VLADIVOSTOK, Russia -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga here on Wednesday on the sidelines of the fourth Eastern Economic Forum.

Noting that China always attaches great importance to its ties with Mongolia, Xi said China will enhance exchanges and cooperation with Mongolia and constantly advance the China-Mongolia comprehensive strategic partnership guided by the principle of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness, and building friendship and partnership with its neighbors. (Russia-China-Mongolia-Ties)

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NEW YORK -- Silence was observed at around 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning at John F. Kennedy International Airport, where passengers flying in and out of New York City as well as airport staff took a minute to mourn those who lost their lives in the deadly 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Seventeen years on, the wound that was left when twin towers went down is still there, deep and painful. (US-911-Commemoration)

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VLADIVOSTOK, Russia -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met here Wednesday on further improving bilateral ties and shouldering joint responsibility in promoting global and regional peace and stability, as well as development and prosperity.

The two leaders met on the sidelines of the fourth Eastern Economic Forum held in Russia's Far Eastern port city of Vladivostok. (Russia-China-Japan-Ties)

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Anti-whaling nations and conservationists locked horns with whaling pros over Japan's proposal to end a 32-year-old moratorium on commercial whale hunting.

At the annual IWC meeting this year in Florianopolis, Brazil, Japan proposed establishing a committee dedicated to "sustainable whaling," including commercial whaling and aboriginal subsistence whaling. (Brazil-Japan-Whaling)

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UNITED NATIONS -- As a seemingly imminent full-scale offensive on Syria's Idlib province looms, the United Nations (UN) Security Council on Tuesday remained deeply divided, prompting a no-escalation plea from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

At a council meeting on the situation in Idlib, the last major rebel stronghold in Syria, U.S. ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley issued a stern warning on the Syrian government, Russia and Iran over military operations in the northwestern province. (UN-Syria-Idlib) Enditem

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