China's central budget has allocated over 1 billion yuan to help several areas combat floods and drought.

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BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — China's central budget has allocated a total of 1.015 billion yuan (about 142 million U.S. dollars) to help several provincial-level areas fight floods and drought, the Ministry of Finance said Tuesday.

The funds, jointly allocated by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Water Resources, will be used to eliminate the consequences of the floods in various regions, including Beijing, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hebei and Guangdong provinces.

The funds will also be used to combat drought in Shandong, Henan and Hubei provinces and other parts of the country, with a focus on supporting work related to fertilization, crop protection, irrigation and tube well drilling. -0-

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China, Myanmar sign cooperation agreement under Lancang-Mekong Basin Special Cooperation Fund for 2025

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YANGON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — A signing ceremony for projects under the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund (LMCS) for 2025 was held in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on Tuesday, the Chinese Embassy in the country said.

The document was signed by the Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Ma Jia and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar Kou Kou Kyaw.

Speaking at the ceremony, Ma Jia said the signing of the agreement on 14 projects under the 2025 SBLM Special Fund will further promote Myanmar's development in areas such as agriculture, environmental protection, science and technology, culture, education and disaster prevention.

China is willing to strengthen cooperation with Myanmar, make good use of relevant means, and promote the building of a China-Myanmar community with a shared future so as to bring more benefits to the peoples of both countries, she added.

Myanmar Foreign Minister and National Security and Peace Commissioner Than Swe expressed gratitude to China for its continuous support. The Myanmar government and people sincerely thank China for providing funds to share development opportunities, he said.

Since 2018, Myanmar has received eight tranches of support from the SBLM fund to implement 132 projects, ranking first among Mekong countries in terms of the number of projects approved. –0–

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Thailand's legal action against Cambodia is baseless and politically motivated: Cambodian official

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PHNOM PENH, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — Thailand's legal action against Cambodia on the issue of violating sovereignty by using military force is groundless, politically motivated and without foundation, Cham Soonri, State Secretary and spokesman for the Cambodian Foreign Ministry, said at a press conference on Wednesday.

According to him, such legal measures are completely baseless and represent a deliberate attempt to divert the attention of both domestic and international public opinion from Thailand's hostile policy towards Cambodia. "The accusations underlying the legal actions are baseless, politically motivated and have no credible basis," the diplomat said.

Cham Soonri noted that Cambodia firmly rejects the Thai claims and reiterates that it did not initiate hostile actions. Cambodia remains committed to peace, he said, adding that despite ongoing provocations, the country continues to abide by the ceasefire agreement.

“Cambodia urges Thailand to stop its disinformation campaign and/or hostile actions and return to constructive dialogue in the spirit of peaceful coexistence and ASEAN solidarity,” Cham Soonri stressed.

On Tuesday, Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Vechayachai instructed relevant agencies to prepare legal documents to file criminal and civil lawsuits against Cambodia at the national and international levels. He accused the neighboring country of using military force to violate Thailand's sovereignty, which resulted in significant loss of life and property among Thai civilians and military personnel.

On July 24, armed clashes broke out on a disputed section of the border between Cambodia and Thailand. The two ASEAN member states agreed to a ceasefire on July 28, which went into effect at midnight that same day. –0–

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Housing will be built on Shchorsa Street according to the KRT project to implement the renovation program

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In the Solntsevo district, within the framework of the integrated development of the territory (IDT) project, a site on Shchorsa Street (properties 5 and 5b) will be reorganized. Housing will be built there to implement the renovation program. The corresponding decision was made by the Moscow Government. This was reported by the Minister of the Moscow Government, head of the capital's Department of Urban Development Policy Vladislav Ovchinsky.

"Over the course of six years, the city-appointed operator will build 30.6 thousand square meters of housing on a 0.77-hectare site in the Solntsevo district to implement the renovation program. The total area of apartments in them will be 18.7 thousand square meters. This will provide new housing for about 680 Muscovites. Due to the placement of small and medium-sized businesses on the ground floors of the buildings, more than 50 jobs will be created here," said Vladislav Ovchinsky.

The site is located in an area with established infrastructure. The Solntsevo metro station is nearby.

Earlier, Sergei Sobyanin made a decision on the comprehensive development of non-residential areas in the area Solntsevo.

