Новости за 13.09.2024

TASITOLU, East Timor: Thirty-five years after St. John Paul II prayed during the nation's fight for independence from Indonesia, an estimated 600,000 people packed the same seaside park this week for Pope Francis' final Mass.

VEENDAM, Netherlands: A company developing the hyperloop technology said this week that it had achieved significant liftoff when a test vehicle was levitated and zipped through a tube at a testing facility in The Netherlands.

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LANZHOU, Gansu/BAOJI, Shaanxi, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping urged northwest China's Gansu Province to deepen reform, make innovation, and do

Team Six has reportedly been focusing on ?a Taiwan conflict?

The US Navy's elite special operations unit, SEAL Team Six, has been training to "help Taiwan" in case of a "Chinese invasion," according to the Financial Times (FT). The unit carried out the 2011 mission that killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan.

SEAL Team Six "has been planning and training for a Taiwan conflict fo

New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the central government over the goods and services tax (GST) and said that a simplified GST with a single tax rate would solve the problems of lakhs of businesses. Citing the purported example of a restaurant owner of Coimbatore who reportedly apologised to Union Finance Minister Sitharaman over asking a question relating t

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BEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday signed a presidential order to award national medals and national honorary titles to 15 indiv

TOKYO, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed lower on Friday with the market pressured as the Japanese yen hit its highest level of the year against the U.S. dollar.

Catch Up with the Jets Legend from Stanford Jim Gehman

Two men who had a history from playing against each other in the Pac-10, had much different experiences when the NFL held its draft in 1996. But they ended up on the same team - the Jets.

USC wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson was taken with the first-overall pick. And Kwame Ellis, a cornerback from Stanford, who was the Defensive MVP of the 1995 Liberty

Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 13 (ANI): Hindu organisations staged a protest over an alleged illegally constructed mosque in Mandi on Friday. As the crowd tried to bring down the line of barricades, police resorted to firing water cannon to disperse the crowd. The protests had been called for by Hindu organisations even after Mosque authorities demolished parts of the complex that were allegedly unauthorized

New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): The World Ozone Day was celebrated on Friday by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Climate Change, where Valentin Foltescu, Officer in Charge of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) India, said that India's journey under the Montreal Protocol is embarked upon by significant milestones achieved through the constructed efforts of stakeholders. Foltescu said that Indi

OSLO, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and the European Union (EU) signed an agreement Thursday on a new funding period for the European Economic Area (EEA) and Norway Grants.

STORY: 47th WorldSkills Competition underway in Lyon, France

SHOOTING TIME: Sept. 11, 2024

DATELINE: Sept. 13, 2024

LENGTH: 0:02:05

LOCATION: LYON, France

CATEGORY: SOCIETYSHOTLIST:

1. various of the 47th WorldSkills Competition

2. SOUNDBITE (English): JOE, spectator

3. various of the 47th WorldSkills CompetitionSTORYLINE:The 47th WorldSkills Competition (WSC) is underway

© Provided by Xinhua Visitors view the He Zun, an ancient bronze vessel, during an exhibition held at the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 25, 2022. (Xinhua

BEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.

STORY: A visit to Egypt's Rafah border crossing with Gaza

SHOOTING TIME: Sept. 9, 2024

DATELINE: Sept. 13, 2024

LENGTH: 00:01:44

LOCATION: RAFAH, Egypt

CATEGORY: POLITICSSHOTLIST:

1. various of Rafah crossing

2. various of Josep Borrell visiting Rafah crossing

3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOSEP BORRELL, High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and S

Seoul [South Korea], September 13 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was shown inspecting a uranium enrichment facility in a report by state media, which also released images of centrifuges that produce fuel for its nuclear bombs, South Korean media said on Friday. Yonhap in its report, published photos by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) of Kim visiting the Nuclear Weapons Institute and the production base of weapon

(240913) -- PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. President Donald Trump (C) is interviewed at the U.S. presidential debate spin room after the first presidential debate with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, the United States, on Sept. 10, 2024. Former U.S. President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nomine

SEAL Team Six has reportedly been focusing on ?a Taiwan conflict?

The US Navy's elite special operations unit, SEAL Team Six, has been training to "help Taiwan" in case of a "Chinese invasion," according to the Financial Times. The unit is most famous for the 2011 mission that killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan.

SEAL Team Six "has been planning and training for a Taiwan conf

washington - This week's U.S. televised debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris broke through an intensely busy news cycle in South Asia to garner attention across most major news outlets.

New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das cautioned the world on the rising global debt, which has surged to a staggering USD 315 trillion, equivalent to 333 per cent of global GDP in 2024. During a speech at the 'Future of Finance Forum 2024' on Friday in Singapore, the governor highlighted that this unprecedented level of debt poses significant risks, particularly for emer

Canberra [Australia], September 13 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday said that he looks forward to meeting Quad partners to discuss important challenges faced by the Indo-Pacific and strengthening the cooperation between the four nations. Albanese is set to travel to the United States to attend Quad Leaders Summit in Delaware on September 21. The Australian Prime Minister will be joined by fellow

© Provided by Xinhua This photo taken on July 27, 2023 shows the Euro sign in Frankfurt, Germany. The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its key interest rates by 25 basis

BEIJING, 13th September, 2024 (WAM) -- China's central bank conducted 236.2 billion yuan (about US$33.25 billion) of seven-day reverse repos at an interest rate of 1.7 percent Friday.

New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): As the date for the U.S. Federal Reserve's anticipated rate cut draws near (September 18), investors remain cautiously optimistic about its potential effects on various sectors. According to a report by Motilal Oswal, the healthcare and manufacturing sectors are expected to benefit the most from the Fed's decision to lower interest rates, signaling strong growth prospects in the comi

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 13 (ANI): Indian stock markets opened at a new high on Friday, with both indices continuing the bull run. The Nifty 50 index opened closer to its 52-week high, while the Sensex opened above the 83,000 mark for the first time. The Nifty 50 index opened at 25,430.45, gaining 41.55 points or 0.16 percent, while the BSE Sensex opened at 83,091.55 points, a surge of 128.84 points or 0.16