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GAZA, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) — At least 16 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a residential home and a vehicle in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said on Friday. Local Palestinian sources and eyewitnesses told Xinhua that Israeli warplanes…

VIENTIANE, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — The China Cultural Center in Laos and the Faculty of Letters of the National University of Laos (NUOL) have hosted a poetry event to promote the Chinese language and celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, one…

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — Iranian lawmakers on Wednesday approved all of President Masoud Pezeshkian’s cabinet picks, the official news agency IRNA reported. The voting was conducted in an open parliamentary session in the Iranian capital Tehran, following a five-day…

NEW DELHI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — Veteran leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, who is also a former Chief Minister of India’s West Bengal state, died Thursday in the state’s capital Kolkata. The 80-year-old died at…

BAGHDAD, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani said on Sunday that de-escalation in the Middle East depends solely on halting the aggression in Gaza and preventing its expansion into Lebanon. The prime minister made the remarks…

UNITED NATIONS, July 24 (Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) — the world’s target of zero hunger — “is off track.” In a video message to the…