A sports and entertainment complex will appear in Novo-Peredelkino under the KRT program

Within the framework of the integrated development of territories (IDT) program, attractive spaces are being formed in former industrial zones, inefficiently used and undeveloped areas, which are organically integrated into the city-wide fabric. Currently, 336 IDT projects with a total area of over 4.2 thousand hectares are at various stages of development and implementation in the capital. The work is underway on behalf of Sergei Sobyanin.

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Participants of the Great Arctic Expedition met with guests of the Moscow 2030 forum at Gostiny Dvor

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As part of the forum-festival "Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030" A meeting with the participants of the Great Arctic Expedition was held in Gostiny Dvor. Among them is the leader of the expedition, polar explorer Matvey Shparo, as well as the guys who will set off to conquer the Far North under his leadership – Ekaterina Egorshina from the volunteer builders' detachment and Sergey Bakharev from the explorers' detachment. This was reported by the press service of the capital's Department of Education and Science.

"The large Arctic expedition will last about two weeks. Moscow schoolchildren and college students, under the guidance of experienced polar explorers, will go to Cape Chelyuskin. This year, the expedition has two goals – to restore the memorial to polar explorers, which is located on the cape itself, and to collect scientific samples for leading Russian institutes. The results will be presented at a large-scale scientific conference. Thus, one group will travel about 100 kilometers along the coast of the Arctic Ocean in search of material for research, and the second will be engaged in restoration work at this time," said Matvey Shparo.

At the meeting, the participants talked about the peculiarities of this year's expedition. Thus, unlike previous years, the research team will cover the route on foot, not on skis. During the conversation, the responsibilities of volunteer builders were also discussed: the guests learned whether it is difficult to restore memorials in the conditions of the Far North and what difficulties are associated with this.

"Getting to the Arctic and starting to study it is one of my goals, because I want to become a polar explorer. I will have to master new skills, learn a lot to be useful in the expedition. My goals are close to my focus. I would like to make a geomorphological profile of the area. This is possible with the help of space images. I am very interested in learning what lies behind the mosses or lichens in the depths of the earth and what its structure is," said Sergey Bakharev, a student at School No. 171.

The expedition will involve 14 schoolchildren and college students who have passed a rigorous four-stage selection process: the Arctic Dictation, the adventure game “Heroes of the Arctic”, professional skills competitions and training camps in Karelia, where the participants covered a 60-kilometer route.

More than five thousand young Muscovites tested their knowledge in the Arctic DictationThe final stage of selection of schoolchildren and students for the Great Arctic Expedition has begun

As a result of the selection, the following students were selected for the expedition: Ilya Maslenkin, a student of the Moscow Educational Complex "West", as well as students Ekaterina Gulid from Food College No. 33, Sofia Taranenko from the Ivan Fedorov Moscow Publishing and Printing College, Ksenia Greb from the Hero of the Soviet Union M.F. Panova, Ekaterina Egorshina from College of Architecture, Design and Reengineering No. 26 and Polina Pavlova from Medical College No. 1. Among the schoolchildren participating were Mikhail Krasavin from School No. 57, Ivan Krivashin from School No. 1253, Sergei Bakharev from School No. 171, Mikhail Sorokin from School No. 1576, Kirill Fedotkin from School No. 2054, Lev Spiridonov from Pokrovsky Kvartal School, Maria Kazakova from School No. 2073 and Vladimir Kulakov from School No. 1577.

Metropolitan Department of Education and Science first organized the Great Arctic Expedition in 2018. In 2024, schoolchildren skied in the footsteps of the leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of the early 20th century Eduard Toll and Soviet scientist Ivan Papanin, and college students built a mobile station on Cape Chelyuskin. This year's expedition is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Earlier, 13 Moscow schoolchildren and college students traveled to Antarctica for the first time. In December 2024, the Moscow Youth Antarctic Expedition, organized by the Travel Laboratory additional education center, ended. Schoolchildren conducted research on assignment from research institutes, and college students supported the camp. During the trip, the young participants covered six routes over 63 kilometers long and took 96 samples.

Powder puffs, cats and a smart home. Young Muscovites talk about participating in the first Antarctic expeditionAn exhibition of participants of the Moscow Youth Antarctic Expedition opened in the center of the capital

About 80 thousand schoolchildren and college students are involved in tourism in the capital – every 20th student. The city project "The Route is Built" is in effect for them. Over the past year, the children have made almost 300 hiking trips around Russia and other countries – they visited Kazbek, Tien Shan, North Ossetia, Altai, Kamchatka and other destinations.

