NEW YORK -- China hopes the European Union (EU) will work with the country to take concrete actions to advance the steady deepening of bilateral cooperation, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said when meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in New York on Wednesday.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the EU, said Li, adding that Chinese President Xi Jinping met with von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa in Beijing in July, providing strategic guidance for and reaching important consensus on further developing China-EU relations. (China-EU-Ties)
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GAZA -- At least 55 Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday due to Israeli attacks, according to official and local Palestinian sources.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for Gaza's Civil Defense, told Xinhua that 22 people, including children and women, were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting warehouses belonging to the Gaza Municipality, which housed dozens of displaced families in eastern Gaza City. (Gaza Strip-Israeli attacks-Casualty)
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LILONGWE -- Malawi's former President Peter Mutharika has won the presidential election with 56.8 percent of the vote, securing a decisive lead over incumbent Lazarus Chakwera, the country's electoral commission announced Wednesday.
The president-elect, contesting on the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ticket, secured nearly 3.04 million votes in the 17-candidate race on Sept. 16, while Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) garnered around 1.77 million votes, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Annabel Mtalimanja announced at a press briefing in Lilongwe, the capital. (Malawi-Presidential election)
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DALLAS, the United States -- One person was shot dead and two others injured, with the shooter also dead, at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility here in the southern state of Texas on Wednesday morning, U.S. media outlets reported.
The reports quoted Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, as saying there were "multiple injuries and fatalities" and the shooter was found dead of a "self-inflicted gunshot wound." (US-Texas-Shooting) Enditem
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