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BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | Global trade in services is accelerating its shift toward greener and smarter development, with green technologies and environmental solutions emerging as new growth drivers and creating broader opportunities for international cooperation. At the ongoing China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, new-type …

Deforestation-induced warming linked to 28,000 deaths a year SPECIAL FEATURE | Xilena Pinedo | Halting deforestation is not just an environmental issue but also a public health imperative, say researchers after a study found compelling evidence on the rise in heat deaths linked to tree loss. The study published in Nature …

LONDON | Xinhua |  U.S. President Donald Trump’s second state visit to Britain wrapped up Thursday night in royal pomp and friendly rhetoric. But showy ceremonies could not hide the gaps in results: while a splashy technology deal and new investment pledges drew concerns, trade rows persisted, and the split …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees in a single vote after Republicans changed the rules to allow batch approvals. The Republican-controlled Senate approved a slew of Trump picks by a 51-47 party-line vote, including several ambassadorial appointments. Former Fox News …

  COMMENT | RUBY OSMAN & DAN SLEAT | Much has changed since Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin last stood together atop Tiananmen Square in 2015. When they did so again this week, it was supposedly as equal partners. But, of course, the reality is far …

BERLIN, CHINA | Xinhua | Remembering is more than an act of reflection but a responsibility, said Christoph Reinhardt, the great-grandson of John Rabe, a German remembered for protecting hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians during the Nanjing Massacre in 1937. “If we lose touch with the past, we lose …

  WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  The American Broadcasting Company (ABC), one of the major television networks in the United States, announced Wednesday that it has suspended the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show “indefinitely” after controversial comments by its host about the conservative activist and influencer Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot …

    How America and her so called allies became arrogant to the point of missing the massive shifts in global power THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | The recently concluded Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in Tianjin, China, attracted a lot of attention on both traditional and social …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  When millions of educators in China celebrated Teachers’ Day last week, they did with sincere greetings from President Xi Jinping. Xi, in a reply letter to eight rural teachers, commended the dedication of about 1.2 million college graduates who have participated in a national program to …

LONDON | Xinhua | Merely one week after the resignation of his deputy, Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday had to dismiss another senior government figure — Peter Mandelson, Britain’s ambassador to the United States — whose political acumen was seen as a valuable asset in strengthening the country’s ties …