Moscow is a city where the technologies of the future are already being used today. Children play on modern sports grounds, use innovations in education, and use recommendations from artificial intelligence. Adults operate robots in production, move around the city in modern transport, receive advanced medical therapy, and do much more.

Even more technologies of the future can be found at the large-scale forum-festival "Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030". It will be held as part of the "Summer in Moscow" project from August 1 to September 14. Dozens of venues will host cultural, sports, educational and other events dedicated to the development of one of the most modern megacities in the world. Information about the venues and a detailed program are available on the official website of the forum-festival Moskov 2030.mos.ru.

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Foreign trade turnover of goods in Belarus in the first six months of 2025 exceeded 41 billion US dollars – Belstat

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MINSK, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — Belarus' foreign trade turnover in goods from January to June 2025 amounted to more than 41.19 billion U.S. dollars, the country's National Statistical Committee (Belstat) reported on Tuesday.

Exports for the first half of the year exceeded $19 billion, while imports amounted to more than $22.19 billion.

Compared to the same period in 2024, calculated in current prices, the turnover of foreign trade in goods in Belarus amounted to 99.98 percent, exports – 96.3 percent, and imports – 103.3 percent. –0–

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The International Gastronomic Festival “Samarkand Plov” was held in Uzbekistan

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Tashkent, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — The international gastronomic festival "Samarkand Plov" was held in Samarkand recently, the Tourism Committee of Uzbekistan announced.

The main goal of the event is reportedly to promote the tourism potential of Samarkand, popularize national cuisine and demonstrate the rich gastronomic heritage of the region.

During the event, cooks prepared seven tons of pilaf, which became one of the highlights of the festival. There were also culinary master classes, exhibitions of handicrafts and oriental sweets, and a concert program. –0–

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Thailand to take legal action against Cambodia: Acting PM

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BANGKOK, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — Acting Prime Minister of Thailand Phumtham Vechayachai has instructed relevant departments to prepare legal documents to file criminal and civil lawsuits against Cambodia at the domestic and international levels, Thirayu Huangsap, spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office, said on Tuesday.

The order was given at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, he said. The government intends to take legal action against Cambodia, which used military force to violate Thailand's sovereignty, causing significant loss of life and property among Thai civilians and military personnel.

The National Security Council of Thailand's office will lead the legal action, coordinating with other agencies, including the Interior Ministry and the Ministry of Public Health, as well as the military, Thirayu Huangsap said.

The Secretary General of the State Council Office will provide legal advice on holding relevant military commanders and other persons accountable so that claims can be filed and compensation sought as soon as possible.

Thai authorities also have several domestic tasks to tackle, including clearing unexploded Cambodian ordnance, investigating unauthorized drone overflights, and helping civilians return home safely, Thirayu Huangsap said. –0–

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More than 4 million foreign tourists visited the Indonesian island of Bali in the first seven months of this year

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JAKARTA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — More than 4 million foreign tourists visited the popular Indonesian island of Bali from January to July 2025, up from 3.89 million in the same period last year, Bali Provincial Tourism Director I Wayan Sumarajaya said in Denpasar on Tuesday.

During the same period, 5 million Indonesians visited the island, he noted. “From January to July 2025, the number of foreign tourists in Bali exceeded 4 million, while the number of domestic visitors exceeded 5 million,” the official said.

According to his optimistic forecast, the total number of tourists to Bali this year will exceed last year's figure of 6.4 million people.

The island's cultural diversity and natural beauty remain among the main attractions for tourists, the head of the department noted. -0-

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7 people missing after landslide in Guangdong province in southern China /detailed version-1/

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GUANGZHOU, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — Seven people were missing after heavy rains triggered a landslide in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, on Wednesday morning.

The landslide occurred at around 8:30 a.m., damaging some houses in Dayuan Village in the city's Baiyun District and trapping a total of 14 people.

As of Wednesday afternoon, seven of them had been pulled out and their condition was assessed as stable, the district emergency management department reported. The search for the remaining trapped people continues.

Residents of nearby houses in the area affected by the disaster were also evacuated. -0-

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