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UNITED NATIONS, Apr 12 (APP): United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has called for a transformation in education as she addressed a high-level education event organized by the European Union during a visit to Brussels on Thursday. With education in crisis around the world leaving […]

BEIJING, April 12 (APP): China will continue to play a constructive role in resolving the Middle East issue on its own merits and contribute to cooling down the situation, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said on Friday. The Chinese side calls on all parties […]

New York, April 9 (Online): The US is aiming to halt the development of the Russian energy sector, including a major new LNG project in the Arctic, senior State Department official Geoffrey Pyatt has said. Speaking at a Financial Times summit on Monday, Pyatt stated […]

BEIJING, Apr 11 (APP): Over 70 foreign diplomats from 49 countries attended a conference held in Beijing to learn about economic and social development and human rights protection achievements in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Ambassadors delivering speeches gave positive comments on Xinjiang and […]

BEIJING, Apr 10 (APP): The inaugural cohort of visiting scholars under the Belt and Road Meteorological Visiting Scholar Program officially commenced their year-long research and training program in China. The group consists of seven scholars from meteorological departments and research institutions in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Thailand, […]

UNITED NATIONS, APR 09 (APP): Pakistan has urged the UN Security Council to take appropriate steps to ensure implementation “in letter and spirit” of its resolution (2728) that called for a ceasefire in besieged Gaza. Speaking in the General Assembly, Ambassador Munir Akram said that […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 08 (APP): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Taliban not to move ahead with their plans to restrict or block access to Facebook in Afghanistan, saying that would further impede the free flow of information in the country. […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 09 (APP): The UN General Assembly President, Dennis Francis, appealed on Monday for “all those with leverage” to use their power to bring an end to the six-month-long war in Gaza. Francis convened the 193-member Assembly, UN’s most representative body, following the […]

BEIJING, April 9 (APP): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday stressed that China and Russia have set an example of friendly interaction and win-win cooperation between major countries as well as neighbors. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 08 (APP): Global food prices in March recorded their first monthly increase in seven months, driven by higher costs of vegetable oils and dairy products, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a Rome-based UN agency, has said. The prices, however, posted a […]