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[1/5] Chinese President Xi Jinping greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as they attend the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum (BRF), to mark the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Edgar Su Acquire Licensing RightsBEIJING, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against decoupling from China as he opened the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) forum in Beijing on Wednesday, criticizing Western efforts to reduce dependence on the Chinese economy. The trade disruptions of the pandemic years have also added urgency to the desire to limit their dependence on China. WESTERN SCEPTICISMWestern scepticism of Xi's grand plans stems from suspicions over the way it would extend China's global influence, analysts say. Xi is making the Belt and Road smaller and greener, moving away from big-ticket projects like dams to high-tech ones such as digital finance and e-commerce platforms.
Persons: Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Edgar Su, Xi, Putin, BRI, Viktor Orban, Haji Nooruddin Azizi, Azizi, Xi's, Antoni Slodkowski, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Initiative, of, People, REUTERS, Rights, EU, Washington, Thomson Locations: Beijing, Rights BEIJING, China, Asia, Africa, Europe, Tiananmen, Taiwan, Western Europe, Afghanistan, Northern
[1/5] Chinese President Xi Jinping greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as they attend the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum (BRF), to mark the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, October 18, 2023. Putin and other foreign leaders sat with key Chinese officials from the 25-member Politburo on the front row, as Xi delivered his opening speech. The forum centres on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a grand plan launched by Xi in 2013, that envisioned building global infrastructure and energy networks connecting Asia with Africa and Europe through overland and maritime routes. Western scepticism of Xi's grand plans stems from suspicions over the way it would extend China's global influence, analysts say. Xi is pushing to make the Belt and Road smaller and greener, moving away from big-ticket projects like dams to high-tech ones such as digital finance and e-commerce platforms.
Persons: Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Edgar Su, Xi, Putin, BRI, Viktor Orban, Haji Nooruddin Azizi, Antoni Slodkowski, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Initiative, of, People, REUTERS, Rights, Forum, EU, Washington, Thomson Locations: Beijing, Rights BEIJING, Tiananmen, Asia, Africa, Europe, China, Western Europe, United States, Ukraine
[1/3] Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcomed by Chinese President Xi Jinping during a ceremony at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, October 17, 2023. Sputnik/Sergei Savostyanov/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsSummary Putin praises 'dear friend' Xi, thanks for invitePutin heaps praise on BRIPutin says Northern Sea route is open for businessSome European delegates walk out as Putin speaksBEIJING, Oct 18 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday praised Chinese President Xi Jinping for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and invited global investment in the Northern Sea route which he said could deepen trade between east and west. Putin called Xi his "dear friend" and heaped praise on the Belt and Road Initiative for bringing the world together. "Starting next year, navigation for ice-class cargo ships along the entire length of the Northern Sea Route will become year-round." Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin in Moscow and Laurie Chen in Beijing; Editing by Guy FaulconbridgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Sergei Savostyanov, Putin, Xi, BRI Putin, Jean, Pierre Raffarin, Sergei Lavrov, Alexander Novak, Dmitry Chernyshenko, Dmitry Peskov, Maxim Oreshkin, Yuri Ushakov, Maxim Reshetnikov, Igor Morgulov, Vladimir Soldatkin, Laurie Chen, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: Forum, Sputnik, REUTERS Acquire, Wednesday, Initiative, Soviet Union, French, Kremlin, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, Northern, BEIJING, Ukraine, Russia, Murmansk, Russia's, Norway, Bering, Alaska, Moscow, North Korea
Russian forces launched their "most significant" assault since at least January 2023, UK intel said. The village is a "major obstacle," with Russia suffering heavy losses there, the UK MOD said. The update described the offensive as likely "the most significant offensive operation undertaken by Russia since at least January 2023." Last week, Russia launched a major attack on the village of Adviivka, which Ukraine retook earlier this year, but reports since then have pointed to significant Russian losses . AdvertisementAdvertisement"Entrenched Ukrainian forces have so far likely held back the Russian advance, with the latter sustaining heavy equipment and personnel losses," the MOD said on Tuesday.
