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Xi calls for efforts to push for ecological advancement

Published:May1,2022 President Xi Jinping on Wednesday planted trees in Beijing, marking the 10th year of his participation as the top leader in the annual tree-planting activity in the Chinese capital. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, …

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Xi chairs CPC top leadership meeting, stressing economic stability

Published: April 30,2022 By Chen Qingqing and Qi Xijia Photo: CFP Urges officials to guard against ‘black swan,’ ‘grey rhino’ events amid uncertainty. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Friday presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to analyze the current …

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African heads of State to attend the late Kenyan president funeral

Published:April 30,2022 By Halligan Agade   Kenya military officers carrying the casket of the late President Mwai Kibaki. /PSCU South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and his South Sudan counterpart Salva Kiir will lead foreign leaders in paying their last respects to late Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki at his State funeral in the Nyayo National Stadium on Friday. A list provided by the Ministry of Foreign …

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Multinationals express firm faith in China

Published:April29,2022 By HE WEI in Shanghai Photo taken on April 27, 2022 shows a nucleic acid testing site in Minhang District, east China’s Shanghai. [Photo/Xinhua] Global companies in Shanghai work to ensure production amid lockdown Multinational corporations in Shanghai have implemented contingency plans to maintain production as the city’s authorities …

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Ethiopia: ‘This Is the Worst Drought in Forty Years’ – Millions of Ethiopians At Risk From Failed Rains

Published:April29,2022 Getachew Dibaba / UN Ethiopia Zeineba, left, with Ethiopia UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Dr Catherine Sozi Ethiopia’s eastern Somali Region has been hit by three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, which is worsening the already deteriorating humanitarian situation for around 3.5 million people, more than half the local population. …

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Xi stresses pivotal role of infrastructure

Published: April 28,2022 By CAO DESHENG  A high-speed train runs across paddy fields in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, Oct 13, 2021. [Photo/VCG] General secretary presides over key meeting on financial, economic affairs A key Party meeting on Tuesday set the tone for comprehensively bolstering infrastructure construction nationwide, highlighting the significance of implementing such …

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UN Geneva Conference pledges $1 billion to address Horn of Africa drought

Published: April 28,2022 By Dinah Matengo Climate change landscape of drought land/Getty Images A donor conference organized in Geneva has raised 1.39 billion U.S. dollars for the Horn of Africa, where an ongoing drought threatens millions of people with severe food insecurity, the UN announced Tuesday. The money raised will go towards …

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Xi Jinping Proposes New Global Security Initiative: Will The World Give It Due Consideration?

Published: April 27,2022 By Gerald Mbanda China’s President Xi Jinping’s keynote address to Boao Asian Forum 2022, can be seen as a challenge to business as usual, even a call for the reshaping of the oft repeated world order. But it remains to be seen whether a world addicted to adversarial competition will give his vision …

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The world is watching US and China positions on Russian-Ukraine war

Published:April 26,2022 By Staff writer Since the war broke out between Russia and Ukraine  two months ago, the world is watching the role played by the two largest economies and super powers in the world to ensure that the two countries stop the war and embrace peace. The US has …

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Rwanda’s President Kagame rare visit to Uganda as ties warm

Published:April 26,2022 Rwandan President Paul Kagame. PHOTO/AFP Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame arrived in Uganda Sunday, making his first visit to the country in four years as the relationship between the two East African nations improves following long-simmering tensions. Public broadcaster Rwanda Broadcasting Agency said Kagame had arrived in Kampala to …

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