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Moscow subway releases limited edition of metro cards with Chinese giant panda images

New York power outage affects 72,000 people

Approximately 72,000 people were affected by the massive blackout in New York City's Manhattan on Saturday evening, utility service company Con Edison said Sunday.

Turkey receives second shipment of Russian S-400 components2019-07-13
Turkey on Saturday received second shipment of components of Russian S-400 air defense systems, the Defense Ministry said.

UK would facilitate release of Iranian oil tanker if given guarantees, says Hunt2019-07-14
UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday that his country would facilitate the release of the Iranian oil tanker if given guarantees that the tanker "would not be going to Syria".

Barry makes landfall at U.S. Louisiana coast, weakening to tropical storm2019-07-14
Tropical storm Barry made landfall near Intracoastal City, U.S. state of Louisiana, and weakened to a storm again from a hurricane on Saturday afternoon, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC).

Putin, Zelensky discuss Ukrainian issue in first phone talk2019-07-12
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's new president Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the issue of the Ukrainian conflict in their first telephone conversation, the Kremlin said Thursday.

1.3 bln people "multidimensionally poor," UN report says2019-07-12
A United Nations index report published Thursday showed that 1.3 billion people across the world are "multidimensionally poor."

Spotlight: France adopts digital tax as fresh trade spat with U.S. looms2019-07-11
The French Senate, the opposition-controlled upper house of Parliament, passed a law on Thursday introducing the so-called GAFA tax, making France one of the first countries to impose a tax on digital giants.

New poll shows Boris Johnson unstoppable in race for Downing Street2019-07-12
Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is now unstoppable in the two-man race to succeed Theresa May as prime minister, the latest poll revealed Thursday.

Iran's IRGC denies attempts to seize British oil tanker2019-07-11
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) denied that its naval forces intended to stop a British oil tanker in the country's southern waters on Thursday, Iranian state TV reported.

Strong storm hits northern Greece, causes casualties, damages2019-07-11
A strong storm hit northern Greece on Wednesday evening, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and a fisherman missing, as well as material damages, the country's fire service and national news agency AMNA reported.

British ambassador to U.S. resigns2019-07-10
British ambassador to the United States Kim Darroch resigned on Wednesday after a scandal with leaked diplomatic cables that contained unvarnished assessments of the U.S. administration, according to media reports.

Russia budget surplus totals 3.1 pct of GDP in first half of 20192019-07-10
Russia's federal budget in January-June was executed with a surplus of 1.561 trillion rubles (24.6 billion U.S. dollars), or 3.1 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), the Russian Finance Ministry said Wednesday in a report of preliminary estimates.

4 judges elected to UN Dispute Tribunal2019-07-11
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday elected four judges to serve half-time terms of office on the United Nations Dispute Tribunal (UNDT).

Pakistan gets first tranche from IMF under 6 bln USD loan program2019-07-11
Pakistan has received the first tranche of 991.4 million U.S. dollars from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under its 6 billion U.S. dollars loan program for Pakistan, a spokesperson for the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) confirmed on Wednesday.

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China's war on trash creates market for European green enterprises

Trash separation is the talk of the town in China these days as the government unveils a list of 46 "pilot cities" to build up a garbage sorting and processing system by 2020.

China to boost Internet sector to further integrate digital, real economies

While the digital economy is expanding fast, China will take more measures to promote sustainable and healthy development of the Internet sector for in-depth integration of digital and real economies.

China's civil aviation industry sees steady growth in H1

China has seen continuous development in its civil aviation industry both in terms of safety performance and comprehensive transportation growth, according to the national civil aviation authorities.