts to return this item to Iraq,” Jeffrey Kloha, the Bible Museum’s chief curatorial officer, said in an email.
“We are grateful for the work of the ambassador of Iraq, Fareed Yasseen, and the U.S. State Department for helping us restore this and other items to the Iraqi people,” added Kloha, who plans to attend the ceremony. “We look forward to future opportunities to collaborate with our friends in Iraq to study and preserve its rich cultural heritage.”
The ceremony also highlights the importance of cultural diplomacy in the fight against the illicit trade of cultural property, Azoulay said, adding that she hopes it serves as a model.
“This restitution is unprecedented, both in terms of the number of items and their value. We expect that this will send a clear message that the time when looted or illegally exported objects could be easily sold on the market is over,” she said. “We also need actors in the art market to play an active role to protect cultural heritage worldwide. Museums are reviewing their acquisition policies, while collectors and auction houses are now paying more attention to provenance information and adhering to professional ethical codes of conduct.”
The Smithsonian’s Hanson says the demand for ancient artifacts, especially those like the Gilgamesh tablet that are connected to the origins of writing, remains high. And that makes it very easy, she said, “for bad guys to make a profit.”
“We lose so much information when an artifact is looted, when it is ripped away from its archaeological context,” she explained. Not only is the object removed from its country of origin, but its connection to history also is severed. For example, Hanson said, the systematic excavation of an artifact like the Gilgamesh would provide scholars with specific location data and other potentially significant details.
“We don’t know what it was found around. Did it come from an intentional archive, or the trash? Was it carefully sealed for the future?” she said. “It’s exciting to see it go back, and I want that joy to overcome the sadness of what we’ve lost.”
Azoulay is expected to speak at the afternoon ceremony, as is Iraqi Ambassador Yasseen; Hassan Nadhem, Iraq’s minister of culture, tourism and antiquities; and senior officials from the U.S. Departments of State, Justice and Homeland Security.
Photo Credit: Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary
Photo Credit: Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary
Citizens get off a bus in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sept. 13, 2021. (Xinhua/Xue Dongmei)
Customers dine beside mannequins dressed in creations of local designers in a cafe in the Old Town of Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 21, 2020.(Photo by Alfredas Pliadis/Xinhua)
People wait outside a mobile vaccine clinic in New York, the United States, on Aug. 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
Placards display signage for Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations at a mobile COVID-19 vaccination center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, Aug. 18, 2021. (Xinhua/Michael Nagle)
Students are dismissed from the first day of school at PS 133 in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, on Sept. 13, 2021. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)
Don has one-on-one discussions with foreign ministers attending UNGA
Don has one-on-one discussions with foreign ministers attending UNGA
Don has one-on-one discussions with foreign ministers attending UNGA
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on July 26, 2021. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)
Hobby Lobbys forfeited Gilgamesh tablet is headed back to Iraq, and authorities hope it will be a warning to smugglers
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