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China has made steady and positive progress in agriculture and rural development, successfully concluding the goals of its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), officials said at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on Wednesday. Han Wenxiu, deputy director of the Office of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission and director of the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group, said China has further consolidated its food security foundation while advancing rural revitalization in a comprehensive and coordinated manner. China’s grain output has remained above 1.4 trillion jin (700 million tonnes) for two consecutive years, reaching…

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on China and the United States to make progress step-by-step to build mutual trust, and find the right way to get along, during his talks with U.S. President Donald Trump over the phone. Xi said that over the past year, he and President Trump enjoyed sound communication and had a successful meeting in Busan, charting the direction and course for China-U.S. relations. This has been welcomed by the people of both countries and the broader international community, he said. Xi expressed hope to work with President Trump to steer the giant ship of…

WASHINGTON : Iran and the United States said Wednesday they were going ahead with nuclear talks in Oman later this week, even as President Donald Trump piled pressure on Tehran’s supreme leader by saying he should be “very worried.” Doubts had swirled about the fate of the negotiations after a report earlier Wednesday that the talks between the bitter foes were falling apart due to disagreements about the format and the venue. The uncertainty had increased fears of renewed US military action against Tehran, amid soaring tensions since Iran violently put down some of the most serious protests against its…

WASHINGTON: The New York City Health Department on Wednesday said it has joined the World Health Organisation’s global outbreak response network following President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the US from the UN health agency. Why’s important Following the Republican president’s decision to pull the US out of the WHO, some Democratic leaders have made their regions join the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) in defiance of Trump. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been critical of the president’s policies. California Governor Gavin Newsom and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, both Democrats, have also said their states will…

RAWALPINDI : Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Commander of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Asim Munir, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, on behalf of the armed forces of Pakistan, reaffirmed their unwavering support for the resilient people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) in their epic struggle for self-determination. On the solemn occasion of Kashmir Solidarity Day, the Pakistan Armed Forces strongly condemned grave violations of human rights in IIOJK, including extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, and attempts to alter the…

The first day of talks between Ukraine, Russia and the United States seeking to broker an end to the war in Ukraine concluded Wednesday in Abu Dhabi with Kyiv describing the negotiations as “substantive and productive”. While there was no apparent breakthrough in the most recent round of discussions, the negotiations were set to carry on into a second day, Kyiv said. The US-mediated talks are the latest in a flurry of diplomacy that has so far failed to strike a deal to halt the war, unleashed by Russia’s February 2022 invasion. The war has spiralled into Europe’s deadliest conflict…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to take President Asif Ali Zardari into confidence regarding negotiations with National Assembly Opposition Leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai. According to details that emerged on Wednesday, a meeting between the prime minister and the president could not take place due to President Zardari’s prior engagements in Karachi. The meeting was also delayed owing to the visit of the Kazakhstan president to Pakistan. The meeting between PM Shehbaz and Mahmood Khan Achakzai will take place at the Parliament House. The prime minister will meet the opposition leadership during the ongoing session of the National Assembly. Earlier…

NASA has discovered a new planet nearly 146 light-years from Earth that shows remarkable similarities to our planet. Named HD137010 b, the planet is believed to lie near the outer edge of its star’s “habitable zone,” suggesting the possible presence of liquid water on its surface and conditions that could support life. NASA reports that its host star, HD 137010, is cooler and dimmer than our Sun. As a result, the planet’s surface temperature is estimated not to exceed -68°C (-90°F), which is comparable to Mars’ average surface temperature of around -65°C (-85°F). Scientists identified this rocky exoplanet using data…

Health officials reported that Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes killed 20 Palestinians, including four children, in Gaza on Wednesday, escalating tensions despite a fragile ceasefire. Among the victims was a medic who was killed while rushing to aid victims of an initial strike in Khan Younis, struck again at the same location. Other attacks targeted Gaza City, where a five-month-old boy was reportedly killed. These strikes occurred three days after Israel reopened Gaza’s main border crossing with Egypt, a key step under the US-backed truce. The Israeli military stated that the strikes were carried out in response to gunmen firing…

The government has taken steps to provide legal protection to airline passengers who are offloaded from flights. Draft rules and regulations have been prepared and sent to the Ministry of Interior for review and approval. Officials from the Ministry of Interior confirmed that the rules and regulations are designed to offer legal safeguards to passengers who are removed from flights. The guidelines specifically cover cases where passengers show behavior suggesting illegal intentions or pose a high-risk to flight safety. Once approved, airlines will be able to offload such passengers legally without facing legal challenges, ensuring both passenger rights and aviation…