The UN chief also lauded the measures Pakistan has taken in terms of healthcare, poverty alleviation and environmental protection, but said whether in Pakistan or elsewhere, the pace of change is not yet fast enough.
The United States registered over 74,000 new cases on Wednesday, setting a new high since the onset of the pandemic in the country, according to the data of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated on Thursday.
The Tuesday night program at Jones Hall in downtown Houston reached a climax when a group of performers with impaired hearing performed Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva to remarkable effect.
The UN Security Council on Thursday did not adopt either of two competing resolutions on a cessation of hostilities in Idlib, Syria, the last city in the war-torn nation that is still largely held by rebel forces.
The United States calls upon Russia and Iran again "to exercise their influence over the Syrian regime and to guarantee that this sort of horrific attack never happens again," Tillerson said.
The US president's accusation of "massive" currency devaluation contradicted the conclusion of the Treasury Department, which said in its semi-annual report in May that no major trading partner of the United States meets the standard of currency manipulation.
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The US earlier had insisted on a rapid process of complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, but has tamped down the expectation recently. Trump indicated on Tuesday that it will take a long time, even from a scientific standpoint.
The Tuesday attack in Manhattan is a tragedy. But fighting terrorism requires domestic and foreign policies formulated on sound analysis, not rhetoric that is only politically correct.
The United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change also estimated that planting trees on 1 billion hectares of land (roughly the same amount as the total suggested in the study) would prevent average temperatures from rising by 1.5 C by 2050.
The United States has detained a DPRK cargo ship known as the "Wise Honest" for violating US and United Nations sanctions, the US Justice Department said Thursday.