SKOPJE -- The two-day 4th Ministerial Forum on Cultural Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) concluded here on Tuesday.

The event has opened a new chapter in international cultural cooperation, said Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev when attending the forum, adding that his country supports the initiative. (North Macedonia-China-Forum)

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TIRANA -- A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 on Richter scale hit Albania on Tuesday early morning, leaving at least six dead and 150 people injured, authorities said.

According to the Albanian Institute of Geosciences, Energy, Water and Environment (IGEWE), the earthquake took place at 3:55 a.m. local time (0255 GMT) with its epicenter located 10 km north of the port city of Durres. (Albania-Earthquake)

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PARIS -- Two French nationals have been killed in an attack in Haiti, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement released on Monday evening.

"It is with great emotion that we learned of the deaths of two compatriots in Haiti following an assault," it said. (France-Haiti-Incident)

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MOSCOW -- Russia's Soyuz-2.1v light-class carrier rocket has successfully put a military satellite into orbit, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

The rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk spaceport in Russia's northern Arkhangelsk Region at 20:52 p.m. local time (1752 GMT), the ministry said in a statement. (Russia-Space-Satellite) Enditem

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