Dialogue and negotiation are the keys to solving the Palestine issue, Liu Jieyi, China's ambassador to the United Nations, said on Tuesday.It's urgent that Palestine and Israel exercise restraint and take concrete action to resume negotiations as soon as possible, Liu said at a UN Security Council regular meeting on the situation in the Middle East.An independent Palestinian state and peaceful coexistence with Israel was the correct direction for international efforts to take, he said.Nickolay Mladenov, special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, said that achieving a negoti...
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Toward the end of 2019 China plans to double the capacity of its icebreakers by commissioning a new research vessel, which will be a huge step forward for Beijing to better understand the consequences of climate change in the Arctic and reiterate its ability to become a crucial player in the region.The United States, Russia and the Nordic countries are using their expertise and expediting efforts to derive maximum benefits from the developments in the Arctic. To match their pace, China has to deepen its participation in traditional regional activities such as transportation and resource extrac...
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SEOUL - South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday appointed Kang Kyung-wha as the country's first female foreign minister despite harsh resistance from the conservative opposition party.Moon provided a certificate of appointment for Kang at the conferment ceremony, which was held in the presidential Blue House earlier in the day, according to the press release by Moon's office.The liberal leader, who took office on May 10, nominated Kang as the foreign minister nominee on May 21, but the official appointment was delayed amid strong opposition from the main conservative opposition Li...
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A new ID card designed to give foreign permanent residents easier access to public services in China was issued across the country on Friday to expats holding "green cards".The machine-readable Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card — similar to the second-generation ID cards held by Chinese citizens that store information about the card holder on an embedded chip — can be used independently as legal proof of identity when dealing with such issues as finance, education, health, communication, accommodations, telecommunication, employment, taxes, social security, property registration and...
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LISBON - A forest fire raging since Saturday in central Portugal has killed at least 57 people, a government official said on Sunday, in what is possibly the deadliest-ever single forest blaze in Portugal.The death toll released by Jorge Gomes, the secretary of state for internal affairs, has gradually climbed from the 19 initially announced late on Saturday. Gomes said most of the victims were caught in their vehicles on the road.Another 59 people have been injured and taken to hospitals, including five in serious condition.The blaze on Saturday hit the mountainous area of Pedrogao Grande, 20...
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