SYDNEY | Xinhua | Tens of thousands of Australians marched across Sydney’s iconic Harbor Bridge on Sunday to protest the ongoing war and famine in Gaza. The protest, organized by advocacy network the Palestine Action Group, went ahead on Sunday afternoon despite heavy rainfall. Thousands of protesters carrying Palestinian flags …
Read More »U.S. appeals court deals blow to Trump immigration crackdown
SACRAMENTO, the United States | Xinhua | A federal appeals court delivered a stinging rebuke to the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign Friday, upholding restrictions on immigration agents conducting sweeping arrests across Southern California without reasonable suspicion. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected the government’s challenge to …
Read More »Portugal to consider recognizing State of Palestine at UN in September: PM
LISBON | Xinhua | Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said on Thursday that the government intends to consult President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and all political parties represented in Parliament to consider recognizing the State of Palestine during the 80th United Nations General Assembly in September. According to a …
Read More »China’s commercial space sector gains momentum through mobile-to-satellite communication tech
BEIJING | Xinhua | China’s commercial space sector has already notched up fruitful achievements and is moving forward to an even better future, according to guest speakers on the latest episode of China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk show hosted by Xinhua News Agency. A few months ago, Chinese space …
Read More »China now prioritizing integrated development of sci-tech, industrial innovation
BEIJING | Xinhua | China is making concrete efforts in promoting the integrated development of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation, a guest speaker has told the latest episode of China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk show hosted by Xinhua News Agency. Gan Xiaobin, an official with the Ministry of …
Read More »China speeds up sci-tech, industrial innovation integration to steer high-quality development
BEIJING | Xinhua | In a Beijing medical device company, a surgical robot carefully peeled the shell of a raw quail egg without breaking the inner membrane. Meanwhile, in a commercial space facility, engineers were using 3D printing technology to produce rocket components. More than 2,000 kilometers away in south …
Read More »REPORT: Contaminated medicines pose persistent threat to children
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have jointly released a landmark report unveiling critical findings on the persistent and preventable threat of contaminated medicines which claimed the lives and compromised the health of countless patients, …
Read More »Key takeaways from 3rd round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks
MOSCOW, RUSSIA | Xinhua | After a brief third round of talks in Istanbul on Wednesday, hopes for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine remain, unsurprisingly, as frail as ever. During the 40-minute talks, Russia and Ukraine remain “quite apart from each other,” with neither side claiming a breakthrough. Yet, …
Read More »Chinese auto brand debuts 4 new models in Egypt
CAIRO | Xinhua | SOUEAST, a Chinese auto brand, unveiled four new models in Egypt on Thursday, marking a significant expansion in the African market. Held in the northern Egyptian city of Alamein, the launch featured four new models covering almost all segments of the SUV market, namely the flagship …
Read More »Israel condemns France’s decision to recognize Palestinian state
JERUSALEM | Xinhua | Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday night condemned French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state. The French president wrote on the social media platform X earlier in the night that, “consistent with its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in …
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