“World’s supermarket” Yiwu gets robot security guards
As the Yiwu International Trade Market falls quiet at 10 p.m., a legion of four-legged robots step out of automatically opening doors to begin their nightly patrol. Since last month,…
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Pakistan: IMF praises oil crisis handling, urges gas sector reforms
• Seeks faster work on targeted gas subsidies, Rs3.6tr circular debt• Acknowledges power sector’s improvement in recoveries, loss reduction• Govt, lender to discuss direct cash support for deserving power consumers…
China’s railway passenger trips hit record single-day high
China’s railway network handled 25.204 million passenger trips on Oct. 1, the first day of the week-long National Day holiday, setting a new single-day record, China State Railway Group Co.,…
Ex-UN director who protested Gaza famine challenges his dismissal
Benjamin Davis, 62, was one of the hundreds of employees who joined in moments of silence for hunger victims in Gaza. Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen…
90 years on, Long March stories resonate across generations and borders
Standing before a grave marked “Red Army Tomb” in Zunyi, a city in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Kong Xia told visitors about the young medic buried beneath it. The medic…
Arab-Israeli politician withdraws from October election after Supreme Court signals disqualification
Arab Israeli politician Sami Abu Shehadeh withdrew his candidacy on Thursday from October’s parliamentary election after Israel’s Supreme Court indicated a majority of its judges supported barring him from the…