Representatives attend a handover ceremony in Basra, Iraq, on Jan. 1, 2024. China\’s leading oil and gas producer, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), officially took over from U.S. oil giant
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5 paramilitary fighters killed in U.S. airstrike in N. Iraq
BAGHDAD, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — Five members of the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces were killed on Sunday in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq\’s northern province of Kirkuk, according to a statement by an I
A shutterbug\’s passion for finless porpoises
WUHAN, March 27 (Xinhua) — Every day, Yang He, a 64-year-old photographer, wakes up in the wee hours and drives to the bank of the Yangtze River in the central Chinese city of Yichang.Upon arrival, h
Magnitude 5.4 earthquake jolts NW Syria
DAMASCUS, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — A magnitude 5.4 earthquake jolted the province of Idlib in northwestern Syria on Thursday night, the Syrian National Earthquake Center reported.The earthquake, which stru