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China to prioritize conservation in its water diversion project

BEIJING — China will press ahead with the world's largest water diversion project and prioritize water conservation in the process.As the country pursues green and high-quality development, efforts should be made to advance the South-to-North Water Diversion Project in a scientific manner and promote the effective and economical use of water resources, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday.Xi made the remarks at a symposium on advancing the high-quality follow-up development of the project in Nanyang, central China's Henan Province, following an inspection tour that began on Wednesday.He called for safeguarding ecological security and promoting balanced spatial distribution of water resources in the country.3,000 West Lakes, 120 million peopleThe South-to-North Water Diversion...

May 14, 2021

China to prioritize conservation in its water diversion project

Twelve people were killed in an explosion at a mosque in a district of the Afghan capital Kabul during Friday prayers, officials said. — courtesy Tolo Twitter

OIC condemns terrorist blast targeting mosque in Kabul

JEDDAH/KABUL — The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned, in strong wordings, here Friday, the terrorist blast that targeted a mosque in Kabul during Juma'ah prayers, resulting in deaths and casualties.OIC secretariat general expressed sincere condolences and consolation to the families of the victims, the people, and the government of Afghanistan, wishing speedy recovery to the injured.Twelve people were killed in an explosion at a mosque in a district of the Afghan capital Kabul during Friday prayers, officials said.Ferdous Faramarz, spokesman for the Kabul police, said 12 people, including the mosque’s Imam, had been killed, and 15 others wounded.The blast happened inside the mosque when people had gathered for Friday prayers on the second day of Eid Al-Fitr —...

May 14, 2021

OIC condemns terrorist blast targeting mosque in Kabul

An undated file photo shows an illustration of Tianwen-1 robotic probe entering Martian orbit. — courtesy China Daily

Unmanned Chinese spacecraft to land on Mars

BEIJING — An unmanned Chinese spacecraft is set to land on Utopia Planitia on Mars between May 15 and May 19 Beijing time, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Friday.The spacecraft, Tianwen-1, is China's first independent mission to Mars, Reuters reported. Stargazers from all over the world will once again gaze at Mars, looking forward to the event of China's Tianwen-1 probe's upcoming landing somewhere in the southern part of a vast plain known as Utopia Planitia on the Red Planet.Aiming to achieve “orbiting, landing and roving” all in one mission, China's Tianwen-1 probe, which managed to smoothly reach Martian parking orbit in February, has entered crucial touchdown stage.The probe will land on the Red Planet at a selected time between early...

May 14, 2021

Unmanned Chinese spacecraft to land on Mars

7.2-magnitude quake rocks western Indonesia

JAKARTA — A 7.2-magnitude undersea earthquake struck western Indonesia, off the island of Sumatra, on Friday at 1:30 p.m. (0630 GMT), but there were no threats of a tsunami, the climatology and meteorological agency said, according to DPA.The agency said the quake struck at a depth of 19 kilometers, about 150 kilometers southwest off Nias Island, near the western coast of North Sumatra province, and 1,339 kilometers south-west of Jakarta.The quake jolted local residents who fled their houses in panic, said Hiramo, a spokesperson of the West Nias regency disaster mitigation agency. There were no immediate reports of any casualties from the quake.But the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said the earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck off the northwest coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra...

May 14, 2021

7.2-magnitude quake rocks western Indonesia

The Sunhak Peace Prize

Nominations for 5th edition of Sunhak Peace Prize opens

SEOUL, South Korea — The Sunhak Peace Prize honors distinguished individuals or organizations that have contributed significantly to peace and to the welfare of future generations.In particular, the committee considers three core areas of accomplishment in the evaluation of candidates: Sustainable Human Development, Conflict Resolution, and Ecological Conservation.Sunhak laureates are selected biannually by an international committee, and receive an award in the amount of $1,000,000.Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon founded the Sunhak Peace Prize to continue the legacy and vision of her late husband, Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon, who founded the Universal Peace Federation and dedicated his life to the promotion of peace. The 5th Award Ceremony will take place in 2022.Criteria for Evaluation of...

May 13, 2021

Nominations for 5th edition of Sunhak Peace Prize opens

Nepal Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli, seen at a public meeting, was removed from his position after losing a vote of confidence on Monday.

