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BEIJING (PEN) : China has reiterated its clear and consistent position on the Kashmir issue ahead of ‘Youm-e-Istehsal’, calling for a proper and peaceful resolution of the longstanding issue under the United Nations (UN) Charter, UN Security Council’s resolutions and bilateral agreements. “China’s position on the Kashmir issue is consistent and clear. This issue is a dispute left over from history between India and Pakistan, and should be resolved in accordance with the UN Charter, relevant UN Security Council’s resolutions and bilateral agreements in a properly and peaceful manner,” a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on the fourth anniversary of…

Hainan warship can play diverse roles in amphibious military operations, said the captain of China’s first homegrown amphibious assault ship. The Type 075 vessel, named the Hainan, can carry dozens of helicopters and hundreds of troops. It was commissioned to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy on April 23 in 2021 in the southern Chinese island province Hainan.

China urges the Philippine side to honor its commitment and remove its illegally grounded vessel from Ren’ai Jiao, a spokesperson from China Coast Guard said on Monday. The Philippines persisted in sending two ships into the waters of Ren’ai Jiao without authorization last Saturday, despite China’s repeated dissuasion and warnings. In accordance with the law, Chinese coast guard vessels took measures to avoid a collision, the spokesperson added.

A suspension bridge, which is under construction across the grand canyon over the Huajiang River in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, is expected to become the highest in the world after completion in 2025. With a vertical height of 625 meters from the bridge deck down to the water’s surface, the Huajiang grand canyon bridge has a total length of 2,980 meters. This aerial photo shows the construction site of the Huajiang grand canyon bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, August 2, 2023. /Xinhua The main span of the bridge is 1,420 meters, with a bridge floor that is 625 meters above the water surface.…

WASHINGTON: The United States has declared that the cases against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and other politicians are Pakistan’s internal matter. “The cases against Imran Khan and other politicians in Pakistan are an internal matter,” the State Department said via email in response to a question sent to it by The News. “We call for the respect of democratic principles and the rule of law in Pakistan, as we do around the world,” the department said, which has time and again also termed Khan’s claims of the US ousting his government as “baseless”. The former prime minister was…

Twenty-one people were injured after a 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted the city of Dezhou in east China’s Shandong Province at 2:33 a.m. on Sunday. China’s office of the State Council earthquake relief headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management have activated a Level-IV emergency response after the earthquake. Seventy-four buildings in the epicenter collapsed. However, the transportation, communication and power supply remains normal, said the provincial bureau of emergency response, adding that no leaks were discovered on oil and gas pipelines in the area. An emergency and rescue team has been dispatched to Shandong Province to guide rescue and relief work…

China firmly supports the peace process in Colombia and commends the efforts made by relevant parties towards this end, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Saturday. The spokesperson’s comment came after the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) announced earlier this week the entry into effect nationwide of a 180-day ceasefire. To live in full peace is a cherished hope of the Colombian people, which is also conducive to the stability and development in Latin America, and widely supported by the international community, the spokesperson said. China hopes continued efforts will be made to build consensus for…

SHANGHAI: Authorities in northeastern China raised their emergency response level on Sunday as tributaries of the Songhua, a major river, rose to dangerous levels after days of heavy rain caused by Typhoon Doksuri. China’s Ministry of Water Resources said it raised the response for flooding to Level III at 10 a.m. (0200 GMT) in Inner Mongolia, Jilin and Heilongjiang. China uses a four-tier emergency response system, with Level I the most urgent. Heilongjiang, known as China’s “great northern granary”, is among the latest areas to suffer the aftermath of Doksuri, which has killed at least 20 people, displaced thousands and…

DONETSK: Flames engulfed a university building’s wooden roof in Donetsk following Ukrainian shelling on Saturday, said an emergency official in the Russia-controlled city in eastern Ukraine. “As a result of the latest attack on Donetsk, the first building of the University of Economics and Trade is on fire,” Alexei Kulemzin, the Russia-installed mayor, said on Telegram. “We are using 12 water tanks, three ladders and 100 fire fighters,” said Alexei Kostrubitsky, the Russia-installed emergency minister for the region that Moscow calls the Donetsk People’s Republic. “The whole roof is on fire.” Kostrubitsky said Ukrainian forces used cluster munitions in the…

China’s Logistics Prosperity Index for July was 50.9%, remaining in the expansion zone and reflecting a stable overall logistics demand and a favorable trend, China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said. In terms of market demand, the new orders index for the logistics industry in July was 50.6%, rising 0.2 percentage point compared to the previous month. The new orders indexes for railway, road, and air transportation, as well as warehousing logistics and postal express, have all remained in the expansion zone. Among all, the business volume index for road transportation was 53.9%,…