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Ukrainian military says its has forced Russia to reduce tempo of offensive; Russian president thanks Xi Jinping for ‘trying to solve Ukraine crisis’

Leaders present relationship as stabilising force as Putin expresses gratitude to crucial ally in Ukraine war.

Unprecedented 53-day mission aims to retrieve lunar rocks and soil from far side that never faces Earth.

A rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 lunar probe blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan province just before 5:30 pm (0930 GMT), AFP journalists near the site said.

The death toll from a highway collapse in southern China's Guangdong province has risen to 36, state media said Thursday, as rescue work continued.

Recovery efforts continue after a stretch of carriageway collapsed early on Wednesday.

Third plenum to concentrate on further deepening reform and advancing Chinese modernization, according to agency reports

It's not known who was buried in the tomb, but one expert says it was probably the Chu state ruler.

A crew of three astronauts from China's Shenzhou-18 mission took off on a rocket bound for the Tiangong space station Thursday, the latest mission in Beijing's space programme that aims to send astronauts to the Moon by 2030.

The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), in a statement, said that at least 38 people have been killed by floods across Kenya. Read further on Dynamite News:

Two spacewalks this winter fixed the power supply of China's Tiangong space station, which was damaged by a space debris strike, state media reported.