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The daily number of railway passenger trips in China continued to exceed the pre-epidemic level on Monday, the third day of the May Day holiday.   Nearly 13.75 million passenger trips were made on the day, a 3.2-percent increase over the same day in 2019, the China State Railway Group Co. Ltd., the countrys railway operator, said.   The country saw 14.72 million passenger trips on Sunday, an increase of 11.6 percent from the same period in 2019. On Saturday, the figure stood at 18.83 million,...

--"This type of multilateral approach is the only way to ensure that highly profitable multinational firms both pay sufficient tax and pay it to countries where they have significant engagement, including in low-income developing countries," IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said.   Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said on Tuesday that shes optimistic for a global agreement on corporate income taxation this year to fix the international...

  China pledges to uphold multilateralism and push for enhanced cooperation in the United Nations Security Council in its capacity as rotating council president for May.   In a news briefing on Monday, Zhang Jun, Chinas permanent representative to the UN, said the Security Council bears the primary responsibility of maintaining peace and security.   In the face of various global challenges, the international community looks to the Security Council to strengthen unity and cooperation, play a ...

--U.S. President Joe Biden had proposed a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Europe this summer to address a range of bilateral issues. U.S. media reported earlier that the White House is hammering out the details of the summit.   U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he expects to hold a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his trip to Europe in June.   "That is my hope and expectation. We are working on it," Biden told reporters when asked if he plans to me...

A 5.7 magnitude quake struck off North Maluku province in eastern Indonesia earlier Wednesday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.   The quake hit at 05:59 a.m. Wednesday Jakarta Time (2259 GMT Tuesday), with the epicenter at 48 km northwest Halmahera Barat district and the depth at 133 km under sea bed.     The intensity of the quake was felt at III MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) in Manado, the provincial capital of nearby North Sulawesi province, in the central part of the count...

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering black man George Floyd, filed a request Tuesday asking for a new trial.   The motion, filed by Chauvins attorney Eric Nelson, cites factors including "the interests of justice; abuse of discretion that deprived the Defendant of a fair trial; prosecutorial and jury misconduct; errors of law at trial; and a verdict that is contrary to law."   Chauvin was convicted on April 20 of second-degree unintentional murder, third...

  Young people across the nation celebrated National Youth Day on Tuesday through activities to inherit the May Fourth spirit in the new era.     The movement started with huge student protests on May 4, 1919, opposing the governments response to the Treaty of Versailles, which treated China unfairly and undermined the countrys sovereignty in the aftermath of World War I. The movement triggered a national campaign to overthrow the old society and promote new ideas, including science, democra...

Universal beams that were not tied to the truck carrying them were the cause of a deadly pileup of six vehicles Monday night in east Chinas Zhejiang Province, the Traffic Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security said Tuesday.   The pileup involving three cars and three trucks occurred around 9:11 p.m. Monday on an expressway, killing six people and injuring three.   Investigation showed that a truck was carrying 15 universal beams, each 12.1 meters long and weighing 2.2 tonnes...

The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported seven new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Wednesday.   Of the cases, two were reported in Sichuan, and one each in Tianjin, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Guangdong and Guangxi.   Six new suspected cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported in Shanghai, but no new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported Tuesday, the commission said.  （Editor:Wang Su）

  ISLAMABAD, May 5(Gwadar Pro) - Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan (successful youth) Programme and Chinese giant Huawei Technologies on Tuesday afternoon signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for mutual cooperation towards youth development in the country.   Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Youth Affairs Usman Dar and Space Lee, Vice President Middle East Huawei, along with Ahmed Bilal Masood, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Huawei Pakistan, Wu Han, Dy. CEO Huawei Pakis...