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  London, UK | AGENCIES | International health authorities and neighboring nations are closely monitoring a developing health situation in Siberia, following the death of a 28-year-old laboratory assistant that triggered strict hospital lockdowns and allegations of a state cover-up. Daria Shipilova, an employee at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of …

  Foreign tourists buy handheld camera equipment at a flagship store of DJI in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)   BEIJING | Xinhua |  Andrea Triboldi, an Italian tourist, arrived in China with a long shopping list. After landing in Shenzhen, a thriving tech hub …

BEIJING | Xinhua | China’s newly opened high-speed railway sections are expected to boost tourism, especially during holidays such as the ongoing National Day holiday, industry experts and local officials said. On Monday, China opened four major high-speed railway sections to traffic, spanning northern, northwestern, central and northeastern China, which …

COMMENT | Lyazid Benhami |  Chinese President Xi Jinping made his second state visit to the United States, 11 years after his first. China-U.S. relations are entering a new phase.  A new expression has appeared in the diplomatic vocabulary: “strategic stability”. Can it offer a new approach to managing differences …

  From Kampala to New York, Islamabad, Riyadh, Paris and Moscow, Otunnu has turned his late campaign into a diplomatic roadshow   COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | At 76, Olara Otunnu has embarked on an extraordinary diplomatic odyssey, travelling from capital to capital with former Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, …

BRUSSELS | Xinhua | Group of Seven (G7) leaders agreed Friday to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil from emergency reserves in an action coordinated through the International Energy Agency (IEA), as surging fuel prices, disrupted refined-product supplies and threatened U.S. export restrictions added pressure on global …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  China’s railway network handled 25.204 million passenger trips on Oct. 1, the first day of the week-long National Day holiday, setting a new single-day record, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (China Railway) said Friday. On Oct. 2, the railway network is expected to handle 20.39 …

    Chinese celebrate 77 years of People’s Republic, advance modernization with confidence   BEIJING | Xinhua|  Hours before dawn on Thursday, Tian’anmen Square was already alive with anticipation. More than 100,000 people from across China gathered at the heart of Beijing to watch the national flag-raising ceremony as the …

BEIJING | Xinhua | A grinning “boy” in sleek VR goggles stretches out his arm, pointing a finger forward. The plant sculpture in central Beijing has become a popular photo spot, with visitors striking the same pose as the “boy” for the camera. The sculpture is one of 10 themed …

  BEIJING | Xinhua |  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on the nation to forge ahead with firm confidence and take solid steps to achieve the great national rejuvenation. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military …