SINAI/RAFAH: Satellite images on Thursday showed an area that sources said Egypt is preparing near the Gaza border to accommodate Palestinians if Israel’s Rafah offensive triggers an exodus across the border. Egypt, which has denied making such preparations, has repeatedly…
LONDON: Britain’s Trident nuclear deterrent failed during a test last month, sending a missile crashing into the ocean off the coast of Florida near the submarine that launched it, The Sun newspaper reported on Wednesday. The Ministry of Defense confirmed…
Jalalabad (Afghanistan): The Western countries should include Afghanistan in the efforts for mitigating the impacts of climate change on the world and sufficient support be provided to Afghanistan as it has done nothing in creating changes in climate changes. This…
WASHINGTON: US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said on Wednesday that the formation of Pakistan’s new government remains an internal matter and that the US will not interfere in the country’s internal affairs. The Foreign Office spokesperson reiterated this stance…
NEW YORK: China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Zhang Jun has expressed disappointment over the United States’ decision to veto a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. According to Chinese state media Xinhua, Zhang…
GREENVILLE: Former US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Alexei Navalny was a “very brave man” who probably should not have returned to Russia, without assigning any blame for the unexpected death of the Russian opposition leader. Democratic President…
AMMAN: Two senior US lawmakers who have held talks with Israeli and Arab leaders said on Tuesday they hoped a deal could be struck to allow a humanitarian pause in the war in Gaza ahead of the Muslim holy month…
By Qiu Chaoyi, Li Xinping, Han Xin, People’s Daily The Spring Festival travel rush, carrying people’s hopes for family reunion, reflects the new landscape of China’s high-quality development. During the 2024 Spring Festival holiday, which ran from Feb. 10 to…
By Wu Yue, People’s Daily “Liang, where are you going, ” asked a villager in Xikou village, Mingshuihe township, Arxan of Hinggan League, north China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. “I have a guest, so I’m showing him around the village,”…
By Gong Xiangjuan, People’s Daily At an accessibility communication center named Xinzhiguang, which means “the light of heart,” in north China’s Tianjin municipality, Wang Hui was sitting in front of a computer, preparing for a speech to be delivered at…
By Wang Ke, People’s Daily At the National Museum of Classic Books, an immersive exhibition hall has been launched to present a fascinating journey exploring the past and present of the Yongle Encyclopedia, the largest encyclopedia in ancient China commissioned…
By Shi Ling, People’s Daily Long Fei, a migrant worker that works in south China’s Guangdong province, returns to his home in Guizhou every Chinese New Year. Many years ago, Long and other fellow migrant workers working in the Pearl…
By Huan Yuping, People’s Daily Some pessimism about economic globalization has emerged in recent years due to rising protectionism, increasing blockages in global industrial and supply chains, and weakness of international trade. This has led some to proclaim the “golden…
By Wang Wenzheng Recently, 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China successively released their economic performance for 2023 and announced their economic development targets for the coming year. Guangdong became the first province to surpass 13 trillion yuan ($1.83…
By Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily Recently, the U.S. Department of Defense once again used “national security” as an excuse to include some Chinese chip and artificial intelligence (AI) companies on its discriminatory lists, and threatened to take further measures against…
By Guan Kejiang, People’s Daily Newly installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity is expected to reach 375 gigawatts globally in 2023, growing 31.8 percent year on year, said an annual report recently issued by the International Energy Agency. China’s solar PV…
