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SEOUL, July 20 (Xinhua) — Fourteen people have been killed and 12 others are missing after five days of heavy rains hit the Republic of Korea (ROK), the country's Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Sunday.

According to him, as of 11:00 local time /02:00 GMT/, 14 people have been confirmed dead, and another 12 are still missing.

Rainfall that began on Wednesday has forced 13,209 people to flee their homes across the country. As of Sunday morning, 3,836 remained in temporary shelters.

A total of 1,920 cases of damage to public property and 2,234 cases of damage to private property were reported, including flooded roads, landslides, collapsed river structures, flooded buildings and agricultural land. –0–

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BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) — Northwest China's Shaanxi Province's foreign trade volume stood at 244.51 billion yuan (about 34.2 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2025, up 7.5 percent year on year, data from Xi'an Customs showed.

According to customs data, exports totaled 170.53 billion yuan, up 10.6 percent, while imports totaled 73.98 billion yuan, up 1.1 percent.

From January to June this year, the province's trade volume with countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative amounted to 132.37 billion yuan, accounting for 54.1 percent of the province's total foreign trade volume.

During the reporting period, the foreign trade volume of foreign-invested enterprises in Shaanxi Province amounted to 141.83 billion yuan, up 13.3 percent year on year and accounting for 58 percent of the province's total foreign trade volume.

In addition, the export of electromechanical products amounted to 146.51 billion yuan, accounting for 85.9 percent of the province's total export volume during the reporting period, while the import of such products amounted to 50.96 billion yuan, accounting for 68.9 percent of the province's total import volume during the said period. -0-

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BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) — Northeast China's Liaoning Province's foreign trade volume stood at 370.21 billion yuan (about 51.78 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2025, down 0.1 percent year on year, data from the Liaoning Provincial Bureau of Statistics showed.

In particular, exports amounted to 199.26 billion yuan, an increase of 13.4 percent; imports amounted to 170.95 billion yuan, a decrease of 12.3 percent. -0-

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Tashkent, July 20 /Xinhua/ — Chinese airline Air China has launched regular flights between Beijing and Tashkent for the first time, Xinhua was told from Tashkent International Airport.

On Saturday at 19:40 local time, the first Air China flight landed at Tashkent International Airport. The crew and passengers, who arrived on a modern Boeing-737 airliner, were greeted with a traditional water arch and flowers.

"We are pleased to welcome a new partner in the person of Air China at Tashkent airport. We are confident that this route will be in high demand among passengers. Our team has provided all the necessary conditions for high-quality service of this route," said Umid Khamrayev, First Deputy Director of Uzbekistan Airports Handling.

Flights operate three times a week – on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. –0–

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ZHENGZHOU, July 20 (Xinhua) — Central China's Henan Province's foreign trade volume stood at 412.53 billion yuan (about 57.7 billion U.S. dollars) in January-June 2025, up 26.2 percent year on year and maintaining double-digit growth for six consecutive months this year, data from Zhengzhou Customs showed.

According to customs data, Henan Province's foreign trade turnover exceeded 410 billion yuan for the first time in January-June this year, with the growth rate being 23.3 percentage points higher than the national average for the same period. In particular, exports amounted to 278.98 billion yuan (an increase of 38.8 percent), while imports amounted to 133.55 billion yuan, an increase of 6.1 percent.

In the first half of 2025, Henan Province's trade volume with ASEAN was 55.22 billion yuan, up 9.9 percent year on year. ASEAN still remains Henan Province's largest trading partner. The province's trade volume with the EU, Latin America and Japan was 54.49 billion yuan, 46.71 billion yuan and 28.08 billion yuan, up 31.1 percent, 18.9 percent and 163.8 percent respectively. During the reporting period, the province's trade volume with countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative was 198.17 billion yuan, up 16.4 percent year on year.

In the first six months of 2025, Henan Province registered 11,700 foreign trade enterprises that actually carried out imports and exports, up 1,235 from the previous year.

In addition, expanding domestic demand has driven the growth of imports of electromechanical products and important raw materials. In the first half of 2025, Henan Province's imports of electromechanical products totaled 73.55 billion yuan, up 10.9 percent year on year. Agricultural product imports totaled 7.95 billion yuan (up 25 percent). Unrolled copper and copper material imports totaled 4.98 billion yuan, up 114.2 percent year on year. -0-

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KHARTOUM, July 20 (Xinhua) — Sudan's Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned new sanctions imposed by the European Union on Sudanese individuals and entities as not in line with "fair legal standards."

