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Japan's Ruling Coalition May Lose Upper House Majority – NHK

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TOKYO, July 21 (Xinhua) — The coalition led by Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) may lose its majority in the House of Councillors (upper house of parliament) in Sunday's elections, public broadcaster NHK reported.

According to NHK, the LDP-Komeito coalition will not be able to secure the 125 seats needed to maintain a majority.

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 main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is expected to increase its seat count, while the Democratic Party for the People (DPPP) and the Sanseito Party are also expected to make significant gains, NHK forecasts. –0–

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Mikhail Mishustin inspected the new airport complex of the Blagoveshchensk International Airport (Ignatievo) named after N.N. Muravyov-Amursky

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The Prime Minister got acquainted with the progress of reconstruction of the airport terminal complex and the airfield runway during a working visit to the Amur Region.

Mikhail Mishustin inspected the new airport complex of the Blagoveshchensk International Airport (Ignatievo) named after N.N. Muravyov-Amursky

July 21, 2025

Mikhail Mishustin inspected the new airport complex of the Blagoveshchensk International Airport (Ignatievo) named after N.N. Muravyov-Amursky

July 21, 2025

Mikhail Mishustin with the Governor of the Amur Region Vasily Orlov and the Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Alexey Chekunkov during a meeting at the Blagoveshchensk airport

July 21, 2025

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Mikhail Mishustin inspected the new airport complex of the Blagoveshchensk International Airport (Ignatievo) named after N.N. Muravyov-Amursky

Construction work on the new airport complex in Blagoveshchensk began in 2023. To date, the installation of the building's metal structures and 3,000 square meters of wall sandwich panels has been completed, and the installation of facade and stained glass structures is underway. Work is underway inside the building to erect partitions and engineering systems.

The airport's landscaping area is underway. Its park section will be converted into a recreational area of over 5,500 square meters. It will feature an amphitheater with a canopy, a rock garden, benches, and gazebos for storing luggage carts. The renovated landscaping area will be put into operation in the third quarter of this year.

To date, the modernization of the airfield complex has been almost completely completed using federal budget funds. A new artificial runway, 3,000 m long and 45 m wide, capable of accommodating all types of aircraft, is already being successfully used. It received its first flight in December 2023. A new taxiway, aprons, treatment facilities, an emergency rescue station, and a patrol road have also been put into operation.

The small aircraft apron is currently being reconstructed. Two more taxiways are planned to be put into operation by the end of the year.

Over 6 years, the passenger flow of Blagoveshchensk airport has grown more than 2.2 times – from 418 thousand people in 2018 to 928 thousand in 2024. More than a million passengers are expected in 2025.

Since May 2025, the regional highway Blagoveshchensk – Bibikovo, which connects the regional capital with the Ignatievo International Airport, has also been reconstructed. The project provides for the expansion of the road to four lanes and the separation of flows, as well as a comprehensive modernization of utility networks and outdoor lighting systems, the reconstruction of communication networks, electrical and heating networks, the organization of storm sewers and water drainage.

Today, the section of the Blagoveshchensk-Bibikovo road, running from the regional capital to the settlement of Aeroport, is the busiest highway in the region.

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Mikhail Mishustin inspected the automobile checkpoint across the state border Kani-Kurgan

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The Prime Minister got acquainted with the progress of the border crossing reconstruction and visited the Kanikurgan customs and logistics terminal.

Mikhail Mishustin inspected the automobile checkpoint across the state border of Kani-Kurgan. With the Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Alexey Chekunkov, the Minister of Transport Andrey Nikitin, the Governor of the Amur Region Vasily Orlov and the Head of the Border Department of the FSB of Russia for the Amur Region Yevgeny Trukhanov

Kani-Kurgan is one of the key border crossings on the Russian-Chinese border. On June 10, 2022, the official ceremony of opening the movement of freight transport through the border bridge crossing took place and the first trucks went through the Kani-Kurgan-Heihe checkpoint. The nature of the international traffic is freight and passenger.

Currently, a temporary scheme of operation of the automobile checkpoint (ACP) with restrictions on infrastructure and throughput capacity has been implemented on the Russian side. The temporary scheme was created for the period until the completion of the creation of the permanent ACP Kani-Kurgan. At the same time, on the Chinese side, a permanent ACP with a throughput capacity of 1,100 vehicles per day operates.

