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BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua/APP): A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Sunday said Taiwan’s New Party has made positive contributions to promoting the peaceful development of relations across the Taiwan Strait and advancing peaceful reunification of the motherland. Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 (APP):A United Nations-chartered vessel should soon arrive at the Ukrainian port of Yuzhny to collect wheat that will help feed millions of hungry people in the Horn of Africa, the World Food Programme (WFP), a Rome-based UN agency, reported Saturday. This […]

Mérida, Venezuela, Aug 13 (AFP/APP): Henry La Cruz jumps off his motorbike, darts to a young man and grabs hold of him just before he leaps from a viaduct. The 42-year-old firefighter who works in the Venezuelan state of Merida, the region of the country […]

Freetown, Aug 13 (AFP/APP):The president of Sierra Leone blamed deadly protests this week on opposition parties, claiming Friday night that his political rivals had attempted to overthrow his government in a “premeditated” insurrection. On Wednesday, a demonstration organised by women to draw attention to inflation […]

MUNICH – August 12 (ONLINE) Dozens of people were injured on a ride at an amusement park in Germany on Thursday, police said. The incident occurred at a Legoland park in Günzburg in Bavaria shortly before 2 p.m. local time, when two trains on a […]

Baghdad, Aug 12 (AFP/APP): Supporters of Iraq’s pro-Iran Coordination Framework began their own Baghdad sit-in Friday in riposte to a sit-in outside parliament by the rival Sadrist movement launched two weeks ago. In a statement read out to thousands of supporters gathered on one of […]

SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Xinhua/APP): South Korea’s state-run power plant operator hit a record operating loss in the first half of this year due to higher fuel costs, the company said Friday. The Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) posted an operating loss of 14.3 trillion won […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 12 (APP): Despite an unprecedented scale-up in assistance in Afghanistan over the past year, immense needs still exist and the future looks bleak, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Thursday. Following the Taliban takeover last August, UN agencies and their […]

Agujita , Mexico, Aug 11 (AFP/APP):Rescuers trying to enter a flooded Mexican coal mine where 10 workers have been trapped for more than a week have encountered obstructions blocking their advance, authorities said Thursday. A soldier wearing a helmet and military fatigues and equipped with […]

Kabul, Aug 11 (AFP/APP): A senior Taliban cleric known for his fiery speeches against the Islamic State (IS) was killed Thursday at his madrassa in the Afghan capital in a suicide attack claimed by the jihadist group. Rahimullah Haqqani, who had recently spoken publicly in […]