Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan communicate with French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron at the Col du Tourmalet in Hautes-Pyrenees Department of France, May 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei) TARBES, France | Xinhua | On the last day of Chinese President Xi …
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MOSCOW | Xinhua | Russia on Thursday held an annual military parade on Moscow’s downtown Red Square to mark the 79th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s Victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. Addressing troops and guests ahead of the parade, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid his tribute to all the …
Read More »Biden: U.S. won’t provide weapons to Israel for Rafah invasion
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | The United States will not send weapons to Israel if they are to be used in a major military operation in Rafah, in southern Gaza Strip, U.S. President Joe Biden told CNN on Wednesday. The president’s remarks were his first to address U.S. arms supply to …
Read More »TikTok sues U.S. government to block potential ban
TikTok pointed out in the petition that the law – the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act – is unconstitutional. WASHINGTON | Xinhua | TikTok, an online video entertainment platform, and its Chinese parent company ByteDance on Tuesday filed a legal challenge against the U.S. government over a …
Read More »Israeli army carries out airstrikes on eastern Rafah
GAZA | Xinhua | The Israeli army carried out on Monday airstrikes on areas in eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, said Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses. Sources and eyewitnesses told Xinhua that Israeli airstrikes created fire belts in the vicinity of Gaza Airport and on the outskirts …
Read More »Xi says China regards Europe as important dimension of its foreign policy
PARIS | Xinhua | China regards Europe as an important dimension in its major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics and an important partner on its path toward Chinese modernization, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Monday. Xi made the remarks at a China-France-EU trilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and …
Read More »Hamas to deliver final response to latest truce proposal tomorrow
GAZA | Xinhua | The delegation of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) will return to Egypt’s capital Cairo on Tuesday to deliver the movement’s “final response” to the Egyptian proposal over a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and a prisoner exchange with Israel, a Palestinian source told Xinhua on Sunday. …
Read More »4 terrorists killed in clash with police in SW Pakistan
ISLAMABAD | Xinhua | Four terrorists were killed in a clash with police on Saturday in Quetta, capital of Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, a spokesperson of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police said. The spokesperson said the incident took place on Saturday night when four terrorists riding two motorcycles …
Read More »Driver dies after vehicle crashes into White House gate
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | A vehicle traveling at high speed collided with a gate at the White House on Saturday night, leaving the driver dead, the U.S. Secret Service. “Shortly before 10:30 p.m. (1430 GMT) on May 4th,” the vehicle crashed into “an outer perimeter gate on the White House …
Read More »Displaced teachers establish “tent school” for students in Rafah
GAZA | Xinhua | Now being displaced to the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah, Nihad Badreia, a Palestinian teacher, established a “tent school” for about 600 school-age children living in a refugee camp, as the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict has deprived students of their studies for nearly seven months. “It’s too …
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