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During the 31st Universiade held recently in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, buses adorned with giant panda-themed elements shuttling through the streets were a common sight.In addition to their distinctive appearance, what set these buses apart was they were powered by hydrogen fuel cells...
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The Arab League (AL) on Sunday welcomed the admission of the African Union (AU) as a permanent member to the Group of 20 (G20), expressing hope that the pan-Arab organization would enjoy the same status.AL Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit welcomed in a statement the G20 leaders' decision on A...
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The benchmark index of international food commodity prices has declined 2.1 percent compared to July, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday. The prices of rice, however, surged by 9.8 percent in August to a 15-year high compared to a month earlier. The increase ...
At least 49 civilians and 15 soldiers were killed Thursday during a dual terrorist attack in northern Mali, the Malian government said in a statement.Claimed by the Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM), the two attacks targeted the passengers of the boat "Tombouctou" and a military ca...
The 23rd China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) opened Friday in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province, to boost investment and bolster global economic recovery.The four-day event, themed "Open and Integrated: Key to High-Quality Development," kicked off with an openi...
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The 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit concluded in Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday with a series of outcomes despite rising uncertainties globally."Within three days, 12 summits have been held, resulting in 90 outcome documents and a number of concrete agreements with pa...
Stem cell researchers created artificial models of human embryos and successfully grew them outside the womb up to day 14, the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in central Israel said in a statement on Wednesday.In a new study published in the journal Science, the researchers created artificial st...
Strengthening international cooperation and global governance are extremely important measures for bringing global development back on track as the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, said a research report.The global development report 2023, which was released by the Center for...
The 78th session of the UN General Assembly was declared open on Tuesday by new General Assembly President Dennis Francis. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in his opening remarks read on his behalf by his deputy, Amina Mohammed, warned of a world of deep challenge and division that is tes...
The rover of India's Moon Mission-3, or Chandrayaan-3, completed its assigned tasks and has been rendered to sleep mode by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the space agency said Saturday night.The spacecraft was launched on July 14 and the "Vikram" lander landed safely on...
At least 10 people died and three were severely injured in India's eastern state of Odisha due to lightning strikes amid heavy rains over the past 24 hours, a senior official in the state government said on Sunday.According to him, lightning strikes killed four in the state's Khurda district...
The 2023 Euro-Asia Economic Forum will be held in Xi'an, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, from Sept. 22 to 24, according to the organizers.Themed on creating new cooperation opportunities and promoting common development, this year's forum is scheduled to invite guests ...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of attempting to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat in the southeastern state of Georgia. "As evidenced by my signature below, I do hereby waive formal arraignment and enter my plea of NOT GUILTY to t...
Multiple institutions from China and Arab countries have jointly inaugurated an animation industry alliance at an ongoing forum held in the city of Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province.The Sino-Arab animation industry forum opened on Wednesday. The event is primarily focused on fostering cooper...
Malaysia celebrated the 66th anniversary of its independence with parades, fireworks and large scale gatherings on Thursday under the theme of unifying ties between its diverse groups. Shortly after midnight Wednesday, thousands of Malaysians marked the occasion through the singing of patriotic...
Fifteen people were killed in a fire that gutted a house in the Philippine capital region before dawn on Thursday, the Bureau of Fire Protection of the Philippine government said.The bureau said three others survived the fire that broke out at around 5:30 a.m. local time, which firefighters put out ...
In the past week, several shootings in the U.S. states of Kentucky, Florida, and California have claimed eight lives, not including the shooters.Most recently, on Sunday early morning, a shooting occurred at a restaurant in downtown Louisville, the U.S. state of Kentucky, killing one and injuring si...
Eleven Syrian military personnel were killed, and 20 others were injured on Saturday in a rebel attack in the country's northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor reported.The attackers carried out an assault and detonated explosive devices concealed in tunnels beneath Syrian army positions i...
China considers it vital to attract and utilize foreign investment while advancing its economic development, and the guidelines the country unveiled lately aim at providing a more favorable business environment and broader market opportunities for foreign-invested companies, said an expert with the ...
Russia's Federal Agency for Air Transport conformed on Wednesday that Wagner Group private military company's leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash in the Tver Region near Moscow.According to the name list released by the agency on its Telegram account, Prigozhin was among the...
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