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ASTANA -- "Being the chairman of Nur Otan party, I suggest nominating Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as the candidate for the presidential election," Chairman of the Nur Otan party Nursultan Nazarbayev said.

"I have been working with him since the first day of our independence. He is the one who built the foreign policy of Kazakhstan together with me. His diplomatic skills are highly praised abroad. You know that he worked as director general of the United Nations. He is a well experienced politician," Nazarbayev said at the congress of the party.

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ULAN BATOR -- "The World Book Day have been widely celebrated across the country in recent years. On this day, our library is organizing many activities in order to encourage people, especially children and youth to read books, raise public awareness of the importance of reading and pay tribute to authors," Dashbalbar Indra, director of central library of the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator, told Xinhua.

"Particularly, we are organizing activities such as antiquarian book fair, new book fair, meeting of authors and readers, and consultation event how to easily revive old books," said Indra.

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OSH, Kyrgyzstan -- Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov said here Monday that China is a close neighbor, reliable friend and strategic partner of his country.

The president made the remarks at the handover ceremony of a hospital built with Chinese help in Kyrgyzstan's southern capital city Osh. The ceremony was also attended by Chinese Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Du Dewen, officials and local residents.

Jeenbekov said the hospital will provide citizens with high-quality medical services.

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SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. electric car manufacturer Tesla on Monday unveiled a new full self-driving (FSD) chip for its next-generation autonomous vehicles.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk told investors during the company's Autonomy Day that FSD-powered computers will turn its electric cars into self-driving vehicles without human intervention.

He said all new models of Tesla cars including Model 3, X and S have been equipped with the chips featuring full self-driving capabilities, but the next-generation chip, which is currently under development, would be "three times better" than the existing system. Enditem

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