A multinational mobile phone company operating in Pakistan has been caught red-handed stealing gas from a main pipeline in Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to a First Information Report (FIR) filed by Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) against the operator, the distributor recently launched a massive crackdown against gas pilferers on the direction of the federal government. According to an SNGPL …

BRUSSELS: With its cutting-edge technology, novel marketing models and competitive prices, China’s electric vehicle (EV) industry is heading for the fast lane at both European and global level. Brands such as BYD, NIO, Xpeng, Hongqi and Lynk & Co are making a name in Europe at motor shows, in showrooms, and out on the road. According to auto consultancy Inovev, …

BEIJING: A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday China’s economy has continued to recover on a generally sound track of rebound amid the struggling world economic recovery and a challenging and complex external environment since the beginning of the year. Mao Ning, the spokesperson, made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to recent comments in the …

BEIJING: No monitoring could be read as an endorsement of Japan’s ocean discharge or give it any amount of legitimacy or legality sought by Japan, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday. The IAEA said a few days ago on its website that its first independent sampling and analysis of seawater near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station since discharges …

BEIJING: China’s National Meteorological Center on Tuesday issued a blue alert for rainstorms as heavy downpours are expected to lash multiple regions of the country. From 8 p.m. Tuesday to 8 p.m. Wednesday, heavy downpours and rainstorms are forecast to hit regions such as Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Yunnan, according to the center. Parts of the …

URUMQI: A roaring fire flashes with a crisp turn of the dial, as Spiremuhan Bawudong lights the gas stove in her kitchen to prepare lunch. Until just a few years ago, making a meal seemed to take forever as she still relied on firewood for cooking. “With natural gas available, life is so much easier now,” said Spiremuhan Bawudong, a …

BEIJING: The eastern and middle routes of China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project have transferred 65.4 billion cubic meters of water so far, official data showed Tuesday. Hundreds of cities in the north, including metropolises like Beijing and Tianjin and smaller ones, have relied on the project as a major water source, said Jiang Xuguang, chairman of the China South-to-North Water …

BEIJING: China’s exports of new energy vehicles (NEVs) soared 110 percent year on year in the first eight months of 2023 amid the rapid expansion of the sector, industry data shows. A total of 727,000 NEVs were exported during the period, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Exports of pure electric vehicles surged 120 percent from the same …

BEIJING: It is a tranquil, early autumn day in Beijing and 25-year-old Tunisian vlogger Derouiche Asma strolls along the Liangma River. With her camera in hand, she captures the relaxed atmosphere as people casually stroll and jog along the riverside. “Beijing is gorgeous and romantic with a harmonious coexistence of city and nature,” said Asma, who has been living in …

BEIJING: China announced a delegation of 1,329 members, including 886 athletes, for the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games here on Tuesday. The 19th Asian Games will take place in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province from September 23 to October 8, during which 437 female and 449 male Chinese athletes will compete in 407 events of 38 disciplines. Among the Chinese athletes, …

Members of Chinese delegation for the Hangzhou Asian Games sing the national anthem during the inaugural meeting of the delegation in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 12, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao) BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) — China announced a delegation of 1,329 members, including 886 athletes, for the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games in Beijing on Tuesday. The 19th Asian Games will …

A boy walks past a damaged building in the earthquake-hit Moulay, Morocco, Sept. 11, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen) MARRAKESH, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) — The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Morocco has left 2,862 people dead and 2,562 others injured by Monday evening, according to the latest update from the Interior Ministry.  The 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit the North African country at 11:11 …

BEIJING: China’s “Teacher’s Day,” celebrated on Sept. 10 every year, holds special meaning for 19-year-old “student teacher” Wang Yulong, who studies at Tsinghua University. Recently he received heartwarming presents from primary school students in Indonesia as a token of their appreciation. “Thank you for everything and welcome you to come back to Bali,” read a greeting card written by a …

