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Belt and Road promotes partner countries’ economic, social development: Report 13 Dec 2023 - 08:55 am
A train drives on the China-Laos Railway's Luang Prabang cross-Mekong River super major bridge in Laos, May 28, 2023. (Photo by Chen Chang/Xinhua)
BRI agricultural cooperation help alleviate hunger in less developed countries: Report 13 Dec 2023 - 08:53 am
Kelvin Josephat Kituruka (front), a native of Mwanza who joined the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) as a quality engineer, helps local villagers with access to drinking water in Misungwi of Mwanza Region, Tanzania, recently. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)
Xinhua releases report on Belt and Road cooperation from human rights perspective 13 Dec 2023 - 08:49 am
Passengers take selfies in a carriage of a high-speed electrical multiple unit (EMU) train running on the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway in Indonesia, recently. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)
UN agency warns of food 'catastrophe' in war-ravaged Sudan 13 Dec 2023 - 12:40 am
File photo: People queue for bread in front of a bakery in Omdurman on July 15, 2023. (AFP)
Five die after construction elevator crash in Sweden 12 Dec 2023 - 08:13 pm
Picture taken on December 12, 2023 shows the construction site where a construction lift fell 20 meters to the ground the day before, killing five people in a workplace accident in Sundbyberg, north of Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Fredrik SANDBERG / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP)
Poland's new prime minister vows to press the West to continue helping neighboring Ukraine 12 Dec 2023 - 07:46 pm
Designated Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (C) is applauded after giving a speech to present his programme to lawmakers at the Polish Parliament in Warsaw, Poland on December 12, 2023. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)
Indonesia asks international community to share burden as more Rohingya boats arrive 12 Dec 2023 - 07:17 pm
A Newly arrived Rohingya refugee walks to the beach after the local community decided to temporarily allow them to land for water and food in Ulee Madon, Aceh province, Indonesia, on November 16, 2023. (Photo by amanda jufrian / AFP)
Paris-Nice 2024 a taster for the Tour de France 12 Dec 2023 - 06:49 pm
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme gives a press conference during the presentation of the route of the 2024 Paris-Nice cycling race in Versailles, near Paris, on December 12, 2023. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
Kenyan acrobatics coach passing life-long skills to local youth 12 Dec 2023 - 06:15 pm
Mathias Kavita shows his diploma of acrobatic study from China and a photo of his time in China at Sarakasi dome in Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov. 11, 2023. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
Sri Lanka introduces hotline for cybercrime victims 12 Dec 2023 - 06:06 pm
Colombo, Sri Lanka file photo
South Africa pop sensation Zahara dies aged 36 12 Dec 2023 - 04:37 pm
South African singer and songwriter Zahara performs at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival on March 31, 2012, in Cape Town. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)
Kenya marks 60 years of independence, and the president defends painful economic measures 12 Dec 2023 - 04:21 pm
A member of public reads commemorative newspaper as he attends the national celebration marking Kenya's 60th anniversary of independence from Britain, known as Jamhuri Day, in Nairobi on December 12, 2023. (Photo by Simon Maina / AFP)
India’s inflation accelerates, fueled by rising food prices 12 Dec 2023 - 04:12 pm
Workers repair a scooter at their workshop in Amritsar on December 12, 2023. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
China facing 'challenges' in reviving economy, leaders say 12 Dec 2023 - 03:24 pm
Snow-covered rooftops are seen in the Forbidden City after an overnight snowfall in Beijing on December 11, 2023. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)
UK unemployment steadies, as wage growth drops: data 12 Dec 2023 - 02:25 pm
Pedestrians shelter from the rain beneath umbrellas while walking past the London landmark, the London Eye, from Embankment by the River Thames, in central London, on August 18, 2023 on a gloomy summer's day. Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
Philippines braces for drought as El Nino to persist until 2024 12 Dec 2023 - 02:04 pm
This photo taken on December 11, 2023 shows tour boats sailing back to El Nido, Palawan province. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
'Chip alliance': S. Korean president kicks off Dutch trip 12 Dec 2023 - 01:26 pm
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol (R) and his wife Kim Keon Hee (L) board their aircraft at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam on December 11, 2023, for a state visit to the Netherlands. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Indian state imposes up to one-year jail time for waste management violations 12 Dec 2023 - 11:50 am
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