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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 2d

A 11,216-ton swivel bridge spanning 160 meters over the Shenzhen-Jiangmen High-speed Railway was successfully rotated to the targeted position on Friday in south China's Guangdong Province.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 2d

New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted by a grand jury in the US state of Virginia following a criminal probe by the Justice Department on her alleged mortgage fraud.

James' office sued Trump — who was then a former president — and the Trump Organization for fraud in 2022.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 2d

Japan's Komeito said Friday that the political party plans to terminate its coalition with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and will not vote for new LDP chief Sanae Takaichi (pic) as prime minister, citing differences over their response to political funding issues, local media reported.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 2d

A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into effect in the Gaza Strip at 12:00 noon local time on Friday, according to sources.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 2d

Jin Xiangjun, former governor of north China's Shanxi Province, has been expelled from the CPC and dismissed from public office for serious violations of Party discipline and laws, according to an official statement on Friday.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

Hongya Cave dazzled once again over the 8-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, attracting more than 1.05 million visitors to top all scenic spots in southwest China's Chongqing.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

From Oct. 1 to 8, a daily average of 304 million cross-regional passenger trips were made, rising 6.3% year-on-year and hitting a record high.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

During the 8-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday that ended on Wednesday, cross-regional passenger trips reached approximately 2.43 billion nationwide, the Ministry of Transport announced Thursday.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

The global average surface temperature in September this year was 16.11 degrees Celsius, down by 0.27 degrees and 0.07 degrees from the same month in 2023 and 2024, respectively, but still 1.47 degrees above pre-industrial level.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

The world has just experienced its third warmest September on record, the EU's climate monitoring network reported on Thursday.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

The latest disaster aid package totals some 20,000 items, including folding beds, quilts, moisture-proof mats, emergency lighting, and family emergency kits, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

Chinese authorities on Thursday allocated additional central disaster relief supplies for S China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwestern Yunnan Province as Typhoon Matmo battered the regions.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

Tourists visited the Danxia National Geological Park in Zhangye, NW China's Gansu Province, during the country's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

China's postal and express delivery industry handled a total of 7.231 billion parcels during the 8-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, with an average daily volume of over 900 million parcels, the State Post Bureau announced on Thursday.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

During the 8-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday that concluded on Wednesday, online payments via NetsUnion and China UnionPay hit 13.26 trillion yuan (about $1.86 trillion), up 1.86 trillion yuan from last year's holiday, central bank data showed Thursday.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Thursday said that the country plans to develop more than 30 sets of new national and industry standards for cloud computing by 2027, as the sector has posted robust growth in recent years.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the second Hungarian author ever to receive the honor, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

A senior Hamas official announced on Thursday that the Gaza ceasefire agreement will go into effect immediately after the Israeli government approves it, stressing that any prisoner exchange will not take place until a complete cessation of hostilities is declared.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

Superhard materials, equipment and raw materials related to rare earths, five medium and heavy rare earth elements including holmium, lithium batteries, as well as synthetic graphite anode materials, effective from Nov. 8.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

China's commerce ministry and the General Administration of Customs on Thursday announced export control measures on items related to:

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

This is up 123 million from the same period in 2024, with total spending exceeding 809 billion yuan (about $113.63 billion) during the same period, up nearly 108.2 billion yuan from a year ago, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 3d

China saw 888 million domestic tourist trips during this year's 8-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday that ended on Wednesday.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 4d

In the two years since the outbreak of the latest Gaza conflict on Oct. 7, 2023, the US government has spent $21.7 billion on military aid to Israel, according to a study findings released Tuesday.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 4d

The findings have been published in the journal Nature Sustainability.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 4d

Chinese scientists have developed a self-adaptive interphase in all-solid-state lithium batteries that maintains intimate contact between the lithium metal anode and solid electrolyte without external pressure, a breakthrough that decisively overcomes a major bottleneck toward commercialization.

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