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HOUSTON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — At least nine children and the driver were injured in a crash involving a school bus in Travis County, Texas, on Wednesday, local authorities said.

According to Texas media, two victims were airlifted to the hospital.

The school year began Wednesday in the Leander Independent School District in Travis County.

Earlier in the day, another school bus carrying 58 students overturned in Liberty County, Texas. The Cleveland Independent School District said all passengers were safely evacuated and taken to a hospital for evaluation.

Investigations into both incidents are ongoing. –0–

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ANKARA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and visiting Syrian interim government chief diplomat Asaad Hassan al-Shibani on Wednesday accused Israel of being one of the main actors behind the recent violence in Syria's Druze-dominated southern province of As-Suwayda.

“One of the main players behind this grim picture was Israel,” Fidan said at a joint press conference with A.H. al-Shibani after their meeting, adding that Israel’s “expansionist policy” in the region extends to Syria.

Syria “must become a country where all peoples, faiths and cultures are preserved and can live together,” he said. He said Turkey supports Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and shares the Syrian government’s position on promoting inclusivity among the country’s various communities.

A. H. al-Shibani, for his part, accused Israel of provocations in As-Suwayda, adding that Israel’s constant threats are directed against Syria’s sovereignty and affect the security of our citizens.”

Noting the ongoing efforts to divide Syria, he pointed out that the Druze community is an integral part of Syrian society and Damascus remains committed to regional stability.

On July 19, Syria's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa declared a ceasefire in As-Suwayda after weeks of sectarian clashes and Israeli strikes. Under the terms of the deal, interim government forces would withdraw from populated areas while local Druze factions and religious leaders would provide internal security.

Despite the ceasefire, fighting has flared up repeatedly, threatening to derail the agreement. Several aid convoys organized by UN agencies and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent have arrived in the governorate in recent days, but renewed violence has reportedly prevented further aid deliveries. –0–

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will ask Congress to approve extended federal control of the Metropolitan Police Department to combat crime in Washington.

“We’re going to need a crime bill, which we’re going to introduce, and it’s going to be in the District of Columbia initially,” Trump told reporters after an event at the Kennedy Center. “We’re going to ask for an extension, a long-term extension.”

On Monday, he signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency to combat crime in Washington to “protect government employees, citizens, and tourists and ensure the safe operation of the federal government,” the White House said. The emergency is for 30 days and can be extended only with congressional approval.

Trump also criticized D.C.'s statehood bid Wednesday. "Statehood is ridiculous. We want to clean up the mess," he said.

National Guard troops began deploying to Washington on Tuesday evening, with 800 troops expected to be fully operational by the end of the week, a senior Army official told local media. –0–

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FUZHOU, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — Typhoon Podul made landfall in Zhangpu County, east China's Fujian Province, on Thursday night, according to the provincial meteorological service.

The 11th typhoon this year made landfall in Zhangpong County at around 00:30 on August 14. At that time, the maximum wind speed near its epicenter reached 11 points (30 meters per second).

Earlier on Wednesday at around 1:10 p.m., Podul made its first landfall, hitting Taitung County in Taiwan. -0-

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In early July, Qingdao, Shandong Province, hosted the event “SCO Youth: Qingdao Encounter” for young people from Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries. Over the course of seven days, 100 students from 30 countries, including Pakistan and Tajikistan, learned about Chinese intangible cultural heritage, visited advanced technology enterprises, studied urban development, and met friends from all over the world.

In recent years, the SCO has consistently held various events, including youth camps, forums on the development of the young generation, educational and practical programs, innovation and entrepreneurship competitions, etc. These events have planted the seeds of friendship in the hearts of the youth of the SCO countries, and have also attracted more and more young men and women to actively participate in the development of the SCO.

As one of the founding members of the SCO, China has always attached great importance to youth exchanges.

From the adoption of the “Joint Address of the Heads of State of the SCO Member States to the Youth” at the Qingdao Summit in 2018 to the establishment of the China-SCO Youth Exchange Center and large-scale programs to invite young people from SCO countries to China, China has always worked hard to create various platforms to strengthen exchanges among the new generation of SCO countries.

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St. Petersburg, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — After a long period of unipolar dominance by the West, the world is entering an era of a more multipolar and just order, and this order will be linked to the development of the Global South, Maria Soloshcheva, deputy director of the Institute of Oriental and African Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg, told Xinhua News Agency.

According to her, it was during the era of the West's unconditional dominance that the bloodiest military conflicts in human history occurred, and an unprecedented division of countries into rich and poor arose. In addition, the unfair distribution of global resources and material goods put hundreds of millions of people on the brink of physical survival.

The Russian expert emphasized that the future economic, political and cultural development of humanity is connected with the strengthening of such supranational international structures as the SCO, BRICS, ASEAN and others. “The goal of the development of the Global South is not to defeat the Global West, take its place and repeat its mistakes, but to form and make accessible a humanitarian image of the world,” she noted.

The massive rise of the Global South and its contribution to building a multipolar world, in her opinion, should be accompanied by the development of the human personality. In this regard, the expert particularly emphasized the humanitarian content of the Belt and Road Initiative, which has already transformed into a global international movement.

“The Belt and Road is not based on the selfish, egoistic interests of individual states, nations and social groups, but on the desire to generalize the interests of individual peoples into a universal civilizational form – a community with a common destiny for humanity,” said M. Soloshcheva.

According to the Russian expert, the emergence and active work of interstate associations, as well as regional and interregional unions, which include a wide variety of countries, indicate that “globalization from below,” that is, by the will of peoples and countries, is proving to be just as effective as “globalization from above,” when it was led by a group of leading Western countries. –0–

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SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — A car carrying Kim Kong-hee, the wife of former South Korean President Yoon Seok-yol, arrived Thursday at the special prosecutor's office in Seoul where she is to be questioned over corruption charges, live footage showed. –0–

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As of August 8, the number of China-Europe (Central Asia) freight trains passing through the Khorgos railway border crossing in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has exceeded 6,000 since the beginning of this year.

This figure was reached 46 days earlier than last year, which is a new historical record.

To date, a total of 48,000 China-Europe (Central Asia) freight trains have passed through the Khorgos railway hub on 89 routes, covering 46 cities and regions in 18 countries.

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In the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on the borders of the Gurbantungut and Taklamakan deserts, there are national wetland parks such as Manas and Lalikun.

As important ecological reserves on the northern slope of the Tianshan and southern Xinjiang, they are located on the routes of migratory birds and are critical to maintaining the ecological safety of watersheds, preserving biodiversity and maintaining the stability of oases.

In recent years, through restoration measures such as returning cropland to wetlands, ecological replenishment of water resources and the establishment of desert buffer zones, Xinjiang has made significant progress in protecting wetlands.

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ROME, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — At least 26 migrants were killed and dozens more are missing after two boats capsized off the coast of Lampedusa Island in southern Italy, Italian media and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported on Wednesday.

According to Italian media, the tragedy occurred about 14 nautical miles south of Lampedusa. At about 11:00 local time, a police helicopter spotted the first vessel in distress. By the time rescuers arrived at the scene, the boat had already capsized.

Survivors told rescuers that the second vessel had also sunk. There were about 100 people on board the two boats, 60 of whom reached the shore safely.

To date, rescuers have found the bodies of 26 people, and the search and rescue operation continues.

In addition to the confirmed victims, many other passengers remain missing, UNHCR is helping to house 60 survivors, UNHCR High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi wrote on social media. –0–

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