The Sudanese Armed Forces cannot be “equated” with “proscribed rebel armed groups,” the ministry said in a statement, calling on the EU to adopt a more balanced approach that takes into account Sudan’s unique national circumstances.

On Friday, the EU imposed sanctions on two individuals and two entities linked to the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Intervention Force (RIF), including an asset freeze, a ban on providing funds or economic resources, directly or indirectly, and a travel ban.

Sudan remains engulfed in conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the RRF, which erupted in April 2023. The fighting has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions both inside and outside the country, exacerbating the country's humanitarian crisis. –0–

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BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) — Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), will pay official friendly visits to Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, Switzerland from July 23 to 31 and attend the 6th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Switzerland.

Zhao Leji will make these visits at the invitation of the Speaker of the Zhogorku Kenesh of Kyrgyzstan Nurlanbek Turgunbek uulu, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary Laszlo Kövér, the President of the Swiss National Council Maja Riniker and the President of the Council of States of Switzerland Andrea Caroni, as well as the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Tulia Axson and the Secretary General of the IPU Martin Chungong. -0-

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ANKARA, July 20 (Xinhua) — "Israel's continued attacks on Syrian territory" are worsening the crisis in Syria, Anadolu Agency reported, citing Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.

“Any attack on the territorial integrity, unity and sovereignty of Syria undermines regional peace efforts,” Fidan told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a telephone conversation on Saturday about the situation in southern Syria.

According to H. Fidan, it is important to implement the mutual understanding reached by the parties, which should concern an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire throughout the country, announced earlier that day by the Syrian authorities.

In a statement released on Saturday morning, Syrian authorities said the truce was aimed at preserving national unity and ensuring the safety of civilians in “critical circumstances,” calling the move a national and humanitarian commitment.

The statement came hours after US Special Representative for Syria Tom Barak announced the ceasefire on social media site X, saying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa had agreed to end the fighting with the mediation of M. Rubio. –0–

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TOKYO, July 20 (Xinhua) — Voting began in Japan on Sunday morning for the upper house (House of Councillors) election, with a total of 522 candidates running in the intense battle between the ruling and opposition camps.

The House of Councillors consists of 248 members. The term of office of statesmen is 6 years. Every three years, half of the composition of the House is renewed.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito currently hold 75 seats that are not up for re-election. They need to win 50 seats in this election to maintain their majority.

The bar is seen as relatively low for the ruling bloc, which controlled the upper house of parliament before the election, although Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who faces low public support amid serious problems such as rising prices and high US tariffs, has called it a tall order.

In the October 2024 general election, the ruling coalition lost its majority in the more powerful House of Representatives (lower house), forcing Mr. Ishiba to form Japan's first minority government in more than three decades.

If the ruling coalition fails to maintain a majority in the upper house this time, it will be extremely difficult for S. Ishiba to continue leading his administration, local media report. –0–

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Vladivostok, July 20 (Xinhua) — The International Mental Arithmetic Olympiad "Pacific Cup -2025" was held on Saturday at the Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island in Vladivostok, bringing together 123 young participants from different regions of Russia and China.

Acting Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Vladivostok Wang Jun gave a speech before the competition. According to him, mental arithmetic is an important part of traditional Chinese culture. In 2013, UNESCO officially included mental arithmetic in the list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity, making it a common spiritual treasure. The Olympiad is of great importance for the popularization of mental arithmetic.

The organizer of the Olympiad is the Eastern Association of Mental Arithmetic. As the director of the association Elena Shumeiko said in an interview with Xinhua, this is a friendly competition that not only allows for strengthening friendship between the peoples of Russia and China, but also gives the participants an opportunity to exchange experiences.

The head of the Chinese delegation, head of the Abacus and Mental Arithmetic Society of the Chinese city of Yantai Xu Gongcai said that the competition has become a platform for teenagers from China and Russia to express themselves and learn from each other. During the competition, the participants exchanged learning experiences and deepened their understanding of each other's culture, which contributes to the popularization and development of mental arithmetic in the world. –0–

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