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Vladivostok, Russia | Xinhua |  Russia’s leading cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab has completed the testing of a smartphone running on its self-developed KasperskyOS operating system to collect information for further development, local media reported Monday. “KasperskyOS for Mobile was tested in accordance with the laboratory testing program, consisting of more …

Tokyo, Japan |  Xinhua |  Japanese diary giant Meiji Holdings said on Saturday it was recalling over 44,000 bottles of its packaged milk following the detection of pharmaceuticals used for the prevention of cattle diseases in the product. The affected product is the 180-milliliter bottled milk labeled “Meiji Milk,” manufactured …

New York, US | XINHUA | Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, on Friday called for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestine. “A ceasefire and an end to the fighting cannot be delayed. A ceasefire is by no means a diplomatic statement. It is the only …

New York, US | Xinhua |  Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that “nowhere and no one is safe” in Gaza, where the health system is “on its knees,” in an emergency meeting of UN Security Council Friday. The situation on the ground is grim, …

Istanbul, Turkey | Xinhua |  A ship carrying the largest health aid that Turkey has ever sent to the Gaza Strip set off on Friday, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced. A dry cargo ship carrying 51 containers of medical supplies and generators and 20 fully equipped ambulances left the …

Gaza, Palestine | Xinhua | The poverty rate in Palestine will soar by 34 percent, thrusting nearly half a million additional people into poverty, if the war in Gaza continues for a second month, warns a UN report. In such a scenario, Palestine’s gross domestic product (GDP) will plummet by …

Lisbon, Portugal | Xinhua | Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Thursday announced snap parliamentary elections for March 10, 2024, following Tuesday’s resignation of Prime Minister Antonio Costa who is under corruption investigation. In a televised national address after a meeting with the Council of State, Rebelo de Sousa said …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Xinhua |  In a historic first, Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras has succeeded in processing 100 percent soybean oil into biofuel, the company announced Wednesday. “The Riograndense Petroleum Refinery (RPR) has accomplished a historic achievement by successfully processing 100 percent soybean oil in a fluid …

Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. military on Wednesday struck a weapon storage facility in eastern Syria it believed was used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement. Austin called the operation a “precision self-defense strike,” saying …

Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua |  So far some 600 truckloads carrying 9,000 tons of aid have been sent to the Gaza Strip through a key land crossing with Egypt, an Egyptian Red Crescent official revealed Wednesday. Khaled Zayed, the relief agency’s regional head in Egypt’s North Sinai, told Xinhua that …