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Washington, December 10 (Xinhua) — Two American F-18 fighter jets entered Venezuelan airspace on Tuesday and circled for about 40 minutes, the Miami Herald, a Florida-based newspaper, reported.

According to Flightradar24 data, two fighter jets flew over the northern end of Lake Maracaibo, over the waters of the Gulf of Venezuela, between the city of La Guajira in Zulia state and Coro, the capital of Falcón state. Zulia and Falcón are key regions for Venezuela's energy sector.

Thousands of Venezuelans tracked the planes' flight paths online using specialized websites, the report said. It also noted that the planes were flying at an altitude of approximately 25,000 feet (about 7,620 meters).

Lake Maracaibo, which covers 5,000 square miles (about 12,950 square kilometers), is one of the largest bodies of water in the Americas and the heart of deposits containing approximately 150 billion barrels of crude oil, the report notes.

The fighter jets were flying less than 100 miles (about 161 kilometers) northeast of Maracaibo, Venezuela's second-largest city and home to Rafael Urdaneta Air Base, one of the main air force bases in the west of the country. –0–

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HARBIN, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — A China-Europe freight train loaded with home appliances and digital products departed from Manzhouli Railway Checkpoint in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Wednesday.

Thus, since the beginning of this year, the number of trains running along the “eastern corridor” as part of the China-Europe rail freight transport has reached 5,166 units, which have transported a total of more than 530 thousand standard containers (TEU) with various goods.

The "Eastern Corridor" for China-Europe rail freight transport includes the Manzhouli, Suifenhe, and Tongjiang railway crossings (Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China). Currently, the range of goods transported by China-Europe trains has grown to over 1,000 types, including computers, refrigerators, finished automobiles, and other high-value-added goods.

According to data, the number of routes within the "Eastern Corridor" of China-Europe rail freight transport has increased to 27. They cover 14 countries, including Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands, and connect more than 60 Chinese cities, such as Changsha, Zhengzhou, and Chengdu, effectively facilitating the deep integration of China's foreign trade economy into the global system of industrial and supply chains.

The project to reconstruct and expand the Jiamusi-Tongjiang railway is currently advancing at an accelerated pace. Once completed, the capacity of the Tongjiang railway crossing is expected to triple.

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TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — Iran and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to implementing the 2023 agreement to resume bilateral diplomatic ties, which was brokered by China.

The third meeting of the trilateral committee of Iran, Saudi Arabia, and China, responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Beijing agreement, was held in Tehran on Tuesday, the Islamic Republic's Foreign Ministry reported.

It is noted that Iran and Saudi Arabia are committed to fully implementing the provisions of the Beijing Agreement and are making ongoing efforts to strengthen bilateral relations. The parties have pledged to abide by the UN Charter, the Charter of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and international law, including the principles requiring respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence, and security of the two states.

Tehran and Riyadh welcomed Beijing's continued positive role in the implementation of the agreement and stressed the importance of its support and follow-up actions in this regard.

According to the statement, the three countries welcomed the "continuous progress" in relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, as well as the existing opportunities for direct contacts between the two countries at all levels and across all sectors. They also emphasized the importance of dialogue and cooperation between regional states to ensure security, stability, peace, and economic progress.

Iran and Saudi Arabia restored diplomatic relations in April 2023, brokered by China. Riyadh severed ties with Tehran in 2016 after Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions over the execution of a Shiite cleric in the kingdom.

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Washington, December 10 (Xinhua) — The Donald Trump administration is pressing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept a new version of the U.S.-brokered peace agreement that could lead to significant territorial losses for Ukraine, the American online publication Axios reported on Monday.

According to Axios, citing two Ukrainian officials, US Special Presidential Envoy Steven Witkoff and US Presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner held a two-hour conversation with Zelenskyy on Saturday to discuss the plan, demanding a clear "yes" from the Ukrainian leader.

In an interview with Politico published on Tuesday, when asked whether he had set a deadline for Zelensky to make a decision on the deal, Trump replied on Monday: "He's going to have to get down to business and start… accepting things… because he's losing."

The Financial Times reported on Tuesday that Donald Trump hopes to reach an agreement "by Christmas," while Volodymyr Zelenskyy told American mediators that he needs time to consult with European allies.

S. Witkoff and J. Kushner concluded three days of talks with the Ukrainian side on Saturday in Miami, Florida, following a roughly five-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier last week.

During the negotiations, Russia demanded that Ukraine cede the entire Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, including lands under Kyiv's control.

"It seemed like the US was trying to convince us in various ways that Russia wanted to take over all of Donbas, and that the Americans wanted Zelensky to agree to this during the phone call," a Ukrainian official told Axios.

Trump said at an event on Sunday that he was "a little disappointed" that Zelenskyy did not read the proposal, hours after Zelenskyy described peace talks with the US as "constructive" but "difficult."

On Monday, V. Zelenskyy met in London with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to discuss peace in Ukraine.

According to a British government press release following the meeting, the leaders emphasized the need for a "just and lasting peace in Ukraine." –0–

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Beijing, December 10 (Xinhua) — Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province made significant progress in developing its cultural and tourism industries during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), according to a statement published on the official website of the Heilongjiang provincial government.

On Tuesday, the Party Committee Publicity Department and the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government Information Office held a press conference to discuss the province's cultural revival and tourism development over the past five years.

He Jing, head of the Heilongjiang Provincial Administration of Culture and Tourism, reported that during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, Heilongjiang provincial authorities, leveraging local resources, actively developed cultural tourism with local characteristics and promoted the sustainable development of year-round tourism throughout the province. The influence of the "Beautiful Scenery of the Northern Region—The Beauty of Heilongjiang Province" brand continues to grow, she added.