Persons: , Vladimir Putin, Putin, Vitaliy Barabash, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: intel, MOD, Service, UK's Ministry of Defence, Washington DC, for, Agence France Locations: Russia, Avdiivka, Adviivka, Ukraine, Donetsk Oblast, Zaporizhia, Bakhmut
Protests Break Out After Hospital Blast
  + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Protesters clashed with Lebanese security forces outside the U.S. Embassy in Beirut early Wednesday during a demonstration in solidarity with the people of Gaza. (Joseph Eid/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Persons: Joseph Eid Organizations: U.S, Embassy, Agence France Locations: Beirut, Gaza
A 7.5-foot-tall statue of a man clutching his penis with both hands was uncovered in an ancient site. AdvertisementAdvertisementArchaeologists have uncovered an 11,000-year-old statue of a man clutching his penis — a discovery that could shed new light on a mysterious Neolithic culture. The Urfa man, a 6.2-foot-tall statue of a man seeming to protect his erect penis with both hands, was notably found nearby. Urfa man, also known as the Balikligol statue, is shown in at Archeology Museum in Sanliurfa on February 22, 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe statue guards its mysterious meaningIt's not clear what the statue was meant to represent and how it fits within this mysterious Neolithic culture.
Persons: , OZAN KOSE, Necmi Karul, Karahan, Gobekli, Esber, Sean Thomas, Thomas, Karul, Benjamin Arbuckle, Klaus Schmidt, Schmidt, Lee Clare, Clare, Ted Banning, Banning, Arbuckle Organizations: Service, Getty, Istanbul University, Agence France Presse, UNESCO, Archeology Museum, Anadolu Agency, The Spectator, AFP, University of North, Chapel, Smithsonian Magazine, Archaeological Institute, BBC, University of Toronto Locations: Karahan Tepe, Turkey, Karahantepe, Sanliurfa, AFP, Syria, Turkiye, Asia, University of North Carolina, Gobekli Tepe, Karahan, Gobekli
How Hamas's Network of Tunnels in Gaza Works
  + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A screengrab of a video released by the Israeli army in August last year, reportedly showing a tunnel leading out of the Gaza Strip into Israel. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)As part of its campaign to eradicate Hamas from Gaza, Israel has targeted strikes against a network of tunnels underneath the enclave that are used by the militant group to transport weapons and people without detection by Israeli air surveillance. How big are the tunnels?
Organizations: Agence Locations: Gaza, Israel, Agence France
REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra Acquire Licensing RightsJERUSALEM, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The Israeli army said on Saturday it was investigating an incident in southern Lebanon in which a Reuters journalist was killed. A Reuters witness at the scene has said he was struck by missiles fired from the direction of Israel. "We are aware of the incident with the Reuters journalist," army spokesman Lt Col Richard Hecht told a regular briefing. While other news outlets, including the Associated Press and Al Jazeera, said the shells were Israeli, Reuters could not establish whether the missiles had actually been fired by Israel. Agence France-Presse and Al Jazeera each said two of their journalists were wounded in the incident.
Persons: Kanso, Issam Abdullah, Reuters videojournalist, Zohra, Col Richard Hecht, Issam Abdallah, Abdallah, Al, Alma al, Maher Nazeh, Thaer Al, Al Jazeera, Ari Rabinovitch, Jon Boyle Organizations: Lebanese, Reuters, REUTERS, Rights, UN Security Council, Agence France, Presse, Hezbollah, Associated Press, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Al Khiyam, Lebanese, Al Jazeera, Alma, Al
Fighting in Avdiivka, near Ukraine's eastern front, has entered the fifth day. In the north-east of Ukraine, a top general said the fighting had also "significantly worsened." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . It is very heated, very heated," he said, per the AFP. The White House said Friday that Russia has resumed employing the so-called "human wave" tactic in its war against Ukraine.
