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$(240530) -- LJUBLJANA, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 29, 2024 shows a piece of the Chinese interior wooden decoration, which has been restored by Chinese experts from China\'s Palace Museum, during the exhibition of Ivan Skusek\'s collection at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum in Ljubljana, Slovenia. TO GO WITH "Feature: Slovenian collector\'s Chinese museum dream fulfilled as artifacts debut" (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic\/Xinhua$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

SLOVENIA-LJUBLJANA-SLOVENIAN COLLECTOR-CHINESE ART

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(240530) -- LJUBLJANA, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 29, 2024 shows a piece of the Chinese interior wooden decoration, which has been restored by Chinese experts from China's Palace Museum, during the exhibition of Ivan Skusek's collection at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum in Ljubljana, Slovenia. TO GO WITH "Feature: Slovenian collector's Chinese museum dream fulfilled as artifacts debut" (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua

$(240530) -- BUCHAREST, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A visitor holds her child while looking at books on display during the opening day of the 17th edition of Bookfest, an international book fair, in Bucharest, Romania, May 29, 2024. The five-day event attracts about 200 exhibitors. (Photo by Cristian Cristel\/Xinhua$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-BOOKFEST FAIR

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(240530) -- BUCHAREST, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A visitor holds her child while looking at books on display during the opening day of the 17th edition of Bookfest, an international book fair, in Bucharest, Romania, May 29, 2024. The five-day event attracts about 200 exhibitors. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua

$(240530) -- BEIJING, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A sea-borne variant of commercial rocket CERES-1 carrying a group of four satellites blasts off from the waters surrounding the east China\'s Shandong Province, May 29, 2024. China on Wednesday sent a sea-launched rocket into space from the waters surrounding the eastern province of Shandong, placing a group of four satellites into planned orbit. (Photo by Li Chao\/Xinhua$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

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(240530) -- BEIJING, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A sea-borne variant of commercial rocket CERES-1 carrying a group of four satellites blasts off from the waters surrounding the east China's Shandong Province, May 29, 2024. China on Wednesday sent a sea-launched rocket into space from the waters surrounding the eastern province of Shandong, placing a group of four satellites into planned orbit. (Photo by Li Chao/Xinhua

$(240530) -- ATHENS, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (L) welcomes Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who is on an official visit to Athens, at the Prime Minister\'s Office in Athens, Greece on May 29, 2024. Greece and Qatar on Wednesday pledged to strengthen cooperation in many sectors, with emphasis on the economic front, reported Greek national broadcaster ERT. (Xinhua\/Marios Lolos$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

GREECE-PM-QATAR-EMIR-MEETING

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(240530) -- ATHENS, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (L) welcomes Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who is on an official visit to Athens, at the Prime Minister's Office in Athens, Greece on May 29, 2024. Greece and Qatar on Wednesday pledged to strengthen cooperation in many sectors, with emphasis on the economic front, reported Greek national broadcaster ERT. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos

$(240530) -- BANGKOK, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shohrat Zakir, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of China\'s National People\'s Congress (NPC), meets with Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa in Bangkok, Thailand, May 29, 2024. Shohrat Zakir visited Thailand from May 28 to May 30, at the invitation of Thailand\'s National Assembly. During the visit, he met separately with Thailand\'s National Assembly President and Speaker of the House of Representatives Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, Vice President of the National Assembly and President of the Senate Pornpetch Wichitcholchai, and Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa. (Xinhua\/Rachen Sageamsak$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

THAILAND-BANGKOK-CHINA-SHOHRAT ZAKIR-VISIT

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(240530) -- BANGKOK, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shohrat Zakir, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), meets with Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa in Bangkok, Thailand, May 29, 2024. Shohrat Zakir visited Thailand from May 28 to May 30, at the invitation of Thailand's National Assembly. During the visit, he met separately with Thailand's National Assembly President and Speaker of the House of Representatives Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, Vice President of the National Assembly and President of the Senate Pornpetch Wichitcholchai, and Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak

