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Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for making the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank a new platform that promotes development for all its members and facilitates the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The president made the remarks when addressing the opening ceremony of an annual meeting of the bank via video link.
He called on efforts to help the AIIB promote development across the world, progress with the times, as well as making it a high-performance institution for international cooperation.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory message to the official start of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor assembly.
A virtual ceremony of the assembly was held at ITER headquarters in southern France.
The ITER machine is the world's largest science project. It replicates the Sun's fusion power that provides the light and warmth that enables life on Earth.
China has suspended Hong Kong's extradition treaties with Canada, Australia, and the UK in response to similar decisions by those countries.
New Zealand also suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong. China has urged New Zealand to correct its wrong decisions immediately.
China has lodged solemn representations against India's ban on 59 mobile apps with Chinese background.
A statement released on the website of the Chinese embassy to India said the act severely damaged the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies.
Spokesperson Ji Rong said deliberate interference in practical cooperation between China and India will not serve India's interests.
Tesla is offering nearly 1,000 jobs in painting, assembly, logistics, and security at its Gigafactory in Shanghai.
Sources familiar with the matter say the recruitment drive was to prepare for the Model Y which will go into production next year.
The factory currently producing the Model 3 sedan was poised to achieve a weekly output of 4,000 cars by the middle of the year.
The U.S. electric car maker is also believed to be hiring designers for its China studio.
Tesla is planning to open a design and research center in China to make "Chinese-style" cars.
A new China-Europe freight train express service has been launched in Nanchong, Sichuan Province.
Two trains loaded with silk garments, light industrial products and food departed from the southwestern Chinese city. They are bound for Nigeria and Italy.
Future freight trains along this route are expected to export products worth 1.5 billion yuan, or about 210 million U.S. dollars, each year.
North Korea has imposed tougher prevention measures against COVID-19 after what could be its first publicly confirmed coronavirus case.
The border town of Kaesong went into lockdown and strict quarantine and screening measures have been put into place.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an emergency on Sunday after a person was suspected to have been infected with coronavirus.
State news agency KCNA claimed the individual was a runaway who went to South Korea and illegally returned to the North.
World Health Organization says over 1,200 people in North Korea have been tested for the virus as of July 16. All results were negative.
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is not wearing a mask after his recovery from COVID-19.
Bolsonaro took his mask off at his supporters' request when he greeted them in Brasilia.
The president tested positive for coronavirus earlier this month and went into quarantine at his residence.
His latest test came back negative over the past weekend.
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been found guilty of abuse of power over the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad investment fund.
He is facing four more trials for three counts of criminal breach of trust and three counts of money laundering.
Each charge carries a prison sentence of up to 15 to 20 years.
It is unclear if Najib will be sentenced immediately.
Prosecutors allege more than one billion dollars of the 1MDB funds made its way into Najib's personal accounts.