FUZHOU: Courts in 10 provincial-level regions in China on Tuesday set up a collaborative alliance to strengthen judicial protection of national parks in the country. The alliance includes 10 higher people’s courts, 23 intermediate people’s courts, and more than 40 grassroots people’s courts in provincial-level regions including Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Jilin, Hainan and Fujian. The alliance was launched at a …

YAOUNDE: Gunshots and battle shouts interrupted the chill of the wind and the silence in the depth of night in Ouzal, a remote locality in Cameroon’s Far North region. It was February 2020 and gunmen had just invaded the village which also hosts internally displaced persons. Terrified, Gilbert Teguele Gazawa and his family made a dash for the mountain for …

BELGRADE: U.S. military hegemony is jeopardizing global security and development, said Zivadin Jovanovic, former foreign minister of Yugoslavia. Jovanovic made the remarks in a recent interview with Xinhua while commenting on the report “Origins, Facts and Perils of U.S. Military Hegemony” newly published by Xinhua Institute, the think tank of Xinhua News Agency. Jovanovic, who is now presiding over the …

BEIJING: As multilateralism is the megatrend and emerging economies have an increasingly bigger say in international affairs, it would be wise for the Group of Seven (G7) nations to keep quiet and treat developing countries more equally, a Chinese expert has said. “It is time for G7 to be quiet and to have a bigger ear rather than a very …

ACCRA: A senior official from the West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) on Monday stressed a strong collaboration among member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to achieve the target of launching the proposed common currency Eco for the subregion amid the global economic challenges. Olorunsola Olowofeso, director general of the WAMI, made this call during the …

DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzanian members of Parliament say that projects being undertaken under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) framework are helping the East African nation to open up its economy. The MPs made the commendation Saturday during a visit to two major infrastructural projects undertaken by Chinese companies in Mwanza and Shinyanga regions as part of the BRI framework. …

NINGBO: The torch relay of the 19th Asian Games continues in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province on Tuesday. Torch bearer Pan Yudi runs with the torch during the torch relay of the 19th Asian Games in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Sept. 12, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi) Torch bearer Gan Jiayue runs with the torch during the torch relay of the …

TRIPOLI: President of the Libyan Presidency Council, Mohamed Menfi, on Monday called for international assistance to cope with the aftermath of the country’s deadly floods that have killed over 2,000. “We call on the brotherly and friendly countries and the international organizations to provide assistance and support for the disaster areas,” Menfi said in a statement. Menfi declared the eastern …

XI’AN: Even after 10:00 p.m. on a typical weekday, the Grand Tang Mall, a bustling pedestrian area in the northwestern city of Xi’an, was teeming with people, with dazzling lights and vibrant music adding to the lively aura. The main street of this area features Tang-style pavilions and decorations, and people of various ages, dressed in traditional Chinese attire, taking …

BEIJING: China’s prosecution and public security authorities have intensified collaborative efforts to crack down on trans-border telecom fraud, placing the investigations of five major cases under joint oversight. This move follows prior cooperation between the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) and the Ministry of Public Security in overseeing eight significant trans-border telecom fraud cases, the SPP said Tuesday. According to the …

MAPUTO: The Government of Mozambique announced in May 2020 the completion of a project to bring digital satellite television signal to 1,000 villages in the country, benefiting over 20,000 families. The project, covering all ten provinces and the capital city of Mozambique, was co-funded by China and implemented by the Chinese electronics and media company StarTimes. It trained work force, …

BEIJING: As the latest craze for latte with the flavor of China’s famous liquor Moutai swept across the country, coffee lovers are vying to share pictures on social media of coffee infused with different flavors like rice wine, tea, ginseng and even creamy popsicles. “The coffee industry in China has developed rapidly in the past decades, yet there is still …

BEIJING: At the invitation of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, whose country holds the presidency of the Group of 77 (G77) this year, Li Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, will attend the G77+China Summit in Havana as the special representative of Chinese President Xi Jinping …

BEIJING: Chinese researchers have proposed a “nature-based solution” to contribute to achieving the country’s carbon neutrality goal. The researchers from the South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, figured out that protecting and restoring coastal blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) can be a key strategy for carbon reduction, according to a research article recently published in the journal Innovation. China …

