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NEW DELHI, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — At least 23 people were killed in a fire at a nightclub in the Indian state of Goa around midnight on Saturday, local media reported, citing officials early Sunday morning.

Several tourists were among the dead in a tragic incident at a nightclub in Arpora in North Goa district, reports the Press Trust of India.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who visited the scene shortly after the fire, ordered an investigation into the incident. "Those responsible will be held accountable under the strictest laws," he wrote on social media.

According to local police, a preliminary investigation has shown that the fire may have started as a result of a gas cylinder explosion. –0–

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JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Saturday that its troops shot dead two Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron after they drove a car toward soldiers at a checkpoint.

The IDF statement said the soldiers opened fire after a vehicle approached them during "operational activity." According to Israeli public broadcaster Kan, the soldiers were from the 202nd Paratroopers Brigade Battalion; one soldier was slightly wounded.

The Palestinian news agency WAFA presented a different version, reporting that Israeli troops fired at a car carrying Palestinian civilians in the Bab al-Zawiya area of central Hebron and then blocked Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulances from reaching the scene.

According to Palestinian statistics, the West Bank has seen a sharp escalation of violence since October 7, 2023, leaving around 1,000 Palestinians dead, hundreds injured, and dozens of homes destroyed.

Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War. The settlements it built there and its military occupation are considered illegal under international law. –0–

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Caracas, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed global geopolitics and troop deployments in the Caribbean by phone on Saturday.

During the phone call, the Turkish president “expressed deep concern about the threats Venezuela has recently faced, in particular the deployment of military forces and various actions aimed at undermining peace and security in the Caribbean,” Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Gil said in a statement.

The leaders of both countries exchanged views on global geopolitics and recent international events affecting the stability and future of humanity, the statement said.

N. Maduro stated that military maneuvers in the Caribbean constitute an “illegal, disproportionate, unnecessary and even excessive” act of aggression, adding that Venezuela will continue its efforts to ensure peace.

Speaking about bilateral cooperation, the Venezuelan President stated that Caracas is ready to move forward with Ankara to achieve the goal of $3 billion in trade turnover.

According to the statement, both sides also agreed on the importance of restoring direct flights between Caracas and Istanbul to facilitate travel for “thousands of tourists and investors.”

In late November, Turkish Airlines suspended flights to Venezuela following a warning from the US Federal Aviation Administration calling for “extreme caution” when flying over Venezuela and the southern Caribbean.

N. Maduro also invited R. T. Erdogan to visit Venezuela in 2026 to participate in the fifth meeting of the Joint Cooperation Commission. –0–

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BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — Sixteen teams of about 80 young athletes from China, Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan gathered in Harbin, the capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, to participate in the first Guest Youth Boxing Tournament at the China-SCO Ice and Snow Sports Demonstration Zone, which kicked off on Saturday.

According to local media, this is the first boxing competition held in Harbin under the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization). It is being organized by the Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Administration, the Harbin City Sports Administration, and the Heilongjiang Provincial Sports, Chess, and Card Games Administration Center.

The competitions are held in strict accordance with the latest judging and game rules of the International Boxing Federation, in the appropriate weight categories and using an electronic scoring system on a 10-point scale.

This tournament serves as a valuable platform for young athletes to gain experience in international competition, coaches to exchange training methods, and people from different countries to strengthen mutual friendship, noted Vyacheslav Yanovsky, head coach of the Primorsky Krai Boxing Federation and 1988 Olympic boxing champion, speaking on behalf of the international teams at the tournament's opening ceremony.

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BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — China on Sunday released an updated version of the national medical insurance catalog and the first version of the catalog of innovative drugs for commercial insurance, according to the National Medical Security Administration.

China's updated national health insurance catalog included 114 new drugs, 50 of which are innovative pharmaceuticals. These new drugs partially filled gaps in coverage under basic health insurance. These drugs include medications for serious illnesses, rare diseases, and chronic conditions.

The catalog of innovative drugs covered by the commercial insurance system includes 19 drugs for the treatment of tumors, rare diseases, and Alzheimer's disease.

The National Medical Supply Administration of China has been updating this catalog for eight consecutive years, increasing the total number of drugs to 3,253 types and significantly expanding the range of covered oncological diseases, chronic diseases, mental illnesses, rare diseases, and the range of pediatric drugs. -0-

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URUMQI, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — Nine people were killed and seven injured in traffic accidents on an expressway in northeast China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Saturday evening, local authorities said Sunday.

The accidents occurred around 10:00 PM on different sections of the expressway in Wusu City, Tacheng County, when several vehicles crashed into each other one after another. A total of five large vehicles and seven small cars were damaged.

The injured people were urgently taken to hospital for medical attention.

Local officials said the vehicle collisions occurred during sudden dense fog combined with sub-zero overnight temperatures, causing the road surfaces to become wet and slippery due to icing in a short period of time.

Further investigation into these accidents is ongoing. -0-

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Chengdu, December 7 (Xinhua) — A new cold chain goods collection and distribution center for China-Europe freight train services has been established in China, aiming to provide services to the European and Central Asian markets. This was announced on Friday at the China-Europe Freight Train Service Global Partner Conference (Chengdu and Chongqing).

The center will provide cross-border cold chain transportation services for the European and Central Asian markets and will issue a plan to launch China-Europe cold chain freight trains in 2026.

According to Xiang Bin, CEO of an agricultural technology company in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province (southwest China), the first batch of locally produced apples was successfully exported thanks to China-Europe cold chain freight train services. The process from picking and sorting the apples to delivery to warehouses in Europe takes just over ten days.

The launch of the above-mentioned center will further expand the service capabilities of China-Europe trains departing from Chengdu and Chongqing, and contribute to the improvement of the cross-border supply chain system and increased openness in the region. -0-

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GUANGZHOU, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — The opening ceremony of Greater Bay Area University (GBU) was held in southern China on Saturday.

Located in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, southern China, the university has two campuses covering a total area of approximately 2,000 mu (approximately 133.3 hectares). It will initially offer five undergraduate programs: mathematics and applied mathematics, physics, materials science and engineering, computer science and technology, and industrial engineering.

As a public institution of higher education established by the Guangdong Provincial People's Government and supported by the Dongguan Municipal People's Government, UBZ received approval from the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China in June of this year. Eighty freshmen began their first semester in August.

UBZ's founding rector and Chinese Academy of Sciences academician Tian Gang said at the opening ceremony on Saturday that the university aims to "provide highly qualified talents to accelerate the development of new-quality productive forces in Dongguan and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and promote scientific and technological innovation and the development of emerging industries there."

He noted that UBZ will collaborate with numerous universities, research institutes, and leading enterprises to jointly train master's students.

In 2024, the GRP of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area reached 14.79 trillion yuan (about 2.1 trillion US dollars), surpassing that of New York and the San Francisco Bay Area. -0-

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Athens, December 6 (Xinhua) — At least 18 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the southern coast of Crete, Greece, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation reported on Saturday.

The vessel sank approximately 26 nautical miles (48.2 km) south of Ierapetra, a coastal town on the southern part of the island. According to the Greek Coast Guard, two survivors have been rescued from the water so far.

Rescue teams continue to work in the disaster area with patrol boats and retrieve bodies from the sea.

The cause of the incident is still unknown. The Coast Guard has launched an investigation.

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Beijing, December 6 (Xinhua) — The third joint Chinese-Russian missile defense exercise took place in Russia in early December, the Chinese Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday.

As noted in a statement on the department's website, the joint exercises are not directed against third parties and are not related to the current international and regional situation. –0–

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