Persons: , Vitaliy Barabash, Barabash, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Syrskyi, Russia's, John Kirby Organizations: AFP, Service, Agence France, Independent, Reuters, Ukraine, National Security Council Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine's, Ukraine, Bakhmut, Alabino, Moscow, Russia, Kupiansk, Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast
KHIAM, Lebanon (AP) — Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah who was killed in Israeli shelling of southern Lebanon, was laid to rest in his hometown Saturday in a funeral procession attended by hundreds of people. Draped in a Lebanese flag, Abdallah’s body was carried on a stretcher through the streets of his southern town of Khiam, from his family’s home to the local cemetery. France’s international news agency, Agence France-Presse, said two of its journalists were also wounded: photographer Christina Assi, and video journalist Dylan Collins. The Lebanon-Israel border has been witnessing sporadic acts of violence since Saturday's surprise attack by the militant Palestinian group Hamas on southern Israel. Journalists from various countries have been flocking to Lebanon to monitor the situation as tensions have been escalating between Hezbollah and Israel.
Persons: , — Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah, Abdallah, Alma al, Beirut’s, Israel, Richard Hecht, ” Hecht, , Thaer Al, Sudani, Maher Nazeh, Qatar’s, Elie Brakhya, Carmen Joukhadar, Christina Assi, Dylan Collins Organizations: — Reuters, Hezbollah, Foreign, United Nations, National News Agency, Associated Press, Reuters, ” Reuters, Jazeera, Agence France, AFP, American University Medical, Hamas, Journalists Locations: KHIAM, Lebanon, Lebanese, Khiam, Alma, Israeli, Jerusalem, Beirut, Israel, Palestinian
Birkenstock CEO Oliver Reichert (center) waves Wednesday as he rings the opening of the New York Stock Exchange, as Birkenstock launched its IPO. Birkenstock CEO Oliver Reichert waves Wednesday as he rings the opening of the New York Stock Exchange, as Birkenstock launched its IPO. Angela Weiss/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Persons: Oliver Reichert, Birkenstock, Angela Weiss Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Agence France
Smartphones Become Windows to a War
  + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A man records video of rockets being fired from Gaza City toward Israel on Oct. 7. (MOHAMMED ABED/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES)That’s what 22-year-old Inbar Shem Tov whispered in a video sent to her father while hiding in a dumpster from Hamas attackers. Around her you can see other young women, clinging to their phones, sending WhatsApp messages.
Persons: MOHAMMED ABED, Shem Tov Organizations: AGENCE FRANCE Locations: Gaza City, Israel
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell attends EU-China High-Level Strategic Dialogue at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, China, on October 13, 2023. "Cooperation is very much important," Borrell told a press conference ending a three-day visit that had twice been postponed. During talks in Beijing last month, China's economy tsar, He Lifeng, asked EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis to "exercise restraint in the use of trade remedy measures". The EU plans to open an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese steelmakers this month, the Financial Times has reported. The EU and China plan a summit by the end of the year, with Borrell's visit and those of a number of other top EU officials in recent months having paved the way.
Persons: Josep Borrell, Pedro Pardo, Borrell, Enrique Mora, Wang Yi, Lifeng, Valdis Dombrovskis, Laurie Chen, Joe Cash, William Mallard Organizations: EU, Representative, Foreign Affairs, House, REUTERS Acquire, EV, Financial Times, Thomson Locations: EU, China, Beijing, BEIJING, Brussels, Europe, United States, Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, Russia
WSJ Correspondent Sees Panic on Israel-Lebanon Border During Drone False Alarm Israelis living along the northern border with Lebanon were ordered to find shelter on Wednesday amid a false alarm that attack drones might have crossed the border. WSJ Correspondent Dion Nissenbaum was with Israeli troops in the area when the warnings came in. Photo: Thomas Coex/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Persons: Dion Nissenbaum, Thomas Coex Organizations: WSJ, Agence France Locations: Israel, Lebanon
WSJ Correspondent Sees Panic on Israel-Lebanon Border During Drone False Alarm Israelis living along the northern border with Lebanon were ordered to find shelter on Wednesday amid a false alarm that attack drones might have crossed the border. WSJ Correspondent Dion Nissenbaum was with Israeli troops in the area when the warnings came in. Photo: Thomas Coex/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Persons: Dion Nissenbaum, Thomas Coex Organizations: WSJ, Agence France Locations: Israel, Lebanon
Journalists from international news organizations Al Jazeera, Agence France Presse, and Reuters were among the victims, according to statements from their outlets. Hanita is just across the border from the Lebanese town of Alma Chaab, where the group of journalists was covering the exchange of fire, CNN’s video analysis shows. In videos verified by CNN of the aftermath of the attack, at least two other journalists are seen bloodied. Hezbollah, a Lebanese armed group backed by Iran, said it fired at four different Israeli locations on Friday. Earlier on Friday, a CNN team had met Abdallah at a pro-Palestinian rally being covered by journalists at the border town of Maroun el-Ras.
