KAZAN, June 22. /TASS/: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has praised the country's demand for domestically produced aircraft.

"The demand is huge," he said at a conference in Kazan on expanding civil aircraft production.

"Our companies need modern aircraft for transporting goods and passengers. We need small models for regional flights, as well as medium-and long-haul aircraft," Mishustin added.

He emphasized that the government pays great attention to the aviation industry. "This is a strategic, backbone industry," Mishustin said.

21 June 2023; MEMO: The United Nations has resisted pressure from a US-led group who are demanding a "sunset" clause to the UN's Commission of Inquiry (COI). Members of the world body are insisting that the UN would like to see a "sunset of the Israeli occupation" before its inquiry into alleged war crimes committed by the apartheid state is terminated.

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned Beijing on Thursday against using force to change the status quo with Taiwan and expressed concern about the human rights situation in China, days after holding bilateral talks with the new Chinese premier.

Scholz told German lawmakers that Berlin wants constructive relations with China because the country plays a key role in solving global problems such as food security, climate change and poverty.

PARIS, June 22 (NNN-SANEWS) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to attend and participate in the New Global Financing Pact Summit to be held in Paris, France, on June 22-23.

This at the invitation of his counterpart, the President of the Republic of France, Emmanuel Macron.

International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana as well as senior government officials will accompany President Ramaphosa to the summit.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops on Thursday demolished the home of a Palestinian who is suspected of killing an Israeli soldier last year, in the latest military operation in the increasingly volatile occupied West Bank, which has been gripped by surging violence.

TOKYO, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese fisheries federation voiced its opposition again on Thursday to the planned release of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the sea, local media reported.

Masanobu Sakamoto, president of the national federation of fisheries cooperatives known as JF Zengyoren, handed over a request opposing the release plan to Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura, public broadcaster NHK said.

MOSCOW, June 22. /TASS/: The West can supply additional military equipment to Ukraine but it does not have an endless amount of manpower to work with, meaning Western countries intend to fight Russia until the last Ukrainian, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out at a briefing with permanent Security Council members.

BEIJING (AP) — At least 31 people were killed and seven injured when cooking gas exploded at a restaurant in Yinchuan in northwestern China. It was the latest in China’s long history of deadly industrial accidents, which occur regularly despite government pledges to clamp down on lax standards, poor oversight and corruption frequently blamed for the collapse of buildings, mine cave-ins, explosions and other disasters. Here is a look at some of the worst in recent years.

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JERUSALEM, Jun 22 (NNN-MA’AN) – Thousands of Druze clashed with Israeli police in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights yesterday, during a demonstration against the construction of a wind farm in the area.

At least two protesters were critically injured, according to a statement released by Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service. The Israeli police said in a statement that, about a dozen police officers were lightly injured during the clashes. Five protesters have been arrested.

Kanpur: The drizzling that started on June 21 continues on Thursday. The late-night thunder even shuddered the residents. The morning showers proceeded until noon.

The clouds are still awaiting to precipitate. The weather has turned pleasant due to this intermittent rain.

There was a respite from the humidity with a drop of about nine degrees in the temperature.

A total of 15 mm of rain was recorded on Wednesday, as reported.

The maximum temperature settled at 27 degrees Celsius, down from 35.8 degrees a day earlier.

KENTFIELD, California/BEIJING, June 21 (Reuters) - China hit back on Wednesday after U.S. President Joe Biden referred to President Xi Jinping as a "dictator", saying the remarks were absurd and a provocation in an unexpected row following efforts by both sides to lower tensions.

Biden made his comments just a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Beijing to stabilize relations that China says are at their lowest point since formal ties were established.

21 June 2023; MEMO: Turkiye and China are stronger allies of the Arab world than the US and Russia, say 82 per cent of participants in the 15th annual Arab Youth Survey.

The US exerts the most influence in the Arab world, say 33 per cent of the people asked, but two thirds say they would like the US to be less involved in Middle Eastern affairs.