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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed efforts to maintain strategic resolve and stay united in forging ahead against all odds to build a strong country.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on the nation to remain confident in the coming year, saying the world's second-largest economy can overcome challenges and pressure through hard work.

On New Year's eve, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his 2025 New Year message through China Media Group and the Internet. The following is the full text of the message：

On December 30, 2024, President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to U.S. President Joe Biden over the passing of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

All Russian tanks are equipped with protection against drones; their design received such a change as a result of the special military operation experience, tank maker Uralvagonzavod told journalists.

In response to US Treasury's claim that a China state-sponsored actor infiltrated Treasury workstations in what US Treasury officials are describing as a "major incident," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that regarding these unfounded accusations lacking evidence, we have repeatedly stated our position.

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Iranian authorities say the country will re-examine anti-money laundering and terrorism financing conventions adopted by the global financial crime watchdog FATF.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said his military fired a new intermediate-range missile into Ukraine following accusations by Kyiv that it was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

"In response to the deployment of American and British long-range weapons, on November 21, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a combined strike on a facility within Ukraine's defence industrial complex. In field conditions, we also carried out tests of one of Russia's latest medium-range missile systems - in this case, carrying a non-nuclear hypersonic ballistic missile that our engineers named Oreshnik. The tests were

Tensions heightened over Moscow's war on Ukraine Thursday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin saying it had targeted the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with a new intermediate-range missile in response to the United States and Britain sending Kyiv its longer-range missiles for use against Russia.

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took another major step in implementing commitments made by G7 leaders to curtail Russia's use of the international financial system to further its war against Ukraine. OFAC's action includes the designation of Gazprombank, more than 50 internationally connected Russian banks, more than 40 Russian securities registrars, and 15 Russian finance officials.

Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court ('Court'), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine,unanimously issued two decisions rejecting challenges by the State of Israel ('Israel') brought under articles 18 and 19 of the Rome Statute (the 'Statute'). It also issued warrants of arrest for Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr Yoav Gallant.

"Israel utterly rejects the false and absurd charges of the International Criminal Court, a biased and discriminatory political body."

The delivery of life-saving aid across Gaza "is grinding to a halt" amid a surge in armed looting targeting humanitarian convoys, the senior aid official in the region said on Thursday.

Questions have been raised over the activities of a Chinese ship currently in the company of a Danish naval patrol vessel after being spotted near two undersea internet cables that were cut in the Baltic Sea on Sunday and Monday.

Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court ('Court'), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued a warrant of arrest for Mr Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, commonly known as 'Deif', for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes committed on the territory of the State of Israel and the State of Palestine from

"On 20 May 2024, my Office submitted applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I in relation to the situation in the State of Palestine.

The Albanese Government has selected a design by Damen Shipyards Group as the preferred option for the Australian Defence Force's Landing Craft Heavy under a program that will bolster national defence by establishing a new littoral fleet.