WASHINGTON -- Astronomers said here Wednesday that they captured the first image of a black hole, unveiling the first direct visual evidence of an unseeable cosmic object and its shadow.

An Earth-sized virtual telescope called Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) linking eight ground-based radio telescopes around the globe "saw" the black hole at the center of massive galaxy M87, 55 million light-years from Earth with a mass 6.5-billion times that of the Sun. (US-Science-Black Hole)

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ZAGREB -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here on Wednesday that China is willing to enhance parliamentary exchanges with Croatia to further consolidate public support for the China-Croatia relationship and promote bilateral cooperation.

Li made the remarks when meeting with Croatian Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandrokovic, adding that cooperation between the two countries' legislative bodies is an important component of bilateral relations. (China-Croatia-Li's visit)

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MOSCOW -- Russia is interested in expanding its military technical cooperation with Ankara and is ready to consider supplying more S-400 air defense missiles to Turkey, the Kremlin said Wednesday.

"Russia is open. Russia has appropriate capabilities and technological competencies. Russia is looking for opportunities to expand this cooperation. This is an absolutely normal practice," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. (Russia-Turkey-S400)

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BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has extended congratulations to George Vella on being sworn in as the president of the Republic of Malta.

In his congratulatory message on Monday, Xi said China regards Malta as an important partner for cooperation in the European Union and the two countries share a traditional friendship. (China-Malta-Congratulatory Message) Enditem

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