$(240530) -- ATHENS, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Olympiacos\' Kostas Fortounis lifts the trophy after winning the Conference League final soccer match between Olympiacos FC and ACF Fiorentina at OPAP Arena in Athens, Greece, Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Photo by Panagiotis Moschandreou\/Xinhua$

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May 30, 2024 06:00 AM

(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-FOOTBALL-CONFERENCE LEAGUE FINAL

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(240530) -- ATHENS, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Olympiacos' Kostas Fortounis lifts the trophy after winning the Conference League final soccer match between Olympiacos FC and ACF Fiorentina at OPAP Arena in Athens, Greece, Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Photo by Panagiotis Moschandreou/Xinhua

$(240530) -- PARIS, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Iga Swiatek hits a return during the women\'s singles second round match between Iga Swiatek of Poland and Osaka Naomi of Japan at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros, Paris, France, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Meng Dingbo$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

(SP)FRANCE-PARIS-TENNIS-FRENCH OPEN-WOMEN'S SINGLE

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(240530) -- PARIS, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Iga Swiatek hits a return during the women's singles second round match between Iga Swiatek of Poland and Osaka Naomi of Japan at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros, Paris, France, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo

$(240529) -- MANAMA, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- President of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa is pictured in Manama, Bahrain, on May 27, 2024. The president of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) has hailed the growing ties and cultural exchanges between Bahrain and China. (Xinhua\/Wang Haizhou) TO GO WITH Interview: Bahraini official highlights cultural bonds with$

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May 30, 2024 06:00 AM

BAHRAIN-MANAMA-BACA-PRESIDENT-INTERVIEW

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(240529) -- MANAMA, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- President of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa is pictured in Manama, Bahrain, on May 27, 2024. The president of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) has hailed the growing ties and cultural exchanges between Bahrain and China. (Xinhua/Wang Haizhou) TO GO WITH Interview: Bahraini official highlights cultural bonds with

$(240529) -- JERUSALEM, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 29, 2024 shows the entrance of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in east Jerusalem. The Israel Land Authority on Wednesday ordered the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to vacate state-owned buildings and lands in Jerusalem and pay it millions of shekels for improper use and breach of contract, the Israeli news website Ynet reported. (Photo by Jamal Awad\/Xinhua$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-UNRWA

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(240529) -- JERUSALEM, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 29, 2024 shows the entrance of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in east Jerusalem. The Israel Land Authority on Wednesday ordered the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to vacate state-owned buildings and lands in Jerusalem and pay it millions of shekels for improper use and breach of contract, the Israeli news website Ynet reported. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua

$(240529) -- ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Israeli troops are seen near the border with Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, on May 29, 2024. The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that it has gained full operational control of the Philadelphi Corridor, a strip of land along the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by Jamal Awad\/Xinhua$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

ISRAEL-GAZA-BORDER-TROOPS

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(240529) -- ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Israeli troops are seen near the border with Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, on May 29, 2024. The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that it has gained full operational control of the Philadelphi Corridor, a strip of land along the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua

$(240529) -- LOS ANGELES, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 29, 2024 shows a 99 Cents Only store in El Monte, Los Angeles, California, the United States. The U.S. discount variety store chain Dollar Tree announced Wednesday that it acquired designation rights for 170 leases of rival bankrupt 99 Cents Only Stores across Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas. (Photo by Zeng Hui\/Xinhua$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

U.S.-LOS ANGELES-DOLLAR TREE-99 CENTS ONLY STORES-

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(240529) -- LOS ANGELES, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 29, 2024 shows a 99 Cents Only store in El Monte, Los Angeles, California, the United States. The U.S. discount variety store chain Dollar Tree announced Wednesday that it acquired designation rights for 170 leases of rival bankrupt 99 Cents Only Stores across Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua

