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Chinese President Xi Jinping received the credentials of new ambassadors to China in Beijing on Friday xhtxs.cn/5rP

No visa and a tax refund? Two great reasons to chill in China this scorching summer! Discover "China Shopping," a cool trend where travelers escape the heat by exploring the high street. What are they looking for? Let's find out! #ChinaTravel

European Central Bank is holding #InterestRates steady, keeping deposit rate at 2 pct. With #Inflation in #EuroArea hovering at target levels, #ECB says domestic price pressures are easing, wage growth is slowing xhtxs.cn/5q3

A total of nine Chinese cities were accredited as international wetland cities on Thursday during the opening of the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP15) held in Zimbabwe. #XinhuaNews

A report highlighting China's innovative approach in protecting cultural heritage was released on Friday by Xinhua Institute, a think tank affiliated with Xinhua News Agency xhtxs.cn/5rK

French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday that France will officially recognize the State of Palestine during the upcoming 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) in September. #XinhuaNews

BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. and China Datang Corporation Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement on Thursday to build a green automotive value chain, with a new joint venture established. #XinhuaNews

People are dying of hunger and illness is spreading in #Gaza. Aid allowed into the strip has been described as "woefully inadequate."

North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has established an investigation team to determine the cause of an incident in which 6 university students drowned after falling into a flotation cell during a study visit at a local copper-molybdenum plant xhtxs.cn/5ru

Themed on "Embracing the Digital and Intelligent Maritime Silk Road -- Jointly Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace," the World Internet Conference Digital Silk Road Development Forum kicked off in southeast China's Quanzhou xhtxs.cn/5rr

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) scholars expect better connectivity for regional development xhtxs.cn/5rp

Xinhua News Agency signed cooperation agreements with several foreign media organizations during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Media and Think Tank Summit held in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province xhtxs.cn/5ro

China, EU leaders chart course for future cooperation amid global challenges xhtxs.cn/5rn #XinhuaHeadlines

U.S. President Donald Trump kept talking about lowering interest rates when visiting the Federal Reserve's headquarters in Washington on Thursday afternoon. He said he had "a very productive talk" about rates with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. xhtxs.cn/5rm

U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff said Thursday that the United States will seek "alternative options" for a ceasefire in Gaza. xhtxs.cn/5rl

A powerful explosion rocked the area around Maarrat Misrin in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, including a woman and a child, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights xhtxs.cn/5rh

At least 6 killed, 140 injured as a powerful explosion rocked Syria's Idlib province on Thursday. The blast reportedly originated inside an ammunition depot. No group has claimed responsibility for it yet xhtxs.cn/5ra

WeRide, a Chinese company in the autonomous driving sector, has recently powered the launch of Saudi Arabia's first Robotaxi pilot service xhtxs.cn/5q9 #ChinaAndMideast

"It's not just about fear ... It's the feeling of being watched, like even your thoughts aren't private." -- life under Israel's ever-present drones in S. Lebanon xhtxs.cn/5q5 #MideastStories

Nine Chinese cities were accredited as international wetland cities on Thursday during the opening of the COP15 in Zimbabwe, raising China's total to 22, the highest globally xhtxs.cn/5q4