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Editor’s Note: Having enjoyed a long history, friendly exchanges between China and Africa have been deepened in recent years, covering various fields such as politics, economy, and culture. The Global Times is launching a China-Africa Rhapsody series, aiming to showcase the profound human connections and development visions between the two peoples by sharing the true stories of Chinese people in Africa and African people in China. From touching stories of China-Africa cooperation and exciting collisions of youthful ideas to debunking fallacies concocted by some Western sources about China-Africa collaboration, this series hopes to promote closer cooperation and deeper understanding between the peoples of China and Africa. This installment highlights how China’s satellite TV project for 10,000 African villages has supported the promotion of ethnic languages and dialects in remote rural Africa via dubbing in local languages and AI models.

Ships sail on the Three Gorges Reservoir as its water level drops to 145 meters on June 6, 2024, completing the pre-flood season lowering task four days ahead of schedule and officially transitioning to flood season management. The Yangtze River Basin is currently in the main flood season from June to August. Meteorological forecasts indicate above-average precipitation in the basin for June this year. Photo: VCG

As China announces the inclusion of, for the first time in history, payload specialists from Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions (SARs) into the country's taikonaut pool, experts and local media said there is high hope that they will play key roles in China's future manned lunar landing around 2030, highlighting the significance that central government attaches to the SARs' scientific research capabilities and strong support for youth development in these regions.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Neel Kashkari, president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, on "Face the Nation" that aired on June 16, 2024.

The all-out war since President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has killed or injured hundreds of thousands of people.

Bill Gates said that he's "quite confident" that a next-generation nuclear power project will continue regardless of the balance of power in Washington next year.

Salvador Villalba Flores had decided to run for mayor after his friend, a candidate, was murdered in 2023, local media reported.

The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects how much the plan would add to the federal deficit.

On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. MIke Turner and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates join Margaret Brennan.

Rep. Mike Turner, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said that he expects Speaker Mike Johnson to intervene if "improper" behavior occurs from new appointees Reps. Ronny Jackson and Scott Perry.

60 Minutes went inside a federal women's prison where inmates had a message for the crisis-plagued Bureau of Prisons: "Fix it." Cecilia Vega reports.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he plans to bring up a vote on restoring the bump stock ban under unanimous consent, which could be halted by opposition from just a single lawmaker.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, on "Face the Nation" that aired on June 16, 2024.

Apple CEO Tim Cook may have left WWDC extremely early on Thursday morning to meet with presidential candidate Donald Trump, in what has been described as a meandering discussion.

Britain put on a display of birthday pageantry Saturday for King Charles III, a military parade that marked the Princess of Wales ’ first public appearance since her cancer diagnosis.

The attacks come as the U.S. Navy faces the most intense combat it has seen since World War II in trying to counter the Houthi campaign.

It was Sen. Marco Rubio's first time appearing on the 2024 campaign trail alongside former President Donald Trump.

Since Oct. 7, the Biden administration has been furiously working behind the scenes to lower the chances of a conflagration that could draw in the U.S. or put at further risk U.S. troops who are in the region in Syria, Iraq and Jordan.

Dreamers who advocated for the implementation of DACA in 2012 continue to fight for the program, whose future remains uncertain.

The program would offer work permits and deportation protections to unauthorized immigrants married to U.S. citizens, as long as they have lived in the U.S. for at least 10 years, sources said.