Xinhua China’s orbiting space station has improved its kitchen with advanced appliances and more food choices to keep its residents well-fed during long stays in orbit. The Astronaut Center of China, working with several private companies, has upgraded the “space kitchen” with a suite of intelligent appliances for drinkingContinue Reading
Xinhua China’s Global Development Initiative (GDI) helps give developing countries, especially those in the Global South, a stronger voice in global governance while creating broader opportunities for development, former Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has said. “After decades of major economic and social transformation, China has accumulated considerable developmentContinue Reading
The skills that carried African competitors to skills competitions like the World Vocational College Skills Competition are among the everyday subjects in classrooms that China and Africa run together. For some, success in competition has opened the door to employment. Young Africans across the continent are gaining practical skillsContinue Reading
Russia has fended off more than 100 million potential cyber threats targeting its electoral infrastructure during the State Duma elections, Chair of Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) Ella Pamfilova said on Sunday. Russian electoral platforms, including the official election website, endured large-scale high-capacity DDoS attacks and targeted web serverContinue Reading
Friday marked the 95th anniversary of the September 18 Incident, the start of China’s 14-year war of resistance against Japanese aggression. On Sept. 18, 1931, Japanese troops blew up a section of railway near Shenyang under their control and accused Chinese troops of sabotage, using this as a pretext forContinue Reading
The UN Security Council has failed to adopt a US-drafted resolution that would have extended the mandate of a panel of experts monitoring sanctions on Iran, after China and Russia vetoed the measure. The draft received 11 votes in favor, with China and Russia voting against and two membersContinue Reading
Xinhua South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday firmly ruled out any troop deployment to engage in war in the Strait of Hormuz. “There will be no deployment that engages or intervenes in the war,” Lee said during a press conference. Lee said South Korea consistently maintained theContinue Reading
Xinhua Uganda on Thursday started construction of a 320-million-liter petroleum storage terminal in the central district of Mpigi, as the country seeks to strengthen fuel security and supplies to domestic and regional markets. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for the over-300-mln-USD Kampala Storage Terminal, whichContinue Reading
Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has received the leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and MTN Nigeria and approved the constitution of a Joint Implementation Committee to drive the State’s digital infrastructure and connectivity agenda. The Governor gave the approval when he received the Executive ViceContinue Reading
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke by phone on Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on high-level interactions between the two countries. During the talks, Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China-U.S. relations have forContinue Reading