To launch the movement of freight transport in the conditions of the temporary scheme of work of the APP Kani-Kurgan, the service "Electronic queue for vehicles" was created. With the efforts of the attracted investor, at a distance of 4 km from the APP, an accumulation site for 250 trucks for registration and waiting for departure to the checkpoint was equipped. Own software for managing the process of formation of the queue of vehicles was developed and implemented.

As of July 7, 2025, over 170 thousand vehicles have crossed the bridge during the entire period of operation. This year, the maximum level of traffic flow was recorded in May and amounted to 7943 vehicles, and the average daily figure was 265 vehicles per day.

Packaging, tires, auto parts, equipment, building materials, clothing, electrical appliances, wheeled special equipment and cars are imported through the border bridge crossing. Soybean and sea buckthorn oil, legumes, lumber, veneer, cosmetics, raw materials for Chinese traditional medicine, and dry milk are exported.

Since August 2023, transportation of dangerous goods has been open. Helium, liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are currently exported. In 2025, the export flow of transport with dangerous goods increased from 91 vehicles in January to 225 vehicles in June.

In addition, a regular international passenger route between the cities of Blagoveshchensk and Heihe was opened via the bridge on December 10, 2024.

Mikhail Mishustin during a working trip to the Far East in August 2020 inspected the new Blagoveshchensk-Heihe international road bridge and talked to the builders.

The Kanikurgan customs and logistics terminal was put into operation in the fourth quarter of 2023. Total area – 180 thousand sq. m. Usable area of the temporary storage warehouse – 22 thousand sq. m. Capacity – simultaneous placement of at least 600 large-capacity vehicles.

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Mikhail Mishustin inspected the new airport complex of the Blagoveshchensk International Airport (Ignatievo) named after N.N. Muravyov-Amursky

The terminal provides comprehensive customs services for import and export cargo flows all year round, 24 hours a day. The complex includes 2 sites:

— cargo clearance and customs control area. There is a temporary storage warehouse with an area of 3 thousand square meters. The premises provide a loading area for all types of vehicles, rack storage of cargo is organized, and a fleet of equipment has been purchased;

— a cargo complex. It has 2 transshipment terminals, cold and dry warehouses, including a multi-temperature one.

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The government will provide additional funding for the project to create a comfortable urban environment in the Saratov region

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Order dated July 17, 2025 No. 1929-r

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Order dated July 17, 2025 No. 1929-r

The government continues to assist regions in creating a comfortable urban environment. An additional 1 billion rubles will be allocated for bank protection and subsequent construction of the Volgograd Reservoir embankment in Saratov. An order to this effect has been signed.

Financing from the Government's reserve fund will speed up the pace of work. Thus, it is expected that by the end of 2025, the work of the second stage of coastal protection of the section from the first berth to the Zaton solarium will be fully completed, as well as 70% of the work of the third stage. Thus, the commissioning of the facility will be possible as early as September 2026, and not in 2027, as previously planned.

The creation of a full-fledged coastal protection belt will allow the embankment built on it to be used as a new public and cultural center for the residents of Saratov.

Federal funds are allocated to the Saratov Region on a co-financing basis. The work is being carried out within the framework of the federal project "Assistance to the development of infrastructure of the subjects of the Russian Federation (municipalities)".

The issues of embankment reconstruction were discussed during working visit of the Prime Minister to the Saratov Region in September 2021“We will definitely support a project that will help create a comfortable urban environment,” Mikhail Mishustin emphasized.

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On July 21–22, Mikhail Mishustin will make a working visit to the Far Eastern Federal District

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On July 21, Mikhail Mishustin will inspect the new airport terminal complex under construction at the international airport in Blagoveshchensk, the automobile checkpoint across the state border in Kani-Kurgan, and the customs and logistics terminal "Kani-Kurgan". The Prime Minister's program also includes a visit to a social and cultural facility.

Mikhail Mishustin will meet with the Governor of the Amur Region Vasily Orlov.

The Minister of Transport Andrei Nikitin and the Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Aleksei Chekunkov will take part in the events of the trip.

On July 22, the Prime Minister will hold a meeting in Chita on the issue of "Development of grain exports". Mikhail Mishustin will also visit the Zabaikalsky Krai Perinatal Center.

The Prime Minister's schedule includes a meeting with the Governor of the Zabaikalsky Krai, Alexander Osipov.