$(240529) -- ANTANANARIVO, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A voter registers at a polling station in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on May 29, 2024. The parliamentary election in Madagascar took place on Wednesday, with citizens voting to elect 163 deputies to the National Assembly. (Xinhua\/Sitraka Rajaonarison$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

MADAGASCAR-ANTANANARIVO-PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

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(240529) -- ANTANANARIVO, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A voter registers at a polling station in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on May 29, 2024. The parliamentary election in Madagascar took place on Wednesday, with citizens voting to elect 163 deputies to the National Assembly. (Xinhua/Sitraka Rajaonarison

$(240529) -- ASSAM (INDIA), May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Villagers stand in flood water after heavy rains following the landfall of Cyclone Remal in Nagaon district, Assam, northeastern India, on May 29, 2024. Storms and rainfall-induced landslides triggered in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal killed at least 32 people and injured many others across India\'s West Bengal and four northeastern states, officials said Tuesday. (Str\/Xinhua$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

INDIA-ASSAM-CYCLONE REMAL-FLOODS

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(240529) -- ASSAM (INDIA), May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Villagers stand in flood water after heavy rains following the landfall of Cyclone Remal in Nagaon district, Assam, northeastern India, on May 29, 2024. Storms and rainfall-induced landslides triggered in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal killed at least 32 people and injured many others across India's West Bengal and four northeastern states, officials said Tuesday. (Str/Xinhua

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Algeria\'s Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad Ahmed Attaf, who is in China for the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Yin Bogu$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-ALGERIAN FM-MEETING (CN)

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Algeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad Ahmed Attaf, who is in China for the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, who is in China for the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Yin Bogu$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-MOROCCAN FM-MEETING (CN)

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, who is in China for the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, who is in China for the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Yan Yan$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-ARAB LEAGUE-GHEIT-MEETING (C

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, who is in China for the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Yan Yan

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, who is in China for the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Yan Yan$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-SYRIAN FM-MEETING (CN)

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, who is in China for the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Yan Yan

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Mauritania\'s minister of foreign affairs, cooperation and Mauritanians abroad Mohamed Salem Ould Merzouk, who is in China for the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Pang Xinglei$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-MAURITANIA-FM-MEETING (CN)

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Mauritania's minister of foreign affairs, cooperation and Mauritanians abroad Mohamed Salem Ould Merzouk, who is in China for the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein, who is in China for the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Yin Bogu$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-IRAQ-DEPUTY PM-MEETING (CN)

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein, who is in China for the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, prime minister and foreign minister of the Government of National Unity of Libya, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. Dbeibah is here to attend the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum. (Xinhua\/Yin Bogu$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-LIBYA-MEETING (CN)

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, prime minister and foreign minister of the Government of National Unity of Libya, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. Dbeibah is here to attend the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu

$(240529) -- SHAOXING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attends a conference on building high-quality rural roads in Shaoxing, east China\'s Zhejiang Province, May 29, 2024. He conveyed Xi Jinping\'s instruction on Wednesday at the conference. (Xinhua\/Jiang Han$

May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-ZHEJIANG-SHAOXING-HE LIFENG-RURAL ROADS-CONF

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(240529) -- SHAOXING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attends a conference on building high-quality rural roads in Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 29, 2024. He conveyed Xi Jinping's instruction on Wednesday at the conference. (Xinhua/Jiang Han

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, prime minister and foreign minister of the Government of National Unity of Libya, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. Dbeibah is here to attend the opening ceremony of the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum. (Xinhua\/Rao Aimin$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-LI QIANG-LIBYAN PM-MEETING (CN)

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, prime minister and foreign minister of the Government of National Unity of Libya, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. Dbeibah is here to attend the opening ceremony of the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin

$(240530) -- WAKISO, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A healthcare worker uses solar energy powered medical equipment at Ndejje Health Center IV in the central Ugandan district of Wakiso, on May 23, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese solar products, technology benefit local hospital in Uganda" (Photo by Joseph Kiggundu\/Xinhua$

