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BEIJING, January 3 (Xinhua) — At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin will pay an official visit to China from January 4 to 8.

M. Martin was born in 1960 in Cork, Ireland. He graduated from the National University of Ireland in Cork. He has held a number of government posts, including Minister of Education, Minister of Health, Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Since 2011, he has been the leader of the Fianna Fóil party.

He assumed office as Prime Minister of Ireland in June 2020 and became Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland in December 2022. He resumed his leadership of the Irish government in January 2025. –0–

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Gaza, January 3 (Xinhua) — Two Palestinians, including an 11-year-old girl, were killed Saturday by Israeli shelling in the Gaza Strip, as Israel launched airstrikes on the eastern part of the enclave, Palestinian sources reported.

Gaza Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal told Xinhua that a 27-year-old man was shot dead while attempting to reach his home in the al-Shuja'iya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City. The neighborhood is located near the so-called "Yellow Line," which demarcates areas where Israeli troops remain stationed and where civilians are often prohibited from entering.

In another incident, an 11-year-old girl was killed by an Israeli airstrike in what was described as a safe zone in the town of Beit Lahiya in northwestern Gaza. Her body was taken to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, Basal reported.

He added that two more people were wounded in the shelling while in the backyard of the Nasser public hospital in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis. –0–

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Moscow, January 3 (Xinhua) – Russia is extremely alarmed by reports of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife being evacuated from Venezuela and calls on US authorities to immediately clarify the situation. This was stated in a statement published on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website on Saturday.

“We are extremely alarmed by reports that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were forcibly removed from the country as a result of today’s US aggression,” the statement said.

"We call for immediate clarification of this situation. Such actions, if they actually took place, constitute an unacceptable infringement on the sovereignty of an independent state, respect for which is a key principle of international law," the Russian Foreign Ministry noted.

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London, January 3 (Xinhua) — Britain is "in no way involved" in the US operation in Venezuela, British media reported on Saturday, citing a statement from Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

In his speech, recorded for British television channels, Starmer noted that he had not spoken with US President Donald Trump about Washington's capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

"This is obviously a rapidly changing situation and we need to establish all the facts," the British prime minister said, adding that he needed more information before making further comments.

According to K. Starmer, there are currently around 500 British citizens in Venezuela, and the government is working with the embassy to ensure their care, protection and provision of appropriate advice.

D. Trump announced on Saturday that the United States had launched strikes on Venezuela and captured its leader, N. Maduro, who was taken out of the country along with his wife.

Venezuela on Saturday condemned "military aggression" by the United States after loud explosions were heard and planes were seen flying overhead in the capital Caracas early in the day.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Saturday morning that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro "will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in an American court" following his detention and removal from the oil-rich South American country.

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CHANGCHUN, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — Russian king crabs will be delivered in batches to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) in southern China from the city of Changchun (capital of Northeast China's Jilin Province) by air transport, the Changchun city administration said.

Recently, a shipment of Russian Kamchatka red crabs weighing 8,500 kg, shipped from the Russian port of Zarubino via the bonded cargo facility in the border city of Hunchun, in the aforementioned province, arrived at the Xinglong bonded cargo facility in Changchun. There, the seafood will be loaded onto a plane and sent on the Changchun-Xianggang route recently launched by Hainan Airlines.

This event is the first practical result of the deepening cooperation between the cities of Hunchun and Changchun in the field of transit transportation of Kamchatka crabs, which will promote the further development of specific trade between Jilin Province and Russia in 2026.

Due to strict requirements for the timely transportation of Russian Kamchatka crabs, the above-mentioned bonded zones, with the active support of local customs services, have opened “green channels” and made every effort to ensure rapid customs clearance and safe storage of these seafood products. -0-

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BEIJING, January 3 (Xinhua) — At the invitation of Chinese State Council Premier Li Qiang, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin will pay an official visit to China from January 4 to 8, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Saturday.

According to the Chinese diplomat, Martin's upcoming visit will be the first by an Irish Prime Minister to China in 14 years. During his visit, he is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, hold talks with Premier Li Qiang, and meet with Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. The two sides will conduct an in-depth exchange of views on bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest.

In addition to Beijing, M. Martin will also visit Shanghai.

In recent years, the mutually beneficial and strategic partnership between China and Ireland has steadily developed. Both sides have always respected each other and treated each other equally. Through open cooperation, the two countries have achieved complementary strengths and common development, benefiting their peoples, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman noted.

China is ready to use this visit as an opportunity to strengthen political mutual trust and expand mutually beneficial cooperation with Ireland, as well as to give new impetus to the high-quality development of the two countries in the new era, as well as the healthy and stable development of Sino-European relations, the Chinese diplomat concluded. -0-

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SHENZHEN, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — China's leading new energy vehicle (NEV) maker BYD sold about 2.26 million all-electric vehicles in 2025, surpassing Tesla in global sales of such vehicles.

During the reporting period, American electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla sold approximately 1.63 million all-electric vehicles.

BYD's total NEV sales last year amounted to approximately 4.6 million units.

BYD announced that it has expanded its market share in China and increased sales abroad. The automaker's business in Europe is growing successfully, and the company is actively developing the Latin American and Southeast Asian markets. Specifically, BYD is increasing localized production in these regions. The automaker's Brazilian plant began operations last year. -0-

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BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — Return passenger traffic peaked on Saturday, the last day of the Chinese New Year holiday, China Railways said.

The country's railways are expected to carry 17.45 million passenger journeys on Saturday, with an additional 1,343 passenger trains planned to be launched to meet travel demand.

On Saturday, popular departure cities were Guangzhou, Beijing and Chengdu, while the main destinations were Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai.

More than 12 million people used rail transport in the country on Friday.

This year, the New Year's holiday in China will run from Thursday to Saturday. -0-

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NANJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — Nanjing Massacre survivor Xu Deming died on Friday at the age of 96, bringing the total number of registered living survivors of the tragedy to 22, the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Museum in east China's Jiangsu Province said.

The Nanjing Massacre occurred after the Japanese occupation forces captured Nanjing, then the capital of China, on December 13, 1937. Over the course of six weeks, the invaders killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers. This tragedy is considered one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II.

"In 1937, Japanese invaders broke into my home and took my father. They sent him to Shuiximen, then to the Qingliangshan area for massacre. Someone spotted my father there and told my older brother. We searched everywhere, but we never found his body," Xu Deming once recalled.

"My father was only 54 years old when he died. Our family fled to a refugee area where we faced starvation," he said.

Every year there are fewer and fewer people left who can tell about the massacres in Nanjing.

In 2014, the Seventh Session of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) designated December 13 as National Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre. The Chinese government also preserved survivors' testimonies, recording them both in writing and on video. In 2015, these documents were inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.

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