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SANAA, YEMEN | Xinhua | Thousands of supporters of the Yemeni Houthi rebel group held a rally in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Friday to protest the U.S.-Britain joint retaliatory airstrikes on the group’s camps. The protesters demanded a response to Friday’s pre-dawn airstrikes that heavily bombed over 60 training sites …

BERLIN, GERMANY | Xinhua |  Runner-up Bayern Munich started 2024 with a victory after Jamal Musiala’s brace helped the team move 3-0 past 10-men Hoffenheim at the curtain raiser of Bundesliga’s 17th round matches on Friday. The Bavarians controlled possession from the starting whistle but lacked in accuracy in the …

NANCHANG |  Xinhua |  A new high-speed railway connecting a series of popular tourist attractions in east China commenced full operation on Wednesday, which is poised to boost the development of tourism and other industries. The entire 560-km-long Hangzhou-Nanchang high-speed railway is now operational after the section connecting Huangshan City …

Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT | The world’s capacity to generate renewable electricity is expanding faster than at any time in the last three decades, giving it a real chance of achieving the goal of tripling global capacity by 2030 that governments set at the COP28 climate change conference last month, …

GUANGZHOU | Xinhua | Once renowned for its traditional export products like silk and tea, south China’s Guangdong Province has now emerged as a crucial global manufacturing hub as the country continues deepening reform and opening-up, prioritizing high-quality, innovation-driven and eco-friendly development. Guangdong has made remarkable progress in exporting the …

ANADYR |  TASS |  Russia has shown the whole world that it is self-sufficient in every way, President Vladimir Putin said. “The main thing that we proved to ourselves and the whole world is that Russia is a self-sufficient country in every respect. It’s strong and it’s moving forward, and …

DUBAI | TASS | Iran condemned the strikes carried out by the United States and Great Britain on positions held by the Ansar Allah (Houthi) rebel movement in Yemen as a violation of Yemen’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, according to Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani. The attacks carried out …

MOSCOW | TASS | Washington’s position on the Red Sea in the UN Security Council was only a pretext for escalation in the region, Russia condemns the US and UK strikes on facilities in Yemen, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a briefing. “We are concerned that the US …

  UNITED NATIONS | TASS | The latest resolution condemning the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea that was adopted by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) cannot be viewed as legitimizing actions by the Washington-led coalition, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said at a UNSC meeting. …

AMMAN | Xinhua |  Jordan, Egypt and Palestine stressed Wednesday their rejection of any Israeli plans to displace Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The rejection was reiterated during a trilateral summit held in Jordan’s Aqaba, where King Abdullah II of Jordan, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and …