Nepal tries to form a new govt as its COVID-19 crisis deepens

KATHMANDU — Nepal has been thrown into political turmoil after the country's prime minister was forced to step down following public anger over his response to a deadly second wave of COVID-19.K. P. Sharma Oli — who touted unproven coronavirus remedies and attended crowded events even as cases rose — was removed from his position after losing a vote of confidence on Monday.Just a month ago, the Himalayan nation of 31 million people was reporting about 100 COVID-19 cases a day. On Tuesday, it reported 9,483 new cases and 225 virus-related fatalities, according to its Health Ministry — the highest single-day death toll since the pandemic began.Some have linked the country's second wave to the outbreak in neighboring India, which began in mid-March. The two countries share a...

May 13, 2021

Nepal tries to form a new govt as its COVID-19 crisis deepens

The UN officials also called on the Afghan authorities to urgently protect the right to education in armed conflict, especially for girls, which is too often overlooked and neglected. — Courtesy file photo

Top UN officials strongly condemn ‘heinous’ attack on girls' school Afghanistan

NEW YORK — Two senior UN officials on Wednesday, condemned in the strongest terms, a terrorist attack targeting girls and their families outside a high school in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The terrorists who exploded a bomb near a girls’ school in the mostly Shiite district of west Kabul in Dasht-e-Barchi on Saturday “must be held accountable” for their “heinous crime”, the UN Special Representatives for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, and on Violence Against Children, Najat Maalla M’jid, said in a joint statement.According to news reports, scores of people — many of them students between the ages of 11 and 15 — were killed and hundreds of others injured. Safeguard girls education The UN officials also called on the Afghan authorities to urgently...

May 13, 2021

Top UN officials strongly condemn ‘heinous’ attack on girls' school Afghanistan

To boost infrastructure development in J&K, more than 500 projects worth more than $80 million have been completed, and more than 2,000 projects worth nearly $800 million have been approved. — Courtesy file photo

India keeps focus on Kashmir’s progress despite COVID-19 challenges

NEW DELHI — Despite enormous challenges facing the country in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government in India has been making constant efforts to create opportunities for citizens to transform the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) into a secular, decentralized, and a diverse region as well as to ensure all-inclusive development, efficient governance, socio-economic justice for disadvantaged sections of the society as well as quantum improvement in the lives of all in the UT without any discrimination. Ever since the abrogation of Article 370, the democratic machinery in J&K has been strengthened especially the three-tier local governance model by holding elections to Block Development Councils and District Development Councils. The “Panchayati Raj”...

May 12, 2021

India keeps focus on Kashmir’s progress despite COVID-19 challenges

Protesters call for democracy in Myanmar in this file courtesy photo.

‘No sign’ of end to brutal crackdown on all fronts in Myanmar: UN rights office

GENEVA — While much of the world’s attention is focused on the crackdown against peaceful protesters in Myanmar, the military authorities continue to commit other gross human rights violations against its own people, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday.“More than 100 days after the coup in Myanmar, the military authorities are showing no sign of letting up in their brutal crackdown on opponents in a bid to consolidate their hold on power”, spokesperson Rupert Colville told journalists at a media briefing. According to credible reports, as of May 10, at least 782 people have been killed as security forces used unnecessary, disproportionate and lethal force, to suppress demonstrations and other forms of public participation, since the military coup on Feb....

May 11, 2021

‘No sign’ of end to brutal crackdown on all fronts in Myanmar: UN rights office

China's population grew at its slowest rate in decades in the 10 years prior to 2020, according to census data released on Tuesday. — Courtesy file photo

China has recorded its slowest population growth in decades, new census reveals

HONG KONG — China's population grew at its slowest rate in decades in the 10 years prior to 2020, according to census data released on Tuesday — a trend that could pose serious issues for the world's second-largest economy.According to China's National Bureau of Statistics, the population rose by 5.38 percent over the past decade — or 72 million people — to 1.41 billion people.The latest data represents an average annual population growth rate of 0.53 percent, which was 0.04 percent lower than the annual growth rate reported between 2000 and 2010. It's the slowest growth rate for China since at least the 1960s. The figures also raise the prospect of a demographic crisis for the world's most populous nation, with a falling birth rate and rapidly aging workforce...

May 11, 2021

China has recorded its slowest population growth in decades, new census reveals

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