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BERLIN | Xinhua |  Germany’s new citizenship law took effect on Thursday, enabling quicker naturalization and allowing multiple passports. A central election promise of the current government, the reform allows naturalization after five years instead of eight, provided that applicants demonstrate successful integration, proficiency in German, and financial independence while …

TEHRAN | Xinhua |  Spokesman for Iran’s Constitutional Council Hadi Tahan Nazif said on Thursday that nearly 59,000 polling stations have been set up in more than 95 states for the country’s 14th presidential election, scheduled for Friday. He made the remarks at a press conference in the Iranian capital …

NEW YORK, U.S.A | TASS | During televised debates with his election rival, former US President Donald Trump dodged the question on whether we was ready recognize Palestine as a sovereign country to settle the Middle East conflict. “I’d have to see,” he said. In his opinion, Biden fails to …

ATLANTA, the United States | Xinhua|  U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump took the stage at CNN’s Atlanta studio Thursday night for the first presidential debate of the 2024 election. Without shaking hands, Democratic incumbent Biden and his Republican rival Trump engaged in fierce exchanges that lasted …

MOSCOW | Xinhua | Changes may be made to the Russian nuclear doctrine in light of the Ukrainian conflict, local media reported Thursday, citing Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. Ryabkov said “further clarifications” would probably be made to the doctrine to reflect the experience from the Ukrainian conflict “when …

ROME, ITALY | Xinhua | The entire Gaza Strip is at high risk of famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned on Wednesday. The alarm was raised as a new report has shown that almost the entire population is facing “acute food insecurity, with 1 …

LA PAZ | Xinhua | The attorney general’s office of Bolivia has accused former general commander of the Army Juan Jose Zuniga of terrorism and armed rebellion, following a failed coup against President Luis Arce on Wednesday, according to media reports. The office issued a warrant for Zuniga’s arrest after …

MOSCOW, Russia | TASS | Russia supplied more than 10,000 tons of pork products to China, including about 6,800 tons of pork and about 3,200 tons of pork by-products, Russian agricultural watchdog reported. “As of June 24, 2024, more than 10,000 tons of pork products were exported to China. In …

BEIJING, June 26 | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh in Beijing on Wednesday. Chinh is in China to attend the 2024 Summer Davos. Xi asked Chinh to convey his cordial greetings to Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist …

Chinese and American peoples can transcend differences in system, culture and language to forge deep friendships. BEIJING | Xinhua | For years, “Kuliang,” a word uttered by Milton Gardner on his deathbed, had remained a puzzle for his wife, Elizabeth Gardner. She knew that it was a place in China …