May 23, 2024 06:00 AM

UGANDA-WAKISO-HOSPITAL-CHINESE SOLAR PRODUCTS

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(240530) -- WAKISO, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A healthcare worker uses solar energy powered medical equipment at Ndejje Health Center IV in the central Ugandan district of Wakiso, on May 23, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese solar products, technology benefit local hospital in Uganda" (Photo by Joseph Kiggundu/Xinhua

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Malaysia\'s Deputy Prime Minister I and Minister of Rural and Regional Development Dato\' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Rao Aimin$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-LI QIANG-MALAYSIA-DEPUTY PM-MEETING

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister I and Minister of Rural and Regional Development Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin

$(240529) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Souvenirs themed with giant pandas are seen at Smithsonian\'s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 29, 2024. The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., announced Wednesday it will receive two giant panda cubs, one male and one female, from China by the end of the year. (Xinhua\/Liu Jie$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-NATIONAL ZOO-PANDAS

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(240529) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Souvenirs themed with giant pandas are seen at Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 29, 2024. The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., announced Wednesday it will receive two giant panda cubs, one male and one female, from China by the end of the year. (Xinhua/Liu Jie

$(240529) -- LUXOR, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 8, 2024 shows the relic of a chapel at the excavation site of the Montu Temple in Luxor, Egypt. The Montu Temple, located at the Karnak Temple Complex of Egypt\'s monument-rich city of Luxor, was dedicated to the worship of Montu, a falcon-headed war god. Since late 2018, the first Egyptian-Chinese archaeological mission has been working seasonally at the Karnak Temple Complex, inspiring many Egyptian and Chinese experts to strengthen related cooperation. After nearly six years of joint efforts by Chinese and Egyptian archaeologists, the excavation of the once-abandoned Montu Temple, has achieved fruitful results. (Xinhua\/Sui Xiankai$

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May 18, 2024 06:00 AM

BRI Stories | Ancient temple excavation gains prog

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(240529) -- LUXOR, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 8, 2024 shows the relic of a chapel at the excavation site of the Montu Temple in Luxor, Egypt. The Montu Temple, located at the Karnak Temple Complex of Egypt's monument-rich city of Luxor, was dedicated to the worship of Montu, a falcon-headed war god. Since late 2018, the first Egyptian-Chinese archaeological mission has been working seasonally at the Karnak Temple Complex, inspiring many Egyptian and Chinese experts to strengthen related cooperation. After nearly six years of joint efforts by Chinese and Egyptian archaeologists, the excavation of the once-abandoned Montu Temple, has achieved fruitful results. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai

$(240529) -- CAPE TOWN, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People wait in line to cast their ballots at a voting station in Khayelitsha of Cape Town, South Africa, on May 29, 2024. South Africans began to cast their ballots on Wednesday morning in the country\'s 2024 general elections. (Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela\/Xinhua$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-ELECTION-VOTING

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(240529) -- CAPE TOWN, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People wait in line to cast their ballots at a voting station in Khayelitsha of Cape Town, South Africa, on May 29, 2024. South Africans began to cast their ballots on Wednesday morning in the country's 2024 general elections. (Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela/Xinhua

$(240529) -- HOTAN, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on May 29, 2024 shows a rider racing during the 7th stage of the 2024 Taklimakan Rally in northwest China\'s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua\/Chen Shuo$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

(SP)CHINA-HOTAN-TAKLIMAKAN RALLY-7TH STAGE (CN)

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(240529) -- HOTAN, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on May 29, 2024 shows a rider racing during the 7th stage of the 2024 Taklimakan Rally in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People\'s Congress Standing Committee, meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Li Tao$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-ZHAO LEJI-EGYPT-PRESIDENT-MEETING (C

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Tao

$(240529) -- ST. JOHN\'S, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Representative of the Chinese government and Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu speaks at the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States in St. John\'s, capital of Antigua and Barbuda, May 28, 2024. China called for pooling strengths for the development and common prosperity of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) at a United Nations (UN) conference on Tuesday. (Xinhua\/Li Muzi$

