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Interview: Hainan Free Trade Port to become global innovation hub: Swedish expert
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) — The launch of island-wide special customs operations in China’s Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) will significantly expand zero-tariff coverage, boost key industries, and help turn […]
Murders rise in South Africa’s Western Cape, Cape Town at epicenter
CAPE TOWN, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) — More than 1,000 people were killed in South Africa’s Western Cape Province between July and September this year, with Cape Town at the epicenter […]
China, Zimbabwe sign deal to upgrade irrigation facilities
HARARE, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) — China and Zimbabwe on Thursday signed letters of exchange on the upgrading and maintenance of the China-aid irrigation schemes project, aiming to strengthen Zimbabwe’s agricultural […]
Panama president announces first direct “voluntary return” flight to Caracas
PANAMA CITY, Dec 18 – Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino said on Thursday that the first direct flight under its “voluntary return” program will leave Panama for Venezuela on Monday. […]
Exclusive-Syria, Kurdish forces race to save integration deal ahead of deadline
AMMAN/RIYADH/BEIRUT/ANKARA, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Syrian, Kurdish and U.S. officials are scrambling ahead of a year-end deadline to show some progress in a stalled deal to merge Kurdish forces with […]
Belarus has deployed Russia’s Oreshnik missile, Lukashenko says
MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Belarus has deployed Russia’s new Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic missile system, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday. Read full story Date: 19 December, 2025 12:00 am […]
Russia jails man for 22 years for blowing up trains in Siberia at Ukraine’s behest
MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) – A Belarusian man accused by Russia’s FSB security service of blowing up two trains in Siberia on the orders of Ukraine’s intelligence services was jailed […]
Putin’s spymaster spoke by phone with new MI6 chief, TASS reports
MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign intelligence director, Sergei Naryshkin, said that he had recently spoken by telephone to the chief of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service […]
Belgian farmers in anti-trade protest clash with police
BRUSSELS, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Belgian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Thursday as a demonstration by farmers against an EU-Mercosur free trade agreement turned violent, with some […]
Police seeking teen suspected of giving toddler a black eye
KUALA LUMPUR: Police are searching for an 18-year-old male teenager suspected of injuring a three-year-old boy at a house in Batu Muda here. Read full story Date: 18 December, 2025 […]