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At a major Beijing forum, President Xi Jinping highlighted the need to bridge cultural divides through dialogue, promoting a global network that supports peaceful coexistence and sustainable development amid worldwide uncertainty.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called for greater dialogue and cooperation among world civilizations, pledging that Beijing will work with other countries to build a global network focused on peace and development.
In a written address to the Global Civilizations Dialogue Ministerial Meeting in Beijing, Xi emphasized the need to embrace diversity and promote cultural exchanges to foster mutual understanding and stability, according to state media Xinhua.
“The world is, in nature, a place of diverse civilizations,” Xi said. “Exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations are essential for their flourishing and human progress.”
He stressed that dialogue must bridge cultural divides and replace conflict with learning in today’s turbulent world.
Xi reaffirmed China’s commitment to equality, inclusiveness, and mutual learning, aiming to create a global platform for peaceful cooperation.
The two-day event, themed Safeguarding Diversity of Human Civilizations for World Peace and Development, drew over 600 participants from nearly 140 countries and regions.
Wildfires across England and Wales have reached their highest level on record, according to the National Fire Chiefs Council, as firefighters struggle to contain outbreaks following a spell of extreme heat.
The U.S. will impose unprecedented measures on Iran in order to economically isolate the country, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said.
U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to make the Strait of Hormuz part of U.S. territory have been mocked by Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, who said the sea passage "cannot be seized by tweet."
At least 47 people have been killed after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia early on Saturday, triggering small tsunami waves and dozens of aftershocks, officials say.
Iran says the U.S. war and military presence in the region have worsened marine pollution around the Strait of Hormuz, calling for environmental protection to form part of future arrangements governing the strategic waterway.
Around 5,000 people have been evacuated to safety after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake smashed an area in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 51, blocking roads and causing landslides, authorities said on Sunday.
Twelve people have died and at least 10 others were injured after a Polish-registered bus overturned on a motorway in eastern Hungary, officials said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed the deepening of ties with Russia in a message to President Vladimir Putin as Pyongyang marked the anniversary of independence from Japan's colonial rule, KCNA state news agency said on Sunday.
Australia's New South Wales state will start a gun buyback in November, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday, part of the national response to a shooting spree that killed 15 at a Jewish festival in Sydney, the state capital.
A Spanish F-18 fighter jet pilot on a NATO air policing mission shot down a drone illegally breaching Romanian national airspace, the fourth unmanned aircraft the country has shot down this year, Romania's Defence Ministry said on Sunday.
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