BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) — With more than 40 years of reform and opening-up, China has eradicated extreme poverty, lifted about 800 million people out of poverty, and brought over 400 million people into the middle-income group. This is a miracle in the history of human civilization and has far-reaching implications for global human rights governance. The United States has never considered poverty eradication a human rights issue, while Europe considers it an obstacle to the realization of human rights…

BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday sent a congratulatory letter to the Forum on Global Human Rights Governance. At a time of severe challenges facing the global human rights governance, China stands for safeguarding human rights with security, respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, calling on all countries to follow the path of peaceful development, and putting into action the Global Security Initiative, Xi noted in the letter. China advocates for promoting…

An additional 200 South African firefighters will on Wednesday fly to Canada to assist with extinguishing raging fires that have displayed thousands of people in the province of Alberta. More than a week ago, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment sent 200 firefighters and 15 managers to the same country in what is estimated to be a scorching season for Canadians, with more than 3 million hectares reportedly destroyed. Wildfires have broken out in parts of Canada, causing…

CHINA’S top envoy to the United Nations (UN) has reiterated the country’s call against foreign interference in the domestic affairs of African countries. Ambassador Dai Bing, Charge d’Affaires of the Permanent Mission of China to the UN, was speaking at the Security Council during a session on prevailing challenges in Central Africa. He called for support for the countries of the region and praised the principle of “African solutions to African problems”, which seems to be increasingly implemented on the…

REFUGEES in Tanzania will soon receive half the food ration they require, due to funding shortages afflicting the World Food Programme’s (WFP’s) response. More than 200 000 refugees in the East African country will be affected. WFP says it needs US$21 million to provide food assistance. In March, further reductions were made, dropping the ration from meeting 80 percent of the food needs to 65 percent. “A few contributions have arrived on time, and we are now forced to makethe…

The United States has enjoyed global economic and political dominance for decades, thanks in large part to the status of the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency. However, the growing U.S. debt burden, political polarization and partisanship in Washington, and the rise of other countries, bring into question the longevity of America’s preeminent global position. If current fiscal and political trends continue unabated, a weaker dollar and diminished geopolitical influence will be largely inevitable. In June, the U.S. Congress…

HIROSHIMA, Japan, May 20 (Xinhua) — At the Group of Seven (G7) Summit starting here Friday, the U.S.-led clique is again hyping up their so-called “law and order,” whereas political observers have precisely debunked the essence of their lies — a scheme to play small-clique politics and dictate to the rest of the world. The G7 on Saturday issued a statement concerning economic resilience and security, threatening to counter “economic coercion,” which will de facto divide the world into two…

MOSCOW/KIEV, May 21 (Xinhua) — Russia said on Saturday that its forces had taken full control of the hotly contested city of Bakhmut, also known as Artyomovsk, while the Ukrainian side said the situation there was critical. Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russia’s Wagner private military group, said in a video message posted on his Telegram channel that Wagner will begin to withdraw its units on May 25 for rest and retraining, and its fighters will create “the necessary lines of…

SOUTH Africa and the continent will maintain their stance of non-alignment in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. This is in defiance of apparent pressure by the West for the continent to side with Ukraine in the conflict that started in 2022. The South African government on Monday announced the Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, will this week attend the international meeting of high-level officials responsible for securitymatters, set for Russia. This annual meeting, to be held from Tuesday…

HIROSHIMA, Japan, May 22 (Xinhua) — “Re-enacting the Cold War would be foolish,” Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Sunday, calling for settling the Ukraine crisis under a framework of the United Nations. Lula made the remarks at the just-concluded Group of Seven (G7) summit working session as an invited state leader. The Ukraine crisis should be discussed under a framework of the United Nations rather than the G7, he noted at a press conference on Monday, criticizing the…