The events of the trip will be attended by the Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut, the Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko, the Minister of Transport Andrei Nikitin, and the Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Alexei Chekunkov.

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New clashes break out in Syria's As-Suwayda province

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DAMASCUS, July 21 (Xinhua) — Fierce clashes broke out between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes supporting the interim government in rural areas of southern Syria on Sunday, threatening a fragile ceasefire in the region, activists said.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said large numbers of Bedouin reinforcements had gathered in the villages of Bustan, Dama and Najran, and there were signs of preparations to storm neighbouring Druze areas.

Heavy fighting broke out in the towns of Arika and Umm al-Zeitoun, located along the Damascus-Suwayda highway, with Bedouins reportedly burning homes and looting property. The violence led to the closure of two key roads, further increasing tensions in the already volatile area.

An expected prisoner exchange between the two sides was called off after mortar shells, believed to have been fired from Bedouin positions, landed near the planned transfer site.

At least 1,120 people have been killed since fighting began on July 13, according to the observatory, including more than 100 civilians and dozens of government troops. For now, tensions remain high in the region and the ceasefire remains in jeopardy. –0–

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14 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza – sources

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GAZA, July 21 (Xinhua) — At least 14 Palestinians, including a civil defense worker, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on a college building west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said.

Israeli warplanes fired at least one missile at a building housing displaced people in the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis, witnesses said.

Doctors told Xinhua that all the bodies found, as well as the wounded, were taken to hospitals.

The airstrike killed civil defense officer Hani al-Dabour and wounded several members of his team, according to a local government statement. The government called on the international community to fulfill its obligations to “stop Israel’s crimes and ensure full protection for the work crews.”

In a statement on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that the paratroopers' brigade, under the command of the 36th Division, had completed its mission in the Khan Yunis area of the Gaza Strip.

"During the operation, the troops eliminated the terrorists in hand-to-hand combat and in cooperation with the Israeli Air Force. They destroyed the terrorists' infrastructure, including military installations, weapons and explosives depots," the statement said.

Israel resumed military operations in the Gaza Strip on March 18. Since then, at least 8,066 Palestinians have been killed and 28,939 wounded. The total number of deaths since October 2023 has reached 58,895, with 140,980 injured, the enclave's health authorities said on Sunday. –0–

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Lightning: Alaska Airlines has requested the suspension of all its main US flights, citing an “IT system failure” – media

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Flash: Alaska Airlines has requested the suspension of all its main US flights, citing an “IT system failure” — media Flash: Alaska Airlines has requested the suspension of all its main US flights, citing an “IT system failure” — media

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One dead, one missing after emergency at construction site in central China

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CHANGSHA, July 21 (Xinhua) — One construction worker was killed and another is missing after four people were trapped during underground work at a construction site in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, on Sunday afternoon, local authorities said Monday.

Four construction workers were trapped in a manhole while carrying out inspection work on a pipeline at a construction site on Xinchang Road in Tianxin District of Changsha city at around 4:50 p.m. on Sunday, the district emergency management department said.

As a result of emergency measures, three workers were rescued and hospitalized. Two of them are in stable condition, and one died from his injuries. One person is still missing. Search operations are ongoing.

Work is underway to eliminate the consequences of the incident and investigate its causes. -0-

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Goods from Belarus were imported to Xinjiang for the first time through the border trade zone located at the Khorgos checkpoint.

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BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) — A batch of crystal goblets from Belarus cleared customs and entered the Horgos border trade zone in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Saturday, becoming the first batch of goods imported from Belarus to Xinjiang under the trade regime in the zone, filling a gap in direct trade between the region and Belarus, according to the press service of the Horgos city government.

These goods from Belarus weigh more than 3 tons and cost 340 thousand yuan (approximately 47.54 thousand US dollars) include 25 items, said a representative of the border trade zone at the Khorgos checkpoint, adding that the zone is focused on importing specific goods from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia and other countries to expand the range of imported products.

According to the city's Commerce Bureau, in the first six months of this year, more than 3,820 tons of goods were imported through the border trade zone located at Horgos Port, with the trade volume exceeding 42.9 million yuan, bringing in 429,200 yuan in revenue for local merchants.

To date, there have been 60 Chinese and foreign trading shops registered in the zone, as well as more than 4,000 local traders on the Chinese side. -0-

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