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Xi meets Pakistani PM, calls for forging closer community of shared future
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday met with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, vowing to work together to strengthen strategic coordination and pragmatic cooperation to forge a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era.
Noting the two countries as all-weather strategic cooperative partners, Xi said no matter how the international and regional situation changes, the friendship between China and Pakistan has always been unbreakable and rock-solid, and cooperation has always maintained strong vitality with continuous expansion.
Imran Khan offered his congratulations for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Khan also said that Pakistan is delighted to see China's remarkable development achievements and is grateful to China for adhering to principles and upholding justice and for its firm support and selfless help. (Xinhua)
China sees stable social order during National Day holiday
The Ministry of Public Security reported stable social order and fewer crimes and road accidents across China during the National Day holiday from October 1 to the 7.
Nationwide, an average of more than 170,000 police officers and 60,000 police vehicles were dispatched daily to maintain smooth traffic flow, resulting in a 46-percent decline in traffic accidents compared to the same period last year, said the ministry.
Police handled 8.7 percent fewer criminal offences during the holiday compared to last year's holiday. (Xinhua)
UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting over Turkey's Syria operation
The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss Turkey’s military offensive in Northern Syria, diplomats said Wednesday.
The closed-door meeting has been convened at the request of Belgium, France, Germany, and Britain.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday said on Twitter the military operation in northeastern Syria had started. (CGTN)
Germany: Halle shooting is anti-Semitic attack
Germany’s top security official is describing the shooting in the city of Halle as an anti-Semitic attack and saying that prosecutors believe there may be a far-right motive.
In a statement, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer confirmed that a “heavily armed perpetrator” tried to force his way into a synagogue Wednesday in the German city on Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day.
Shots were fired outside the synagogue and at a nearby kebab shop, killing two people. Police said they had arrested one person. (AP)
Three scientists share 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday.
John Goodenough of the US -- at 97 the oldest person to be awarded a Nobel -- Britain's Stanley Whittingham, and Japan's Akira Yoshino will share the $1 million prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
"This lightweight, rechargeable and powerful battery is now used in everything from mobile phones to laptops and electric vehicles... (and) can also store significant amounts of energy from solar and wind power, making possible a fossil fuel-free society," the jury said. (Xinhua)
Chinese panda dies from heart failure: Thailand's Chiang Mai Zoo
Thailand's Chiang Mai Zoo, where celebrity panda Chuang Chuang lived and died, announced Wednesday on its website that the autopsy indicated the giant panda died from heart failure last month.
"There were no wounds on Chuang Chuang's body and no foreign objects were found in his windpipe," the Chiang Mai Zoo said. "The cause of death was due to heart failure, which resulted in oxygen deprivation of internal organs."
Zoo officials said the autopsy was conducted by Thai and Chinese experts.
Chuang Chuang's body will be returned to China as specified under the agreement, the zoo also said. (Xinhua)
NASA's Curiosity rover discovers ancient oasis on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered rocks on Mars enriched in mineral salts, believed to be evidence of shallow briny Martian ponds that went through episodes of overflow and drying, according to a Nature Geoscience paper published on Monday.
The salts were found across a 150-meter-tall section of sedimentary rocks called "Sutton Island," which Curiosity visited in 2017.
The deposits serve as a watermark created by climate fluctuations as the Martian environment transitioned from a wetter one to the freezing desert it is today, according to the paper. (Xinhua)
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What is the alternative common name for a Black Leopard?
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