YINCHUAN: Lying on the bench, Ma Zhifu took a deep breath, lowered the weighted barbell to the chest, held it motionless, and then pressed it upwards with a low grunt. After three referees raised their white flags to indicate a successful lift, Ma screamed with excitement, “Finally, I made it!” In the recent Paralympic Games in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui …

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping has called on customs workers in China to uphold fine conduct and improve supervision and services to serve the country’s high-quality development and high-level opening up. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks on Monday in a letter replying to workers …

KASHGAR: Seven years on, Dilxat Tursun can still feel his heart flutter whenever he recalls the moment he clutched 99 roses in his hand and confessed his feelings to Hadiya Msham Abdulla from Tanzania. Although Hadiya didn’t give her answer right away, the two are now happily married, running the Dili and Diya Cafe in Kashgar, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur …

WASHINGTON: Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday demanded the recusal of the federal judge in his 2020 presidential election subversion case. Trump’s attorneys argued U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s comments, which were made while sentencing two previous Jan. 6 defendants that appeared to reference Trump, indicated she believed that Trump “should be prosecuted and imprisoned.” “Judge Chutkan has, in …

LHASA: Holding his horse still, Jamnga Norbu carefully helped a tourist get onto the horseback and led it to the glacier. Jamnga Norbu, 29, hails from Midui Village located at the foot of Midui Glacier in Bomi County in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. Capitalizing on the glacier resources, the village has cultivated a thriving tourism sector, with all 58 …

SYDNEY: Waving farewell to a chill winter and welcoming a new spring, the Festival of the Winds returned to Australia’s Sydney just in time on Sunday, with many visitors descending on the crescent-shaped Bondi Beach and lost in the allure of kites filling a cloudless azure sky. At Australia’s largest kiteflying carnival, a collection of sea life, such as humpback …

JAKARTA: In front of a cellphone camera and ring light, a host was promoting a product offered via livestreaming on the TikTok social media account while occasionally responding to inquiries from potential customers in the chat column. A few orders started to come in, and the number kept growing. With a shop and entertainment concept, the TikTok online shopping feature …

BANGKOK: Thailand’s new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin delivered his government policy statement to parliament on Monday, highlighting immediate measures to drive economy with a digital money handout and energy price cuts. The country’s key drivers of growth, including tourism and spending, are experiencing a sluggish recovery, leading to the risk of an economic recession, Srettha told a joint sitting of …

DHAKA: Bangladeshi government officials on Friday called for increased cooperation under the framework of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which they said has brought great changes to the South Asian country. They made the remarks when speaking at the opening ceremony of “The Belt and Road Initiative in Bangladesh Exhibition 2023” held in the Bangladeshi capital, which marks …

Asia Album: Home Decor & Furniture Expo in Pakistani capital People visit the Home Decor and Furniture Expo in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, on Sept. 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal) ISLAMABAD: The Home Decor and Furniture Expo in Islamabad, Pakistan, showcased a vast range of home and office furniture, decorative accessories, doors, rugs and carpets. The three-day event concluded here on …

BEIJING: China has seen fundamental improvement in the condition of its rivers and lakes in recent years, Water Resources Minister Li Guoying said on Monday at the opening ceremony of the 18th World Water Congress in Beijing. China has 45,203 rivers with a river basin area of more than 50 square kilometers, and 2,865 lakes with a perennial water surface …

Xinhua Photo Daily | Sept. 12, 2023 BEIJING: A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.Hadiya Msham Abdulla (L) sings as her husband Dilxat Tursun holding their baby interacts with her in front of the Dili and Diya Cafe at the ancient city of Kashgar scenic area in Kashgar, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 7, 2023. Seven years …

FUZHOU: In a farm situated in the Pemalang district of Indonesia’s Central Java province, prawn larvae have now reached the age of one and a half months. Once four months old, they will undergo processing and be shipped to Fuzhou, capital city of east China’s Fujian Province, about 2,000 nautical miles away. Seasoned prawn farmer Joni Setyawan is in charge …