May 28, 2024 06:00 AM

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA-ST. JOHN'S-CHINA-MA ZHAOXU-SMA

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(240529) -- ST. JOHN'S, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Representative of the Chinese government and Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu speaks at the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States in St. John's, capital of Antigua and Barbuda, May 28, 2024. China called for pooling strengths for the development and common prosperity of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) at a United Nations (UN) conference on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Li Muzi

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Xu Zhuoyi of China celebrates after winning the men\'s 110m hurdles final at the 2024 National Athletics Grand Prix (5th) in southwest China\'s Chongqing, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Huang Wei$

May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

(SP)XINHUA SPORTS TOPSHOT (CN)

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Xu Zhuoyi of China celebrates after winning the men's 110m hurdles final at the 2024 National Athletics Grand Prix (5th) in southwest China's Chongqing, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Huang Wei

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the square outside the east gate of the Great Hall of the People before their talks in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. Xi held talks with Sisi at the Great Hall of the People on Wednesday. Sisi, who is in China on a state visit, will attend the opening ceremony of the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum. (Xinhua\/Liu Weibing$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-XI JINPING-EGYPT-PRESIDENT-TALKS (CN

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the square outside the east gate of the Great Hall of the People before their talks in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. Xi held talks with Sisi at the Great Hall of the People on Wednesday. Sisi, who is in China on a state visit, will attend the opening ceremony of the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing

$(240529) -- GAZA, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Medical workers take care of a baby transferred from Rafah, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza Strip, on May 29, 2024. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad\/Xinhua$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

MIDEAST-GAZA-HOSPITAL-BABY

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(240529) -- GAZA, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Medical workers take care of a baby transferred from Rafah, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza Strip, on May 29, 2024. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People\'s Congress Standing Committee, holds talks with Natalia Kochanova, chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Zhang Ling$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-ZHAO LEJI-BELARUSIAN PARLIAMENTARY L

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, holds talks with Natalia Kochanova, chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling

$(240529) -- MANILA, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Third placed team the Philippines celebrate during the awarding ceremony of the Asian Women\'s Volleyball Challenge Cup 2024 in Manila, the Philippines, on May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Rouelle Umali$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA-VOLLEYBALL-ASIAN WOMEN'

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(240529) -- MANILA, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Third placed team the Philippines celebrate during the awarding ceremony of the Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup 2024 in Manila, the Philippines, on May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali

$(240529) -- CHONGQING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Uno Shoto (R) of Japan competes during the men\'s 200m final at the 2nd edition Belt and Road Invitational Athletics Meeting in southwest China\'s Chongqing, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Huang Wei$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

(SP)CHINA-CHONGQING-ATHLETICS-BELT AND ROAD INVITA

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(240529) -- CHONGQING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Uno Shoto (R) of Japan competes during the men's 200m final at the 2nd edition Belt and Road Invitational Athletics Meeting in southwest China's Chongqing, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Huang Wei

$(240529) -- MANILA, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sana Anarkulova (L) of Kazakhstan competes during the final match between Vietnam and Kazakhstan at the Asian Women\'s Volleyball Challenge Cup 2024 in Manila, the Philippines, on May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Rouelle Umali$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA-VOLLEYBALL-ASIAN WOMEN'

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(240529) -- MANILA, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sana Anarkulova (L) of Kazakhstan competes during the final match between Vietnam and Kazakhstan at the Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup 2024 in Manila, the Philippines, on May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People\'s Congress Standing Committee, meets with Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Li Tao$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-ZHAO LEJI-EQUATORIAL GUINEA-PRESIDEN

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, meets with Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Tao

$(240529) -- LUSAKA, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Garry Nkombo, Zambia\'s minister of local government and rural development, delivers a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Zambia-China Friendship Road in Lusaka, Zambia, May 27, 2024. TO GO WITH "Chinese envoy hails "unbreakable" ties with Zambia" (Photo by Wang Chunyan\/Xinhua$