Persons: Al, Hanita, Alma Chaab, CNN’s geolocations, Christina Assi, Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah, Assi, Instagram Abdallah, CNN’s, Benjamin Pittet, Dylan Collins, , Israel, Abdallah, Shireen Abu Akleh Organizations: Southern, Southern Lebanon CNN, CNN, Journalists, Agence France Presse, Reuters, Social, “ Press, AFP, Alma, Apache, West Bank Locations: Southern Lebanon, Lebanon, Hanita, Alma, Instagram, Alma Chaab, Geoconfirmed, American, AFP, ” Israel, Israel, Gaza, Lebanese, Iran, Maroun el, Palestinian
CNN —At least one journalist was killed and six others were injured Friday while covering the war between Israel and Hamas in southern Lebanon. Reuters said in a statement that it was “deeply saddened” to learn that one of its videographers, Issam Abdallah, had been killed in the incident. “We are urgently seeking more information, working with authorities in the region, and supporting Issam’s family and colleagues,” Reuters said. Al Jazeera separately said that two of its journalists, Elie Brakhya and reporter Carmen Joukhadar, were wounded. Prior to the Friday incident, at least 10 journalists have been killed since the onset of the war, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Persons: , Issam Abdallah, Thaer Al, Sudani, Maher Nazeh, Al Jazeera, Elie Brakhya, Carmen Joukhadar Organizations: CNN, Reuters, ” Reuters, Agence France, Presse, Israel Defense Forces, Protect Journalists Locations: Israel, Lebanon
[1/2] High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks during an event at Peking University in Beijing, China October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Xiaoyu Yin Acquire Licensing RightsBEIJING, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, urged China on Friday to redress economic and trade imbalances or efforts by Europe to reduce its dependence on China may "accelerate far more than is good". Borrell is on a three-day visit to China and is expected to have discussions on thorny issues including trade, Ukraine and human rights. "It is ... in our interest to find common ground, to redress the imbalance in our economic and trade relations," Borrell told students at the capital's prestigious Peking University. The trip was initially postponed in April after Borrell tested positive for COVID-19, and was then cancelled in June by China without citing a reason.
Persons: Josep Borrell, Borrell, Wang Yi, Lifeng, Laurie Chen, Albee Zhang, Philip Blenkinsop, Jamie Freed, Robert Birsel Organizations: European Union for Foreign Affairs, Peking University, REUTERS, Rights, EU, China Summit, Global Times, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, Rights BEIJING, Europe, Ukraine, Shanghai, Russia, Brussels, Taiwan, EU, United States, decouple, Taiwan Strait
Steve Scalise Withdraws Name From House Speaker Race
  + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WSJ Correspondent Sees Panic on Israel-Lebanon Border During Drone False AlarmIsraelis living along the northern border with Lebanon were ordered to find shelter on Wednesday amid a false alarm that attack drones might have crossed the border. WSJ Correspondent Dion Nissenbaum was with Israeli troops in the area when the warnings came in. Photo: Thomas Coex/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Persons: Dion Nissenbaum, Thomas Coex Organizations: WSJ, Agence France Locations: Israel, Lebanon
Watch: Moment Israeli Strike Hits High-Rise Building in Gaza
  + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WSJ Correspondent Sees Panic on Israel-Lebanon Border During Drone False AlarmIsraelis living along the northern border with Lebanon were ordered to find shelter on Wednesday amid a false alarm that attack drones might have crossed the border. WSJ Correspondent Dion Nissenbaum was with Israeli troops in the area when the warnings came in. Photo: Thomas Coex/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Persons: Dion Nissenbaum, Thomas Coex Organizations: WSJ, Agence France Locations: Israel, Lebanon
Inside the Gaza Strip, a narrow sliver of the world that even in ordinary times poses logistical challenges for journalists, security conditions have quickly deteriorated. Chronicling it all from ground zero are the few journalists located inside Gaza, providing the world with a critical first-hand account of the deteriorating humanitarian reality. The French international wire service, Agence France-Presse, is one of the few news organizations to operate a full-fledged bureau inside Gaza. It was right next to the camera,” Biddle said, adding that the outlet’s camera is located on the terrace of its bureau. So the situation is pretty scary.”Biddle described the challenges her staff of nine Palestinian journalists inside Gaza are facing.
