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Biden Signals Tougher Line in Putin Call 12 | Thursday, January 28, 2021 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY WORLD Xi salutes foreign Briefly UNITED STATES Double firsts as leaders on reelections Yellen sworn in Janet Yellen was sworn in on By CAO DESHENG Tuesday as the nation’s 78th Trea- [email protected] sury secretary and the first wom- an to hold the office. She was President Xi Jinping on sworn in by Vice-President Kama- Wednesday sent a message to Mar- la Harris, the first woman elected celo Rebelo de Sousa, congratulat- to the position, at a ceremony per- ing him on his reelection as formed outside on the East Wing Portuguese president. Marcelo Rebelo Yoweri entrance to the White House in Xi said in the message that since de Sousa Museveni view of the department Yellen will last year, China-Portugal relations now lead. Yellen’s husband, have stood the test of the COVID- started, the two countries have George Akerlof, winner of the 19 pandemic, and the traditional been supporting and assisting 2001 Nobel prize in economics, friendship between the two coun- each other, writing a chapter of and their son Robert, also an tries has gained new momentum. friendship and solidarity in the economist, were present for the Partnership in fighting the pan- joint fight against the virus, Xi said. ceremony. Yellen, 74, on Monday demic and in the health field has Saying he considers relations became the third of President Joe made great strides and pragmatic between China and Uganda as Biden’s Cabinet nominees to win cooperation has made new greatly important, Xi expressed Senate approval. progress, the Chinese leader said. willingness to work with Museve- Xi said he attaches great impor- ni to advance the development of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell leaves the floor of the Senate on Tuesday. Senate Republicans ISRAEL tance to developing relations with bilateral ties to make new voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday against moving forward with Donald Trump’s historic second Army chief sends Portugal and stands ready to work achievements to deliver more impeachment trial. SAMUEL CORUM / GETTY IMAGES VIA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE US signal on Iran with the Portuguese president to benefits to the two countries and advance the bilateral ties for new the two peoples. Israel’s top general said on Tues- achievements to benefit the two Uganda’s Electoral Commission day that its military was refresh- countries and the two peoples. announced on Jan 16 that Museve- GOP united against Trump trial ing its operational plans against In the presidential elections ni had won the country’s presiden- Iran and that any US return to a held on Sunday, incumbent presi- tial elections with 58.64 percent of By CHINA DAILY of the few times in Washington where the first impeachment trial of a 2015 nuclear accord would be dent Rebelo de Sousa from the cen- the tallied votes. The 76-year-old a loss is actually a victory,” he said. former president in the country’s “wrong”. The remarks are an ter-right Social Democratic Party beat his main rival, the 38-year-old The Democrats’ efforts to convict Two-thirds of the Senate, or 67 sen- history. apparent signal to US President won with an overwhelming major- Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Donald Trump at his impeachment ators, must vote to convict Trump. If The trial of Trump, who was Joe Biden to tread cautiously in ity, securing 60 percent of the votes Wine, a musician turned politi- trial suffered a fresh blow on Tues- convicted, a separate majority vote impeached by the Democratic-ma- any diplomatic engagement with polled. cian. Kyagulanyi got 34.83 percent day when almost all Republican in the Senate will decide on possible jority House for an unprecedented Iran. Such comments by Israel’s Also on Wednesday, Xi congrat- of the total votes tallied. senators backed dismissing the punishments which include Trump second time, is to begin the week military chief of staff on US poli- ulated Yoweri Museveni on his ree- Observers say this has been one case, underlining the former US being barred from holding federal starting on Feb 8. cymaking are rare. “A return to lection as Uganda’s president. of Uganda’s most contested elec- president’s continuing hold over office in the future. Trump is report- the 2015 nuclear agreement ... is In a message to Museveni, Xi tions, pitting the young against the the party. edly considering running for presi- Political muscle bad and wrong from an opera- said China and Uganda maintain a old generation. The US Senate voted 55-45 to go dent again in 2024. Trump — winner of 74 million tional and strategic point of view,” traditional friendship and they Museveni won the elections with ahead with Trump’s second Patrick Leahy, the 80-year-old votes in his loss to Biden on Nov 3 Lieutenant-General