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May 27, 2024 06:00 AM

ZAMBIA-LUSAKA-CHINA-FRIENDSHIP ROAD-GROUNDBREAKING

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(240529) -- LUSAKA, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Garry Nkombo, Zambia's minister of local government and rural development, delivers a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Zambia-China Friendship Road in Lusaka, Zambia, May 27, 2024. TO GO WITH "Chinese envoy hails "unbreakable" ties with Zambia" (Photo by Wang Chunyan/Xinhua

$(240529) -- JOHANNESBURG, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People wait in line at a polling station in Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa, on May 29, 2024. South Africans began to cast their ballots on Wednesday morning in the country\'s 2024 general elections. (Xinhua\/Zhang Yudong$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

SOUTH AFRICA-JOHANNESBURG-ELECTION-VOTING

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(240529) -- JOHANNESBURG, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People wait in line at a polling station in Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa, on May 29, 2024. South Africans began to cast their ballots on Wednesday morning in the country's 2024 general elections. (Xinhua/Zhang Yudong

$(240529) -- LIUZHOU, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo shows trucks transporting containers at a railway container terminal in Qinzhou, south China\'s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2024. In recent years, Guangxi has sought open, ocean-oriented development opportunities so as to make greater achievements in promoting high-quality development. Guangxi is an important gateway for China\'s opening-up and its cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, and a pivotal hub along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor. Launched in 2017, the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor is a trade and logistics passage jointly built by provincial-level regions in western China and ASEAN members, which has greatly empowered Guangxi\'s economic transformation and promoted its economic growth. (Xinhua\/Zhang Ailin$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-LAND-SEA-TRADE CO

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(240529) -- LIUZHOU, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo shows trucks transporting containers at a railway container terminal in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2024. In recent years, Guangxi has sought open, ocean-oriented development opportunities so as to make greater achievements in promoting high-quality development. Guangxi is an important gateway for China's opening-up and its cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, and a pivotal hub along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor. Launched in 2017, the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor is a trade and logistics passage jointly built by provincial-level regions in western China and ASEAN members, which has greatly empowered Guangxi's economic transformation and promoted its economic growth. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Li Hongzhong, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice chairman of the National People\'s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presides over an NPC Standing Committee meeting on an enforcement inspection of the Yellow River Protection Law and delivers a speech at the meeting in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Ding Lin$

May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-LI HONGZHONG-NPC-MEETING-YELLOW RIVE

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Li Hongzhong, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presides over an NPC Standing Committee meeting on an enforcement inspection of the Yellow River Protection Law and delivers a speech at the meeting in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Ding Lin

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chen Wenqing, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, speaks at a national conference on public security work in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Zhai Jianlan$

May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-CHEN WENQING-NATIONAL CONFERENCE-PUB

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chen Wenqing, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, speaks at a national conference on public security work in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan

$(240529) -- MANILA, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Thea Allison Gagate (L) of the Philippines competes against Cassandra Dodd (C) of Australia during the bronze medal match between the Philippines and Australia at the Asian Women\'s Volleyball Challenge Cup 2024 in Manila, the Philippines, on May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Rouelle Umali$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA-VOLLEYBALL-ASIAN WOMEN'

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(240529) -- MANILA, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Thea Allison Gagate (L) of the Philippines competes against Cassandra Dodd (C) of Australia during the bronze medal match between the Philippines and Australia at the Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup 2024 in Manila, the Philippines, on May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali

$(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Equatorial Guinean president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who is in China on a state visit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Ding Haitao$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

CHINA-BEIJING-LI QIANG-EQUATORIAL GUINEA-PRESIDENT

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(240529) -- BEIJING, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Equatorial Guinean president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who is in China on a state visit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao

