DAMASCUS -- Visiting UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen on Sunday said he hopes that a common ground could be reached to help push forward the Syrian political process.

"The Syrian people have been living through an extremely difficult period ... and of course there is only one way out of this and that is to start to implement the Security Council resolution and to start focusing on the political process," Pedersen told reporters after meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem.

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday cast ballot 10 days ahead of Election Day, telling supporters "I voted for a guy named Trump."

The president voted at a library that served as a voting center in Palm Beach, Florida.

"It was a very secure vote. Much more secure than when you send in a ballot, I can tell you that," said Trump, who has repeatedly claimed without evidence that universal mail-in voting leads to widespread election fraud.

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QUITO -- The upcoming China International Import Expo is "a tangible sign" of China's economic recovery from the COVID-19 impact, said Jose Antonio Camposano, president of Ecuador's National Chamber of Aquaculture.

"The fair is a further proof of the way in which China has shown the world that it is possible to create safe space for businesses to develop within this very difficult context of the pandemic," Camposano said in an interview with Xinhua recently.

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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for global solidarity to tackle common challenges on the occasion of United Nations Day.

"We face colossal challenges. With global solidarity and cooperation, we can overcome them. That's what the United Nations is all about," said Guterres in a message. Enditem

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