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BEIJING, January 27 (Xinhua) — Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun held a video call with his Russian counterpart Andrei Belousov on Tuesday.

Dong Jun stated that China is ready to work together with Russia to faithfully implement the important consensus reached between the two heads of state, strengthen strategic coordination, infuse cooperation with new content, improve communication mechanisms, and jointly enhance the ability to cope with various risks and challenges, so as to jointly inject positive energy into global security and stability.

A. Belousov, for his part, stated that Russia is ready to strengthen strategic consultations between the armies of the two countries, deepen practical cooperation in areas such as joint operations and personnel training, and take bilateral strategic interaction to a higher level. -0-

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Beijing, January 27 (Xinhua) — China intends to sign trade and investment cooperation agreements with the United Kingdom during Prime Minister Keir Starmer's upcoming visit to the country, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced on Tuesday. These final documents will help create new growth areas for bilateral trade and economic cooperation, the ministry stated.

"China attaches great importance to economic and trade cooperation with the UK and is actively working with the British side to prepare the trade and economic outcomes of the visit, as well as the meeting between Chinese and British entrepreneurs," the Ministry of Commerce noted.

They added that Chinese and British businesses are showing great interest in the meeting, with more than 100 companies currently registered to participate.

At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will be on an official visit to China from January 28 to 31, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced earlier on Tuesday. -0-

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BEIJING, January 27 (Xinhua) — A data center for digitalization of trade and economic cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was recently established in the prestigious Pudong business district of the eastern Chinese metropolis of Shanghai.

According to local media, the new center was co-initiated by the Shanghai Data Exchange (SDE) and Huatie Holding (Beijing) Co., Ltd., which handles specific operations for the relevant committee on digital economy at the China-SCO Economic and Trade Exchange Center. Drawing on the operational capabilities and resource advantages of these two parties, the new center is intended to serve as a platform for integrated services for data collection, processing, capitalization, cross-border flow, exploitation, and trade.

Aiming to promote the digital transformation of Chinese enterprises and the digital modernization of trade and economic cooperation in the SCO region, the new center will primarily focus on developing a set of rules and standards for regulating cross-border data flows that comply with the laws and regulations of SCO member states in order to provide reliable information support for trade, logistics, and financial activities among the organization's member states.

In addition, the center will work to promote the capitalization and commercial application of high-quality data products, such as equipment data, trade and logistics data, by providing full-fledged service links – from data processing and management, asset registration, to valuation and asset transactions.

At the same time, the center will, in cooperation with licensed financial institutions, explore the possibility of providing innovative financial transactions with financing, insurance and bonds that will be based on data assets, so as to provide medium and small enterprises with generally accessible, data asset-based financial services and thereby expand the fund accumulation channel for enterprises. -0-

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Beijing, January 27 (Xinhua) — At the invitation of Chinese State Council Premier Li Qiang, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will pay an official visit to China from January 28 to 31. This was announced by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun at a regular ministry press conference on Tuesday.

Guo Jiakun noted that in August 2024, Chinese President Xi Jinping held a telephone conversation with K. Starmer, and in November of the same year, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Xi Jinping met with K. Starmer, which put Sino-British relations on the path of improvement and development.

According to Guo Jiakun, maintaining communication and strengthening cooperation between China and the UK, both permanent members of the UN Security Council, serves the common interests of their peoples and promotes world peace, stability and development.

During Starmer's visit, which will be the first by a British Prime Minister to China in eight years, Xi Jinping will meet with him, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Qiang will hold talks with him, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Zhao Leji will also meet with Starmer, Guo Jiakun said, adding that the two sides will conduct an in-depth exchange of views on bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest.

In addition to Beijing, K. Starmer will also visit Shanghai.

Guo Jiakun pointed out that since the British Labour government came to power, it has made it clear that it is willing to develop consistent, long-term and strategic relations with China and actively promote dialogue and cooperation between the two countries.

China is willing to take this visit as an opportunity to strengthen political mutual trust with the UK, deepen practical cooperation, jointly open a new chapter of healthy and stable development of bilateral relations, and work together for global peace, security and stability, Guo Jiakun emphasized. -0-

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MANILA, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — The Tabaco City Council in Albay province on Luzon island in the Philippines on Tuesday declared a state of emergency due to the ongoing eruption of the Mayon Volcano.

According to city authorities, more than 1,700 residents were evacuated from settlements located within the volcano's 6-kilometer permanent danger zone.

