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BERLIN, July 9 (NsNewsWire) — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee has concluded its annual meeting in Bonn, Germany after inscribing 24 new sites into the World Heritage List, reports Xinhua. In the past 10 days, over 2,000 delegates from around 160 countries gathered at the western German city […]
Read Moreby Mahmoud Fouly, Zheng Yihan CAIRO, July 1 (NsNewsWire) — “We really appreciate the Chinese companies for this kind gesture. I tell all the Chinese people thank you and happy Ramadan for you and for the whole world,” said Mohamed, an Egyptian man in his early 40’s after having a fast-breaking meal (iftar) among hundreds […]
Read MoreCHANGSHA, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese people generally love munching on chicken feet — fengzhao, as they are known — but Beijing-based editor Han Jing recently found the delicacy a little bit nauseating. Han had been a huge fan of the tasty snack until chicken feet became the center of a food scare. In China’s […]
Read MoreCHENGDU, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — Biologists have found a strain of duckweed that can effectively purify polluted water and transform nitric oxide into biological fertilizer, a researcher told Xinhua on Wednesday. A research team lead by Zhao Hai, with the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, identified the duckweed species from […]
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BEIJING, June 24 (NsNewsWire) — Beijing is encouraging the public to express their views or proposals on the city’s development plan for 2016-2020 to make it more practical and scientific, said city planning officials. More than 17,000 people have participated in symposiums and 4,000 proposals have been received, according to the Beijing Municipal Development and […]
Read MorePakistanis cool off themselves in a canal during heat wave in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on June 21, 2015. Xinhua photo
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS, June 22 (Xinhua) — More than one hundred people, including diplomats and UN staff, performed Yoga at UN headquarters on Sunday to celebrate the first ever International Day of Yoga. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife Yoo (Ban) Soon- taek joined the crowd, which was guided by Yoga guru Sri Sri Ravi […]
Read MoreBEIJING, June 11 (Xinhuanet) — Xinhuanet, the online news provider of Xinhua News Agency, launches its German version on Thursday after in-depth research and detailed preparation, as part of efforts to enlarge the website’s overseas influence. Giving full account to German language netizens’ reading habits and interests, the Xinhuanet German version aims to build an […]
Read MorePresident Xi urges Panchen Lama to carry on patriotism President Xi Jinping met the 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu on Wednesday, urging him to carry on the patriotic tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
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