Beijing's latest annual income data from the National Bureau of Statistics tell a tale of two Chinas, revealing an income gap that is the widest it has been since data collection began in 1985. Two lives, briefly told, illustrate the divide ... He told VOAMandarin he pays no rent and spends less than 100 yuan a day, or about $14, on food ... .
A cross-party delegation of Australian lawmakers that traveled to the United States seeking the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said they had a productive discussion in Washington with the... .
Poland has said it will no longer arm Ukraine and instead focus on its own defense, as the two allies clashed at a key moment in Kyiv's fightback against invasion by Russia. In a mounting row over grain exports from Ukraine, Poland summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to protest remarks at the UN by President Volodymyr Zelensky... EU transit route ... .
At least 18 US soldiers and two civilian women are under investigation for alleged drug smuggling in South Korea... They have been sent for indictment ... They have been transferred to the prosecution for the purpose of indictment ... .
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Azerbaijan will hold peace talks with Armenian separatists on Thursday, after a swift military victory in the breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh ... .
Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Monday, Wickremesing he took aim at AUKUS, which was formed by the US, UK, and Australia in 2021 ... ....
Venezuela says it has seized control of a prison from the hands of a powerful gang with an international reach in a major operation involving 11,000 members of its security forces ... list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Former Venezuela spy chief pleads not guilty to US drug charges. list 2 of 3Venezuela using arbitrary detention as ‘tool of repression’. Amnesty ... .
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The earthquake, the largest in the country this year, hit at 9.14am local time near Geraldine at a focal depth of 11 kilometres ... "There's no damage here, but I thought it was thunder for a start.
Poland rejects EU's proposals to transfer migrants from the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa across member states, a minister said on Wednesday. “Nobody can force us to do this. We will act in such a way as not to accept immigrants. The EU is preparing to introduce such coercion ... 15 ... "None." ... .
Derna, Libya, (APP - UrduPoint / PakistanPointNews - 20th Sep, 2023 ) .In Libya's flood-hit city of Derna, the Mediterranean Sea breeze mixes with the nauseating stench of human remains buried under the mud-caked rubble ... Few of them have any hope of seeing their loved ones alive ... ....
Rwanda's president declared he will run for a fourth term next year, saying that "what the West thinks is not my problem," after the United States and others criticized the earlier lifting of term limits to extend his rule ... He has been the de facto leader since Rwanda's 1994 genocide ... The government has rejected such allegations ... .
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russia is “weaponizing” everything from food and energy to abducted children in its war against Ukraine — and he warned world leaders that the same could happen to them. “When hatred is weaponized against one nation, it never stops there," he said at the U.N ...The U.S.