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Former Chinese Vice Premier and State Councilor Liu Yandong passed away due to illness at the age of 81 in Beijing at 2:53 p.m. Wednesday. Liu also served as a member of the Political Bureau of the 17th and 18th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a vice chairperson of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Liu was “an excellent Party member, a time-tested and loyal communist fighter, and an outstanding leader in the CPC’s united front work and in the fields of education, science and technology, health, and children and…

China has reiterated its commitment to open cooperation and to working with all parties to keep global industrial and supply chains stable and secure. The response follows German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s call on Tuesday for European and Asian middle powers to build a strategic alliance in trade, technology and security, in which he described Germany’s China policy as “coming of age” while warning that full economic decoupling from China would be “a mistake.” On Wednesday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that the economic complementarity and intertwined industries of China and Europe make their practical cooperation mutually beneficial.

The mainland will continue implementing a package of 10 policies and measures to help more high-quality agricultural, fishery and other products from Taiwan expand their presence in the mainland market, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the remarks at a press briefing in response to a reporter’s question about an October 23 ceremony in Xiamen marking the arrival of Taiwan’s fishery products on the Chinese mainland. Chen said about 350 tonnes of specialty fishery products from Taiwan arrived in Xiamen two days before the event, and an exhibition and sales…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, appear to have fallen short of securing a parliamentary majority, with exit polls showing a closely contested election and a potential shift in the country’s political landscape. Initial exit polls suggested Eisenkot’s opposition bloc held a slight advantage, raising the prospect of a setback for Netanyahu after a high voter turnout. However, subsequent updates from Israel’s three major broadcasters showed the race tightening, with Netanyahu’s bloc drawing level with or edging ahead of the opposition. According to the latest update from Channel 12 News, Netanyahu’s right-wing…

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces were retaking territory through a series of offensives, including one operation previously unannounced in which Kyiv’s troops used gas ​pipelines to outflank Russian positions. Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address, said ‌Kyiv’s battlefield position was the strongest in some time in the 4-1/2-year-long war and could be made stronger with more deliveries of air defence systems from its Western allies. Zelenskiy, citing a report by senior commanders, ​noted for the first time the “Veles” operation using pipelines in Ukraine’s northeast. He also ​referred to an air assault operation in eastern…

Israel continued to commit genocide in Gaza after last October’s US-brokered ceasefire in the enclave, a UN commission said in a report published on Monday that Israel dismissed as part of a “misinformation campaign”. The report by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, examined violations against Palestinian civilians, including children, since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7, 2023, up to September this year. It said Israeli authorities had kept committing “genocidal acts with the genocidal intent to destroy, in whole or in part,…

WASHINGTON: The US military has spent over $47 billion so far to prosecute the war in Iran, more than 25% higher than the Defense Department’s estimate in July, according to Pentagon data obtained by Reuters. The Pentagon did not immediately ​respond to a request for comment on its estimate, which has not been shared publicly. The disclosure ​about the rising cost of the Iran war comes as Republicans wrestle with the ⁠political fallout of the unpopular conflict ahead of the November 3 election that will determine control of ​Congress for the next two years. The war’s impact on global energy…

ISLAMABAD: At least one civilian was killed and five members of the same family were injured when a mortar shell allegedly fired by Afghan Taliban forces struck a residential house in the Angoor Adda area of South Waziristan, prompting a strong retaliatory response from Pakistani security forces, security sources said on Tuesday. According to security sources, Afghan Taliban forces targeted civilian settlements along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in an unprovoked attack, causing casualties and damage to residential property. The incident sparked widespread anger among local residents over the targeting of civilian populations. Security sources said the Pakistan Army responded swiftly and…

Wuzhen, a canal town in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province, will host the 2026 “Light of the Internet” Expo from November 2 to 5, turning a destination known mainly for its waterways into a showcase for 6G, AI agents and humanoid robots. Now in its 12th edition, the expo is a flagship event of the World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit. This year’s theme is “Intelligent Connectivity, Smart Future,” and the event will for the first time showcase “intelligent internet” comprehensively. A 6G verification device on display at an expo, Shanghai, October 12, 2026. /VCG Six exhibition zones will cover next-generation…

The first global biodiversity fund set up by a developing country for other developing countries has approved its latest round of projects. The Kunming Biodiversity Fund (KBF) signed off nine conservation projects worth roughly $4.5 million, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment Dong Baotong said Monday. Speaking at a briefing during the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Yerevan, Armenia, Dong said the projects span Armenia, Bangladesh, Benin, Cameroon, Cuba, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Somalia and Vietnam. China has contributed 400 million yuan (about $60 million), and is calling on…