Under Philippine law, declaring a state of emergency allows local governments to access their rapid response funds and facilitates the disbursement of national disaster assistance. –0–

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Moscow, January 27 (Xinhua) – Russia and Ukraine are actively discussing the number of prisoners to be included in the new prisoner exchange, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova announced on Tuesday.

"Active dialogue is underway today regarding the number of individuals to be included in the exchange and organizational matters. I hope that this [prisoner exchange] will take place in the near future," TASS quoted her as saying.

T. Moskalkova also spoke about the ongoing negotiations regarding the return of 12 residents of the Kursk region held there from Ukrainian territory. "We are currently conducting extensive, serious negotiations regarding another exchange: the return of the Kursk residents and the repatriation of those Ukrainian citizens whom our military rescued from shelling and who are now in Russia," she said.

According to her, negotiations had previously succeeded in repatriating more than 100 residents of the Kursk region who had been evacuated to Ukrainian territory. "Unfortunately, 12 remain in Sumy," added T. Moskalkova.

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Brussels, January 27 (Xinhua) — The European Parliament has postponed until next week a decision on whether to resume ratification of the EU-U.S. trade agreement, following the suspension of the approval process last week in protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's push to acquire Greenland and his tariff threats against European allies. Bernd Lange, Chairman of the European Parliament's International Trade Committee, announced this on Monday.

B. Lange confirmed on social media that no decision was made on Monday to resume the regular legislative process between the EU and the US. The parliamentary negotiating group will meet on February 4 to review the situation.

On January 21, the European Parliament decided to postpone ratification of the trade agreement between the European Union and the United States in light of US threats to impose tariffs related to Greenland.

Tensions eased when Washington announced it had reached a “framework agreement” on issues related to Greenland and suspended the introduction of tariffs that D. Trump had threatened against eight European countries.

Under the EU-US trade agreement reached last July, the EU will eliminate tariffs on all US industrial products and impose tariff quotas on a wide range of US agricultural products entering the EU market. In exchange, Washington will impose a base tariff rate of 15% on most EU goods exported to the United States.

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Moscow, January 27 (Xinhua) — Investigators have opened a criminal case into the deaths of four people in a fire at a private home in Balashikha, Moscow Region, Russia, on Tuesday. This was reported by the press service of the Main Investigative Directorate (GID) of the Investigative Committee (SK) for the Moscow Region.

"Early in the morning of January 27, emergency services received information about a fire in a private home in Balashikha. After the fire was extinguished, the bodies of two men and two women were discovered. A 15-year-old boy with signs of carbon monoxide poisoning was also hospitalized. The exact number of victims is being determined," the statement reads.

According to media reports, Cuban citizens have died in a fire in Balashikha. Preliminary reports indicate the fire may have been caused by careless handling of fire.

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SEOUL, January 27 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired at least one unidentified projectile toward the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, the Renhap News Agency reported, citing South Korean military officials.

South Korean military officials reportedly detected several unidentified ballistic missiles launched by North Korea toward the Sea of Japan at around 3:50 p.m. Tuesday (local time). The missiles were launched from areas north of Pyongyang and traveled approximately 350 km.

"Our military has strengthened surveillance and monitoring in preparation for possible additional launches and is maintaining full combat readiness," the South Korean military said in a statement.

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BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — China on Tuesday opened its first Space Research Institute, aiming to cultivate more top talent in the aerospace field.

The institute, founded by the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), will focus on cutting-edge fields such as interstellar propulsion, deep-space communication and navigation, and space science, to develop urgently needed interdisciplinary specialists.

Zhu Junqiang, an academician of the CAS and head of the institute, said that the institute aims to become a key base for fundamental aerospace research in support of major national projects, a center for cultivating high-level talent capable of innovative research, and a center for international academic exchange to disseminate China's experience based on real achievements.

The establishment of the new institute is a key step by the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to promote the integrated development of education, science, technology and talent, and address the acute shortage of top-notch professionals.

More than six decades ago, the ANC held its first symposium on space exploration at the suggestion of renowned Chinese scientists including Qian Xuesen and Zhao Jiuzhang, leading to the establishment of a committee that laid the foundation for the country's space exploration programs.

“Today’s meeting, dedicated to discussing the training of leading specialists in the field of interstellar navigation, not only continues the tradition of devotion to the homeland of our predecessors, but also represents a comprehensive improvement in the system of training personnel for the new era,” said Van Chi, an academician of the Academy of Sciences and head of the National Center for Space Sciences under the Academy of Sciences. -0-

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