Over the past five years, Heilongjiang Province has unveiled plans and policies to promote tourism and the snow and ice economy. Focusing on key areas such as the snow and ice economy, tourism and healthcare, culture and entertainment, and creative design, local authorities have implemented over 400 projects with a cumulative investment of over 35 billion yuan (approximately $4.9 billion).

Over the past five years, Heilongjiang Province has established one new 5A-class tourist area and 24 new 4A-class scenic spots, 49 leading villages and towns for rural tourism development, and Yabuli Ski Resort has been designated a national-level ski resort.

In 2024, Heilongjiang Province welcomed 280 million tourists, and the province's tourism revenue reached RMB 370.13 billion, an increase of 30.4% and 37.9% over 2019. Snow and ice tourism in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, has become popular among tourists, and the annual influx of tourists to key scenic spots such as the Ice and Snow World, Yabuli, and Xuexiang has grown significantly. The cultural and tourism industries have played an increasingly important role in driving consumption and employment in the province.

New progress has been made in expanding Heilongjiang Province's exchanges and cooperation with the outside world in the fields of culture and tourism. Events such as the China-Russia Culture and Art Fair and the China-Russia Cultural Tourism Festival on the banks of the border river were successfully held, and the construction of a cultural tourism corridor along the border has also begun to yield initial results, He Jing noted.

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Tashkent, December 10 /Xinhua/ — Uzbekistan's GDP growth will be 7.5 percent this year, local media reported on Tuesday, citing data from the Center for Economic Research and Reforms (CERR) of Uzbekistan.

"The Center for Economic Research and Reforms has raised its GDP growth forecast for Uzbekistan in 2025 to 7.5 percent. This is 0.8 percentage points higher than the June estimate," the statement reads.

It is noted that in the first nine months of this year, Uzbekistan's economy grew by 7.6 percent.

It is noted that the main drivers of growth were industry, services, agriculture, construction and foreign trade. –0–

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BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — A joint strategic air patrol conducted by the air forces of China and Russia demonstrated their resolve and ability to address regional security challenges and maintain peace and stability in the region, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang said on Wednesday.

Asked by reporters to comment on concerns raised by the Japanese side, Zhang Xiaogang said the joint strategic air patrol conducted over the East China Sea and the Western Pacific Ocean on Tuesday was the 10th such mission by the air forces of the two countries and was conducted in accordance with the annual cooperation plan.

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Caracas, December 10 (Xinhua) — The US government is waging a "psychological war" against Venezuela following the failure of economic sanctions, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Iván Gil said Tuesday while speaking at the opening ceremony of the "Popular Assembly for Peace and Sovereignty in Our America."

"They are now resorting to psychological warfare, to psychological warfare," he said. According to the Foreign Minister, as part of its new strategy, the United States is using "economic, military, and, above all, media power to wage unprecedented psychological warfare" against Venezuela and the region.

This is “a very important challenge in the history of our republics in our region,” said I. Khil, adding that more than 500 delegates from about 50 countries on all continents are participating in the current event.

The "People's Assembly," organized by Venezuela's National Council for Sovereignty and Peace, will focus on key issues such as the US military threat, transnational crime in the region, and the Monroe Doctrine, which Washington has returned to in order to gain dominance over the region, the minister noted.

Since late August, the United States has maintained a significant military presence in the Caribbean, calling it part of an effort to combat drug trafficking. Caracas has condemned the American actions as an attempt at regime change in Venezuela.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — "Weak" people lead a group of countries in a "fading" Europe, U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview published Tuesday by Politico.

“I think they’re weak… but I also think they want to be so politically correct,” Trump said in an interview with Politico at the White House on Monday.

"I don't think they know what to do," the president asserted. "Europe doesn't know what to do," he emphasized.

Without changes to border policies, some European states "will cease to be viable," Trump said, describing cities like London and Paris as creaking under the burden of migration from the Middle East and Africa.

The American president said he doesn't attach much importance to the role of European leaders in efforts to end the Ukrainian crisis. "They talk, but they don't act, and the war goes on and on," he said.

Russia is clearly in a stronger position than Ukraine, D. Trump told the media, again calling on Ukraine to hold new elections.

In its national security strategy released last Thursday, the Trump administration promised to "develop resistance" to the European status quo on immigration and other politically volatile issues. –0–

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SEOUL, December 10 (Xinhua) — The Office of the President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) confirmed on Tuesday that the country's easternmost islands, Dokdo (called Takeshima in Japan), are unequivocally South Korean, rejecting Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's renewed claims to them, the Renhap News Agency reported on Tuesday.

A senior official in the Presidential Office rejected Sanae Takaichi's remarks made earlier during the parliamentary session, emphasizing that there is no territorial dispute over the Dokdo Islands. "Dokdo is an integral part of Korean territory from a historical, geographical, and international legal perspective," the official said. "We will respond firmly to Japan's unfair claims regarding Dokdo."

During a meeting of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee on Tuesday, Sanae Takaichi supported a ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker's assertion that the islands, known as Takeshima, are under South Korea's "illegal occupation." She asserted that the islands are an "integral part of Japan's territory" and stated that her government will work to strengthen its position both domestically and internationally, The Chosun Daily reported on Tuesday.

According to Renhap News Agency, this is Seoul's first decisive response to Tokyo since President Lee Jae-myung took office in June.

South Korea has long protested Japan's renewed territorial claims to the disputed islands located between the two countries.

South Korea regained sovereignty over the Dokdo Islands after liberating the Korean Peninsula from Japanese colonial rule between 1910 and 1945. Since then, Seoul has maintained control of the islands, stationing a small police force there.

South Koreans view Japan's territorial claims as a denial of colonial history, as the Dokdo Islands were the first territory forcibly occupied by Japan. –0–

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