Persons: Jo Biddle, ” Biddle, Biddle, it’s, They’re, , they’re, Organizations: CNN, Hamas, French, Agence France, AFP Locations: Israel, Gaza, Gaza City, East, North Africa, AFP
[1/6] Visiting U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is greeted by Chinese President Xi Jinping before their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Andy Wong/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsBEIJING, Oct 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday there had been "serious engagement" during a meeting between a visiting U.S. bipartisan congressional delegation and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The visit aims to advance U.S. economic and national security interests ahead of a potential summit between Xi and U.S. President Joe Biden next month. "There was serious engagement with President Xi and others," Schumer said during a briefing at the Beijing residence of U.S. During Monday's meeting, Xi said "competition and confrontation are not in line with the trend of the times", according to a Chinese state media readout.
Persons: Chuck Schumer, Xi Jinping, Andy Wong, Joe Biden, Biden, Xi, Schumer, Nicholas Burns, Mike Crapo, Israel, Antoni Slodkowski, Laurie Chen, Andrew Heavens, Nick Macfie Organizations: U.S, of, People, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, United, Thomson Locations: Beijing, Rights BEIJING, U.S, Xi, United States, China, Taiwan, Asia, South Korea, Japan
Live Q&A: What Is Happening in Israel
  + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
(mahmud hams/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)Palestinian militants from the armed group Hamas launched a surprise coordinated attack on Israel on Saturday morning. Israel declared war in response and launched retaliatory attacks. Another Iran-backed group—Hezbollah—attacked military targets in northern Israel from its positions in southern Lebanon early Sunday. Senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah say Iranian security officials helped plan Hamas’s Saturday surprise attack and gave the green light for the assault at a meeting in Beirut last Monday. U.S. officials say they haven’t seen evidence of Tehran’s involvement.
Persons: Israel, Hezbollah — Organizations: Agence France, Hamas, Hezbollah Locations: Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Beirut
What Is the Gaza Strip and Who Lives There
  + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
What Is the Gaza Strip and Who Lives ThereIsraeli army soldiers positioned with their Merkava tanks near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. (Jack Guez/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)The Gaza Strip is a sliver of land bordering Israel and Egypt that is around the size of Washington D.C. with a population about three times the size. It is part of the area that, together with the West Bank, makes up the Palestinian territories. Its population of over two million is largely made up of Palestinians living in one of the most densely packed pieces of land in the world.
Persons: Jack Guez Organizations: Agence France, Washington D.C, West Bank Locations: Gaza, Israel, Egypt, Washington
Taylor Swift performing during her Eras Tour at in California in August Photo: michael tran/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesFilm• “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” (Oct. 13): There are music stars, music icons and music legends—then there’s Taylor Swift , who stands on a tier all her own. Her blockbuster tour has been popular beyond anyone’s wildest dreams and is on track to gross more than $2 billion in North America alone. Swifties who might still have bad blood after not being able to snag a ticket—or who just want to relive the love story all over again—will have the chance to do so in theaters.
Persons: Taylor Swift, michael tran, “ Taylor Swift, , there’s Taylor Swift, Swifties Organizations: Agence France Locations: California, North America
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