Prime Minister Keir Starmer will chair a Cobra emergency response meeting on Monday following a weekend of far-right riots across England. The violence erupted after the tragic murder of three children last week in Southport, northwest England. The riots began on Tuesday in Southport, where three young girls were killed, and five more children critically […]
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Kamala Harris Becomes Democratic Presidential Nominee for 2024 Election
US Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, solidifying her historic candidacy against Republican Donald Trump in the November elections. Harris, 59, emerged as the sole candidate in a five-day electronic vote involving nearly 4,000 party convention delegates, concluding on Friday. As the first Black and South Asian woman to receive […]
Kamala Harris Officially Becomes Democratic Presidential Nominee
US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris delivers the eulogy for US Representative Sheila Jackson Lee at Fallbrook Church in Houston, Texas, on August 1, 2024. – Jackson Lee, a Democrat and outspoken advocate for racial justice and minorities’ rights, died July 19, 2024, at the age of 74. (Photo by Mark […]
To jointly advance the conservation of ‘birds of good fortune’
By Akio Nakajima (Japan) The crested ibis, known as the “bird of good fortune,” is widely cherished by people in Northeast Asia. In 1981, researchers discovered seven wild crested ibises in the heart of the Qinling Mountains in Northwest China’s Shaanxi province. After years of breeding and conservation, the global population of crested ibises has […]
Coffee industry brings prosperity to China’s Xinzhai village
By Prakash Bikram Shan, Gyanendra Khadkha(Nepal) At the foot of the Gaoligong Mountains, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, the Nujiang River rushes out from a canyon. In the morning of early autumn, sunlight pierces through the clouds, gently falling on Xinzhai village along the river, where vast expanses of coffee trees shimmer with a golden hue. […]
To carry on the spirit of Flying Tigers
By K. C. Ma (United States) My bond with the Flying Tigers dates back to the 1980s, a time when China just started its reform and opening-up process, leading to a surge in foreign visitors and a growing need for interpreters. Leveraging my Chinese language proficiency, I started working as an accompanying interpreter for American […]
Smearing China over Ukraine crisis exposes hypocrisy, double standards
By Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily Recently, some American politicians groundlessly hyped up claims that China is supporting Russia’s defense industry, and threatened to intensify sanctions on specific Chinese entities and individuals. NATO, led by the United States, has also baselessly claimed that China has become a “decisive enabler” of the Ukraine crisis. By pushing the […]
Compressed air energy storage embraces large-scale industrial application in China
By Ding Yiting, People’s Daily At a 300 MW compressed air energy storage station in Yingcheng, central China’s Hubei province, eight heat storage and exchange tanks are erected. Five hundred meters underground, abandoned salt caverns with over 1 million cubic meters of air storage space are undergoing gas injection and brine discharge testing. The project […]
Low-altitude economy widely applied across industries in China
By Qiu Chaoyi, Yao Xueqing, You Yi, People’s Daily In recent years, China’s low-altitude economy has flourished, with applications continually expanding and becoming increasingly integrated into people’s work and life. Aviation operations such as agricultural and forestry protection and power line inspections have seen steady growth. New consumption models like air touring and aviation sports […]
Nigerian Track Star Favour Ofili Misses Olympic Race Due to AFN Error
Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili was unable to compete in the 100m race at the Paris Olympics due to a glaring oversight by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). This unexpected development has caused widespread shock and dismay within Nigerian athletics. Despite qualifying for the event, Ofili was disqualified because the AFN failed to register her. […]