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China issues white paper on historical matters concerning Xinjiang
The State Council Information Office on Sunday issued a white paper on historical matters concerning Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Northwest China.
China is a unified multiethnic country, and the various ethnic groups in Xinjiang have long been part of the Chinese nation. Throughout its long history, Xinjiang's development has been closely related to that of China, the white paper said.
Xinjiang has long been an inseparable part of Chinese territory. Never has it been the so-called "East Turkistan." The Uygur ethnic group came into being through a long process of migration and integration, the white paper said, adding that it is part of the Chinese nation.
In Xinjiang, different cultures and religions coexist, and ethnic cultures have been fostered and developed in the embrace of the Chinese civilization.
Islam is neither an indigenous nor the sole belief system of the Uygur people. It has taken root in the Chinese culture and developed soundly in China, the document said. (Xinhua)
10 killed, 24 injured in series of attacks in NW Pakistan
10 people were killed and 24 others injured in a string of terrorist attacks in the Dera Ismail khan district in Pakistan's Northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, a senior official and police official said Sunday.
Militants carried out two back-to-back attacks on police at a check point and later at a hospital in the district, Pakistani Prime Minister's Special Assistant of Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan said, adding the fatalties included six police, while several policemen sustained injuries.
In a text message to media, the banned Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying they were conducted in retaliation for the killing of one of their accomplices by the police in an earlier attack on June 23. (Xinhua)
US-ROK military exercise to proceed, says ROK official
A top official of the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Saturday said a US-ROK military exercise would go ahead as planned next month, denying Pyongyang's charges that holding it would breach an agreement made between US President Donald Trump and Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un.
"The nature of the exercise is not offensive ... and is for strengthening the alliance," the official said.
The exercise would largely involve computer simulations and not troops in the field, he said. (CGTN)
Three astronauts arrive at Int'l Space Station
Three astronauts arrived Saturday for their mission aboard the International Space Station after Russia's Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft carried them into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The arrival date is memorable as Saturday was the 50th anniversary that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped on the Moon in a giant leap for humanity.
The crew will spend more than six months conducting about 250 science investigations. (Xinhua)
Last month hottest June on record: EU satellite agency
Last month was the hottest June ever recorded with soaring temperatures worldwide capped off by a record-breaking heatwave across Western Europe, satellite data showed Tuesday.
Global readings taken by the EU-ran Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) showed European temperatures were around 2 degrees Celsius hotter than normal, and globally Earth was 0.1 degrees Celsius hotter than the previous June record.
The heatwave was so intense that temperatures were 10 degrees Celsius higher than normal across France, Germany, northern Spain, and Italy. (AFP)
'The Lion King' bites off $185 million debut, a July record
If there was any doubt that the 2019 box office belonged to Walt Disney, this weekend put an end to it.
Not only did its photorealistic remake of “The Lion King” devour opening weekend records for the month of July and a PG-rated film, but “Avengers: Endgame” also crept past “Avatar” to become the highest-grossing film of all time.
“The Lion King” roared into 4,725 North American theaters, where it grossed a stunning $185 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
Although reviews were mixed for Jon Favreau’s remake of the 1994 animated film, audiences still turned out in droves to hear the A-list voice cast, from Beyoncé to Donald Glover, and see the innovative technology that made the film possible. (AP)
Li Na inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame
Chinese retired tennis great Li Na, two-time Grand Slam champion and former world Number 2, has cemented her reputation as a trailblazer in the game by becoming the first person from Asia to be enshrined into the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF).
As a prolific history maker, Li was the first Asian tennis player competing in a Grand Slam singles final (Australian Open 2011), claiming a Grand Slam singles title (French Open 2011), winning two Grand Slam singles (French Open 2011 and Australian Open 2014), and reaching No. 2 in the WTA ranking (February 2014).
Li retired in 2014 at the age of 32 due to recurring knee injuries. (Xinhua)
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What is the name of the main fairy in “Peter Pan”?
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"Eternity is in love with the productions of time."
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