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“Be a good servant of the people.” This is the promise Xi Zhongxun,  the father of Chinese President Xi Jinping, once made.  Xi Zhongxun always had the people in his heart, which also deeply influences Xi Jinping.  The father once told his son, “No matter what your job title is,...

Militants linked to the Islamic State group massacred at least 41 people, mostly students, in western Uganda, in the country’s deadliest such attack in over a decade, officials said Saturday. The military said it was pursuing the attackers from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), who also abducted six people during...

A man confessed to the killing of his wife who has been missing for two and a half months in western France and has led investigators to her body, police said on Friday. Karine Esquivillon, 54, a mother-of-five, disappeared on March 27 without a trace from her home in the...

The UN Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) has expressed shock over the killing of the Governor of West Darfur, calling for a halt to the spiralling violence and for those responsible to be brought to justice. UNITAMS , in a statement on Thursday, condemned the killing of Khamis Abbaker who...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres gave countries around the world a strongly-worded reality check regarding their climate ambitions on Thursday. “I am very worried where the world stands on climate. Countries are far off track emitting climate promises and commitments,” Guterres said in New York. “I see a lack of ambition,...

American couple, John Heathco, 41; and Abby Lutz, 22; have been found dead inside their luxury Hyatt Mexican hotel room, amid fears that they were poisoned by a gas leak in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Police and paramedics arrived at the Hotel Rancho Pescadero around 9 pm on Tuesday to...

Irish professional mixed martial artist, Conor McGregor, has been accused of raping a woman at Game 4 of the NBA Finals in Miami Florida, United States. Attorney Ariel Mitchell sent demand letters to McGregor, the NBA and the Miami Heat this week of the incident that happened just after the...

A 45-year-old man, David Baerten, in Belgium, faked his death and then arrived at his own burial in a helicopter to teach his family a lesson about keeping in touch. Baerten, who is a TikTok creator, informed his wife and children about his plan, and they helped him by posting...

A 16-year-old girl, Srushti Sudhir Jagtap, has broken the record for the longest dance marathon by an individual, with a time of 127 hours in India, surpassing the previous record of 126 hours by Nepalese dancer, Bandana Nepal, in 2018. According to the Guinness World Record Official Adjudicator, Swapnil Dangarikar,...

Most of the capital goods monitored by China’s statistical authorities registered lower prices in early June compared with late May, official data showed on Wednesday. National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that of the 50 major goods classified in nine categories, including seamless steel tubes, gasoline, coal, fertilizer and some...