18 killed in two attacks in Colombia

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BOGOTA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — At least 18 people were killed and dozens injured in two attacks in Colombia on Thursday, local authorities said.

At least six people were killed and more than 30 injured in a bomb explosion near the Marco Fidel Suarez Air Base in the city of Cali, the city's mayor's office said. The attack occurred at about 2:50 p.m. local time, according to the Colombian Aerospace Force.

In addition, in the northern city of Amalfi, more than 12 police officers were killed while on duty when their helicopter was shot down by the criminal group “Central General Staff”.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro confirmed the incident, saying the helicopter was carrying a group of people working to destroy coca crops following a seizure of cocaine. –0–

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Two new TIR routes have been launched: Shenyang-Tacheng-Almaty and Shenyang-Tacheng-Moscow

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BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — Tacheng Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region launched two TIR (Transport International Road) routes on Wednesday, starting from Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, crossing the border at Baktu Port in the prefecture and eventually reaching Almaty in Kazakhstan and Moscow in Russia, respectively, the prefecture's press service said.

Recently, four trucks loaded with mechanical equipment, inspection equipment, fresh flowers and other goods left Shenyang and headed to Almaty and Moscow respectively, marking the launch of the two routes.

TIR is an international system that simplifies the transportation of goods between countries. Within its framework, the goods are sealed at the starting point of the route and checked only upon arrival at the destination, and at intermediate border crossings, checkpoint officers only check the TIR carnet data and the customs stamp for the vehicle. This reduces the travel time and reduces possible risks associated with administrative customs control procedures and damage to the goods. China joined the TIR Convention in July 2016.

Following the launch of a simplified customs clearance model at the Baktu checkpoint on 20 July, a corridor was created for TIR vehicles, which allows for preliminary verification of declared information electronically and checking of seals in order to speed up customs clearance.

The corridor will greatly reduce the time it takes to clear customs and greatly improve logistics efficiency, said Chen Weilong, an official with the Tacheng County Key Pilot Zone Administration for Development and Opening-up. -0-

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10 residents of northeast China injured by tornado

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SHENYANG, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — Ten people were slightly injured when a tornado hit Liaozhun District of Shenyang City, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, at 9 p.m. on Thursday, local authorities said.

193 buildings also sustained varying degrees of damage. Local residents were evacuated to safer locations.

In addition, 204 agricultural greenhouses and more than 20 vehicles were damaged.

The local administration has begun work to eliminate the consequences of the natural disaster and assess the damage caused.

In addition, the tornado caused power outages in the village of Xiabaozi, where work is currently underway to repair damaged power facilities. -0-

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Rosneft employees held festive events on the Day of the State Flag of Russia

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On the Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation, employees of Rosneft enterprises organized patriotic events and congratulated the country's residents.

In Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Samotlorneftegaz activists organized a concert for residents of Nizhnevartovsk, where they performed patriotic pieces together with their children. The company's athletes supported the city's festive events in bright white-blue-red suits. Young specialists of the company took part in a quiz dedicated to the Motherland.

Volunteers from RN-Yuganskneftegaz, together with activists from the Movement of the First, held a creative master class for children who found themselves in difficult life situations on making a three-dimensional applique called “Flag of Russia”.

RN Nyaganneftegaz organized a patriotism lesson for young hockey players of the city of Nyagan, as well as a creative master class on creating a tricolor with their own hands.

Kondaneft employees and their family members covered a distance of six kilometers with state flags during the Under One Flag bike ride and track and field race. The company's activists also took part in an online quiz dedicated to the holiday.

In the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, SevKomNeftegaz employees held an intellectual quiz for schoolchildren from the Movement of the First, during which the children learned many interesting facts about the state symbols of Russia and their history.

In the Tyumen region, employees of RN-Uvatneftegaz took part in a race, covering a distance of five kilometers with state flags in their hands. In honor of the holiday, oil workers of Tyumenneftegaz unfurled a Russian tricolor canvas measuring 80 square meters at the Russkoye field.

Bashneft held a series of online quizzes on knowledge of Russian history and state symbols. This year, more than three thousand employees took part in them.

In the Orenburg region, young specialists from Orenburgneft organized a dance flash mob with a ceremonial raising of the Russian flag.

