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KIEV | Xinhua | Former Ukrainian parliament speaker Andriy Parubiy was shot dead on Saturday in the western city of Lviv, Ukrainian authorities said. The Ukrainian Prosecutor General Office said that an unidentified gunman opened fire and killed the 54-year-old politician on the spot. Police are searching for the suspect, …

MOSCOW, RUSSIA | Xinhua | Russia and China will continue to work together to ensure the prosperity of the two great nations, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. In a written interview with Xinhua on the eve of his visit to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Tianjin …

  BEIJING | Xinhua |  Leaders from more than 20 countries and heads of 10 international organizations will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025, which will be held in Tianjin from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin said on Friday. This will be the …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of air delivered munitions and related equipment to Ukraine for an estimated cost of 825 million U.S. dollars. The principal contractors will be Zone 5 Technologies and CoAspire, and the U.S. government is not aware …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has briefed the Diplomatic Corps in Kampala about Uganda’s decision to submit her candidature for the chairmanship of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) Council of Administration for the 2025–2029 cycle. The event, presided over by Amb. John L. Mugerwa, …

  COMMENT | NANCY QIAN |  During the summer, one would expect mothers of rising sixth-graders to try to make whatever time they get to spend with their children as fun and relaxing as possible. Unfortunately, this is not the case in China, where mothers of rising middle-schoolers, and the children …

GUIYANG, CHINA | Xinhua | The karst mountains of Guizhou Province in southwest China feature ravines so deep that locals call them “the Earth’s cracks.” At Huajiang Town, the Beipan River carves one such gorge, a relic of Triassic seas, etched into limestone cliffs, which once marked the limits of …

GAZA, PALESTINE | Xinhua | Children in the Gaza Strip, making up roughly half of the population, are among the most vulnerable during the ongoing conflict. What difficulties are they facing? How will they endure the spread of famine and subsequent trauma? Struggle for survival Gaza records about 130 births …

NEW YORK, the United States | Xinhua | For many Americans, the day doesn’t begin without a cup of coffee. But a new round of tariffs on coffee imports may soon make that daily ritual cost more. Coffee prices in the United States jumped 14.5 percent in July from a …

COMMENT | Lenny Mendonca, Laura Tyson |  At the explicit request of President Donald Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is pursuing an unorthodox mid-decade redistricting of the state’s congressional map to ensure that Republicans win five additional seats in the next election. This brazenly partisan move is yet another example of …