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President Xi tells Modi 'healthy, stable' China :Xinhua

Xiamen - Emirates Voice

Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the two countries should pursue "healthy, stable bilateral ties", state media reported Tuesday in the wake of a protracted border standoff. The exchange, mentioned in a brief dispatch by China's official Xinhua news agency, apparently occurred on the sidelines of the just-concluded summit of BRICS emerging economies hostedRead more

Xi tells Modi 'healthy, stable' China-India ties needed

Xiamen - Emirates Voice

Russia may reduce US diplomatic personnel by 155

Xiamen - Emirats Voice

Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened Tuesday to expel up to 155 more US diplomats from his country as the diplomatic feud between Washington and Moscow rumbled on. "We reserve the right to make a decision on how many American diplomats there are in Moscow. But we will not do that for the moment," he told a press conference after aRead more

Xi tells Modi 'healthy, stable' China-India ties needed

Xiamen - Emirats Voice

'Strongly deplore' N.Korea nuclear test

Xiamen - Emirates Voice

The five-nation BRICS grouping said Monday it "strongly deplores" North Korea's latest nuclear test, adding to global condemnation of Pyongyang. "We strongly deplore the nuclear test conducted by the DPRK (North Korea)," Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa said in a joint statement from their annual summit. "We express deep concern over the ongoing tension and prolonged nuclear issueRead more

BRICS leaders 'strongly deplore' N.Korea nuclear test

Xiamen - Emirates Voice

BRICS leaders 'strongly deplore' N.Korea nuclear test

Xiamen - Emirats Voice

Dead China runner reveals marathon cheats an unexpected

Beijing - Arab Today

Thinking of competing in a marathon but put off by the distance? Easy. Pay someone to run it for you. The death of a runner in a half marathon in China's southeastern city of Xiamen this month has highlighted an unexpected form of cheating. When a runner suffered a heart attack and collapsed 4.5 kilometres (three miles) from the finishRead more

Typhoon Meranti death toll rises to 28

Fuzhou - Arab Today

Typhoon Meranti has left 28 people dead and 15 others missing in the eastern Chinese provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang. Meranti, the strongest typhoon to hit China this year, made landfall in Xiamen City, Fujian, Thursday morning. It was also the strongest typhoon to hit southern Fujian since 1949. Fujian flood control authorities said Saturday that 18 people died andRead more