In the Samara Region, volunteers from the Novokuibyshevsk Oil Refinery held a series of events called “Colors of the Native Country” in a children’s camp, during which the children recalled the history of the national flag and also took part in a thematic quiz and drawing competition. At the end of the program, the young patriots lined up in white, blue and red clothes, forming the Russian tricolor.

Athletes from the Saratov Oil Refinery held a sports master class for young football players of the city and told children interesting facts about the state symbols of the country. Volunteers from the Syzran Oil Refinery held a patriotic lesson for children with a ceremonial raising of the flag, as well as a master class on making a brooch in the colors of the tricolor.

Volunteers from the Komsomolsk Oil Refinery covered a distance of ten kilometers on bicycles as part of the sports event "Under the Flag of the State". The plant workers, together with activists from the "Movement of the First", also unfurled the Russian flag on the territory of the enterprise.

In the Irkutsk region, the teams of the Angarsk Petrochemical Company and the Angarsk Polymer Plant joined the city's patriotic action. The workers, together with schoolchildren from the "Movement of the First" and young army members, carried the Russian tricolor flag along the central street.

Volunteers from RN-North-West took an active part in the festive events. They held the campaign "Russia is my Motherland!" at gas stations in St. Petersburg, Arkhangelsk and the Leningrad Region. Motorists received ribbons in the colors of the Russian tricolor at Rosneft gas stations.

Employees of the scientific institute in Tomsk took part in the All-Russian relay race "From Victory to Victory!", during which professional athletes and running enthusiasts carried a torch lit from the Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier across half the country. In addition, volunteers of the institute organized a bike ride along the ecological paths of the Tomsk region and covered a distance of twenty kilometers with the state flag.

Festive events and promotions of Rosneft enterprises helped unite tens of thousands of oil workers, residents of the regions of presence, and young people around the symbol of sovereignty and freedom of our country.

Department of Information and AdvertisingPJSC NK RosneftAugust 22, 2025

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Rosneft trains designers for the oil and gas industry

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During the first half of 2025, more than 600 specialists from the Company and its subsidiaries underwent specialized training in 3D modeling at the Training Center of the Ufa Scientific Institute of Rosneft.

As part of the training, students received practical skills in creating and editing information models of capital construction projects using digital software products, as well as preparing technical documentation.

Ufa Corporate Research Institute is one of the leaders in the development of 3D design in Russia. Using information modeling technologies, the institute's specialists have designed hundreds of industrial facilities for the company's largest production enterprises. The information model helps oil workers confirm the possibility of safe operation. Subsequently, the digital project is used at the stages of reconstruction and technical re-equipment of facilities.

This year, a new course on the profession of "TIM Manager"* was introduced into the program of the Training Center. The course contains a unique set of practical exercises on real projects, which allows students to thoroughly learn and consolidate the educational material.

Every year, more than 2.5 thousand people undergo training in various programs of the Training Center of the Ufa Scientific Institute of Rosneft. In 2025, the collection of educational programs of the Ufa Institute was replenished with courses on the basics of working in the unique corporate software packages RN-Drilling Calculations, RN-SMT, RN-STIM and the information system RN-KIN.

*TIM manager is a specialist who manages the process of formation and development of information models of capital construction projects. His responsibilities include organizing the interaction of participants in an investment and construction project, developing a project plan implemented using information modeling (TIM) technologies in accordance with the resources, standards and business processes of the organization, coordinating work on the project, etc.

Department of Information and AdvertisingPJSC NK RosneftAugust 22, 2025

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Pro-Palestinian activists in South Africa protest against coal exports to Israel

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JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — More than 100 pro-Palestinian activists held protests in three major cities in South Africa on Thursday, calling on the government to ban coal exports to Israel, which is accused of genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Protests against the energy embargo, organised by activist group Palestine Solidarity Campaign, took place in Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban. Local media reported that protesters had handed in a memorandum to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition.

South Africa exported about 1.6 million metric tons of coal to Israel, according to the document, which criticizes the government for allowing South African ports to be used as “conduits for the transport of fuel, minerals and other dual-use goods to apartheid Israel.”

The protesters said in a memorandum that the South African government must “lead the implementation of the coal embargo and end our complicity in supplying the Israeli electricity grid that fuels the genocide, illegal occupation and apartheid Israeli military-industrial complex.”

The South African government has accused Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, which began with a Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, in which about 1,200 Israelis and foreigners were killed and about 200 more were taken hostage.