$(240529) -- UNITED NATIONS, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- China\'s permanent representative to the United Nations Fu Cong speaks at a United Nations (UN) Security Council High-Level Debate on the Maintenance of International Peace and Security: The Role of Women and Young People at the UN headquarters in New York, on May 28, 2024. Fu on Tuesday called for efforts to protect the safety of women and youth at the Security Council meeting on the subject. (Xinhua\/Xie E$

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May 28, 2024 06:00 AM

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-WOMEN-YOUTH-PROTECTION

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(240529) -- UNITED NATIONS, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- China's permanent representative to the United Nations Fu Cong speaks at a United Nations (UN) Security Council High-Level Debate on the Maintenance of International Peace and Security: The Role of Women and Young People at the UN headquarters in New York, on May 28, 2024. Fu on Tuesday called for efforts to protect the safety of women and youth at the Security Council meeting on the subject. (Xinhua/Xie E

$(240529) -- MACAO, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Italy\'s Marina Lubian (top) spikes the ball during the preliminary match between Italy and France at the Women\'s Volleyball Nations League 2024 Macao in Macao, south China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua\/Cheong Kam Ka$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

(SP)CHINA-MACAO-VOLLEYBALL-WOMEN'S NATIONS LEAGUE

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(240529) -- MACAO, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Italy's Marina Lubian (top) spikes the ball during the preliminary match between Italy and France at the Women's Volleyball Nations League 2024 Macao in Macao, south China, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka

$(240529) -- KHULNA, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People fish in a flooding river in Khulna, Bangladesh, May 28, 2024. At least 10 people were killed as Cyclone Remal slammed Bangladesh\'s coastlines and weakened to a tropical depression, said the country\'s State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Mohibur Rahman on Monday. (Xinhua$

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May 28, 2024 06:00 AM

BANGLADESH-KHULNA-CYCLONE-REMAL-AFTERMATH

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(240529) -- KHULNA, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People fish in a flooding river in Khulna, Bangladesh, May 28, 2024. At least 10 people were killed as Cyclone Remal slammed Bangladesh's coastlines and weakened to a tropical depression, said the country's State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Mohibur Rahman on Monday. (Xinhua

$(240529) -- RIZHAO, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A sea-borne variant of commercial rocket CERES-1 carrying a group of four satellites blasts off from the waters surrounding the east China\'s Shandong Province, May 29, 2024. China on Wednesday sent a sea-launched rocket into space from the waters surrounding the eastern province of Shandong, placing a group of four satellites into planned orbit. The launch vehicle, a sea-borne variant of commercial rocket CERES-1, blasted off at 4:12 p.m. (Beijing Time). The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted this offshore mission. (Photo by Xie Jixiao\/Xinhua$

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May 29, 2024 06:00 AM

(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SHANDONG-COMMERCIAL ROCKET-SATELL

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(240529) -- RIZHAO, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A sea-borne variant of commercial rocket CERES-1 carrying a group of four satellites blasts off from the waters surrounding the east China's Shandong Province, May 29, 2024. China on Wednesday sent a sea-launched rocket into space from the waters surrounding the eastern province of Shandong, placing a group of four satellites into planned orbit. The launch vehicle, a sea-borne variant of commercial rocket CERES-1, blasted off at 4:12 p.m. (Beijing Time). The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted this offshore mission. (Photo by Xie Jixiao/Xinhua

$(240529) -- BEIJING\/BRUSSELS, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Visitors take photos of exhibits at the China International Conference for the Cooperation on the Premium Geographical Indication Brands 2023 in Tangshan, north China\'s Hebei Province, Oct. 24, 2023. (Photo by Wang Zhitong\/Xinhua$

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Oct 24, 2023 06:00 AM

Xinhua Headlines: Shared passion for delicacies fu

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(240529) -- BEIJING/BRUSSELS, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Visitors take photos of exhibits at the China International Conference for the Cooperation on the Premium Geographical Indication Brands 2023 in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, Oct. 24, 2023. (Photo by Wang Zhitong/Xinhua