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Xi hosts welcome banquet for guests attending SCO Tianjin Summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.

Xi, Modi agree China, India are partners instead of rivals

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met here on Sunday, agreeing that China and India are partners, not rivals.

The meeting of the leaders of the world's two most populous countries took place ahead of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to be held in north China's port city of Tianjin from Sunday to Monday.

Israel says Hamas armed wing spokesman killed in Gaza strike

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday that Abu Obeida, the spokesman of Hamas's armed wing, had been killed in a strike in the Gaza Strip.

Katz made the announcement in a post on social media platform X, saying that "soon, as the campaign against Gaza intensifies," more Hamas figures would be targeted.

33 killed, over 2 mln affected in Pakistan's Punjab floods

At least 33 people were killed and over two million were affected as torrential rain triggered severe floods in parts of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province since the start of the week, said an official on Sunday.

Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Director General Irfan Ali Kathia said that nearly half a million people have been moved to safe places as severe flooding continues to inundate vast areas of Punjab, adding that rescue and relief operations are continuing.

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