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Xi Focus-Profile: Xi Jinping, man of culture Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2024-02-01 20:54:15 Xi Jinping attends the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and delivers a keynote speech titled “Building an Open, Inclusive and Interconnected World For Common Development” at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Ye) BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — Since the introduction of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture in October 2023, “culture” has become a buzzword throughout China. Ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, the country has been busy organizing various...

Kenya’s railway evolution over a century: A tale of awakening and development Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2024-01-29 17:30:32 To tighten control over the “British East Africa,” the British government decided to lay a rail to control the entire Nile River basin originating from Lake Victoria. With the construction of Kenya Railways, the local tribes were subjected to savage looting, killing and colonial enslavement thereafter. Produced by Xinhua Global Service■ You may like Dragon-themed cultural products drive sales surge across China Space-themed tourism takes off in Gobi Desert More from GLOBALink GLOBALink | Chinese national flag raised in Nauru after nearly...

21 Feb. Lusaka (Zambia Informer) ——-The dry spells hovering over most parts of Zambia is projected to prolong than was envisaged and crop, fish and livestock farmers in are asked to remain proactive and moot countervailing measures to plug the headwinds, rainfall experts have said. Famine Early Warning Systems (FewsNet), an Early Warning Systems Network on food insecurity monitoring country (s) specific integrated food security analysis products while alerting on emerging or likely acute food insecurity crisis sees the El Nino enveloping poor rainfall patterns in most Southern African region and cause devastation to the sub-sector. Spurred by the El...

PROFLIGHT PARTNERS WITH KAZANG FOR MOBILE TICKET PAYMENTS Customers can now book their flight and pay effortlessly with Kazang LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Proflight Zambia has partnered with digital payments platform Kazang to provide customers with a secure mobile payment option, further broadening the settlement choices available when booking flights with the airline. Customers can choose Kazang to make payments via the airline’s reservations and sales offices, ensuring a seamless and user-friendly booking experience. Proflight Director Flight Operations Captain Josias Walubita said: “We at Proflight are excited about the partnership with Kazang, and the growth that has been achieved through the...

  ICRISAT Breakthrough: World’s First Pigeonpea Speed Breeding Protocol to Bolster Food Security in Drylands of Asia and Africa Media release The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has pioneered the world’s first pigeonpea speed breeding protocol, further bolstering food security in Asia and Africa.The new convention promises to substantially cut the time required to develop new pigeonpea lines with desirable traits, effectively bringing food to dryland communities faster. Traditionally, pigeonpea breeding can take up to thirteen years. But with the new protocol’s emphasis on material breeding and control over factors like photoperiod, temperature, and humidity, the breeding...