Aviv Kohavi have been supporting and trusting the slogan, “securing your future”. impeachment trial, but only five senator presiding over the trial, was and reportedly sitting on nearly $70 said in an address to a think tank. each other with fruitful coopera- His win extends his rule for another Republican senators voted with briefly hospitalized after Tuesday’s million in campaign funds — wants tion in various fields. five-year term for the African coun- Democrats. proceedings during which he Republican senators to consider MOZAMBIQUE Since the COVID-19 pandemic try since he came to power in 1986. But the result confirmed Demo- sounded hoarse and unwell as law- their own futures before they dare 250,000 affected by crats will struggle to persuade 17 makers were sworn in as jurors. cross him, news agency Agence Cyclone Eloise Republican senators — the number “The Attending Physician recom- France-Presse said. needed for the required two-thirds mended that he be taken to a hospi- Trump’s main way of applying A tropical cyclone that pummeled majority — to vote to convict Trump. tal for observation,” his spokesman pressure while out of office is to central Mozambique last week- Republican Senator Rand Paul said. Leahy was released later in the threaten disloyal legislators with end has affected 250,000 people, a raised a point of order to hold a vote evening. support for their challengers in par- UN official said on Tuesday. Myrta Biden signals on the constitutionality of the Leahy, who was elected in 1974, is ty primary votes ahead of the 2022 Kaulard, the UN’s resident coordi- impeachment trial as Trump has presiding as he is the senior senator midterm elections. nator in Mozambique, also said left office. of the party with the majority in the Trump’s endorsement on Monday 18,000 people had been internally Democrats then called for a vote to Senate, currently the Democrats. of his former White House press sec- displaced after Cyclone Eloise kill the point of order, winning 55-45. The US House of Representatives retary Sarah Sanders in her bid to made landfall in the early hours Paul said afterward: “Forty-five on Monday presented a single arti- become governor of Arkansas was a of Saturday, adding that 76 health tougher line centers had been damaged, as Senators agreed that this sham of a cle of impeachment to the upper first flexing of this political muscle. ‘trial’ is unconstitutional. ... This ‘tri- chamber accusing Trump of incit- well as hundreds of school rooms. al’ is dead on arrival in the Senate. ing the storming of the Capitol ear- Agencies and Ai Heping in in Putin call “We’re excited about it. It was one lier this month, setting in motion New York contributed to this story. AGENCIES—XINHUA Thorny issues raised alongside pledge Doubts raised over medical backup for Games on arms pact, a move hailed by China By WANG XU in Tokyo and others have died on their way [email protected] to hospital,” Tsujimoto said. By REN QI in Moscow Security Council permanent mem- “Given the current situation of [email protected] bers.” Japanese lawmakers and the pub- our medical system, isn’t it impossi- Zhao Lijian, Chinese Foreign lic grilled the government over ble to hold the Tokyo Olympics in US President Joe Biden and Rus- Ministry spokesman, said Beijing plans to recruit 10,000 medical per- its complete form?” sian leader Vladimir Putin held welcomes the treaty extension. sonnel for the Summer Olympics as Japanese Prime Minister Yoshi- their first conversation as counter- The New START will help boost hospitals in Japan come under hide Suga avoided a direct answer parts on Tuesday in a phone call global peace and safety, and it mounting pressure from a rising but reiterated his longtime conven- that underscored troubled rela- meets the international expecta- number of COVID-19 patients. tional response to the issue. tions and the delicate balance tion, Zhao said. Japan’s Olympic Minister Seiko “We would like to prepare for the between the two countries. As the US and Russia have more Hashimoto said in a parliamentary Olympics while taking measures White House spokeswoman Jen than 90 percent of the world’s session on Tuesday the government against coronavirus in a perfect, safe Psaki confirmed the phone call at nuclear weapons, they should ful- is committed to a plan to secure way,” Suga said. her daily news conference. It came fill their priority responsibility for thousands of medical staff for the However, Suga also apologized for as Biden adjusts US policy in a nuclear disarmament, Zhao said. Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. the government’s failure to provide more robust way toward Russia Moscow had reached out last “We are trying to secure necessa- sufficient medical care under the than the one taken by his predeces- week to request the call, according ry medical staff of around 10,000, strain of the pandemic.
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