President Xi Jinping speaks at the opening of the 19th Meeting of the Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the 14th Meeting of the Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering on Monday in Beijing. JU PENG / XINHUA
President Trump speaks at a joint press conference in London on Tuesday. [Photo/IC]
President Xi Jinping made a keynote speech at the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity Against COVID-19, which he presided over via video link in Beijing on Wednesday, assuring African countries China will continue supporting COVID-19 containment measures on the continent.
Portions of the US-Mexico border have been fenced or walled off over the years, but Trump has called for a more substantial impenetrable barrier, similar to the one that Israel built in the West Bank.
President Xi Jinping promoted five people to general in the People's Liberation Army on Friday and awarded 10 people the Order of August 1 — the latest and highest military decoration — for their outstanding contributions to national defense and military modernization.
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Precautions against hospital-acquired infections must be strengthened and all agricultural product markets, catering venues and related logistics facilities nationwide will be disinfected, according to the meeting.
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President Juan Manuel Santos has expressed his condolences on Twitter to the victims of Monday's accident.
President Xi Jinping and other leaders of BRICS countries pose for a group photo before the Ninth BRICS Summit in Xiamen, in Southeast China's Fujian province, on Monday. The five leaders then took up many issues at the start of the event. WU ZHIYI / CHINA DAILY