More than 62,000 people have been killed and more than 157,000 injured in Israel's ongoing military operations in Gaza, according to Gaza-based health authorities. –0–

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Passenger flow through the Khorgos checkpoint exceeded 1 million person-times

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BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — The passenger flow through Horgos Port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region had reached 1.04 million as of Aug. 21, up 28 percent year-on-year, according to data from Horgos Port. The milestone of 1 million passengers crossing the state border at this checkpoint was reached 43 days earlier than last year.

Thanks to the policy of mutual visa-free regime between China and a number of countries, as well as the consistent introduction of favorable measures for people-to-people exchanges, more and more Chinese and foreign travelers choose Khorgos checkpoint to cross the border. Many choose to travel between China and Kazakhstan by international buses or private cars.

Tour guide An Yanjiao said, "We are going on a one-day trip to Kazakhstan. Now, going abroad has become more convenient and faster, and the time it takes to go through customs has been reduced. Today, there are 49 tourists in our group, and everyone is very happy."

Yu Shen, a tourist from Anhui Province (Eastern China), said: “This is the second time I have traveled to Kazakhstan via the Khorgos border crossing. The first time was two years ago, when a visa-free regime was introduced between China and Kazakhstan, and I went to Kazakhstan by bus. This time, I have the opportunity to travel to this country by car, and then travel through Russia to Northern Europe.”

Currently, there are 8 international passenger transportation routes between China and Kazakhstan. As the popularity of cross-border travel increases, Khorgos attracts more and more Chinese and foreign tourists for visiting, tourism and transit. -0-

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Large Shale Gas Deposit Discovered in China

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WUHAN, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — China's Sinopec Corp., one of the country's three largest oil companies, announced Thursday that it has discovered a shale gas field with proven reserves of 146 billion cubic meters at the junction of Hubei Province and Chongqing City.

The discovery of the new field, which has been named “Hunxing,” is of great importance for ensuring the country’s energy security.

The gas in this field is located at a depth of 3.3 to 5.5 km. According to Sinopec, the geological structure of the field is very complex, which creates great difficulties in terms of its exploration and development.

Thanks to technological innovations, the volume of test gas production from one well at this field increased from 89 thousand to 323.5 thousand cubic meters per day.

Sinopec is currently developing five large shale gas fields, including Fuling, Weirong, Qijiang, Yongchuan and Hongxing. In particular, the Fuling field in Chongqing is estimated to have shale gas reserves of over 1 trillion cubic meters, while the other four fields have 100 billion cubic meters. -0-

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China Coast Guard demands Philippines to immediately stop encroaching on China's rights, provocations and spreading disinformation

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BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — The China Coast Guard (CCG) on Friday called on the Philippines to immediately stop violating China's rights, making any other provocations and spreading disinformation.

The BOC will carry out law enforcement activities in the maritime area near Ren'ai Reef in the South China Sea in accordance with the law to resolutely protect national sovereignty and the country's maritime rights and interests. -0-

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Lhasa hosts ceremonial meeting to celebrate 60th anniversary of Xizang Autonomous Region

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LHASA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — A grand gathering to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Xizang Autonomous Region (XAR) was held at the Potala Palace Square in Lhasa, the capital of the XAR, on Thursday morning. Some 20,000 local cadres and residents representing all ethnic groups and various walks of life in the XAR attended the festivities.

LHASA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — A grand gathering to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Xizang Autonomous Region (XAR) was held at the Potala Palace Square in Lhasa, the capital of the XAR, on Thursday morning. Some 20,000 local cadres and residents representing all ethnic groups and various walks of life in the XAR attended the celebrations.

LHASA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — A grand gathering to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Xizang Autonomous Region (XAR) was held at the Potala Palace Square in Lhasa, the capital of the XAR, on Thursday morning. Some 20,000 local cadres and residents representing all ethnic groups and various walks of life in the XAR attended the celebrations.

LHASA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — A grand gathering to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Xizang Autonomous Region (XAR) was held at the Potala Palace Square in Lhasa, the capital of the XAR, on Thursday morning. Some 20,000 local cadres and residents representing all ethnic groups and various walks of life in the XAR attended the celebrations.

LHASA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — A grand gathering to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Xizang Autonomous Region (XAR) was held at the Potala Palace Square in Lhasa, the capital of the XAR, on Thursday morning. Some 20,000 local cadres and residents representing all ethnic groups and various walks of life in the XAR attended the celebrations.

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