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panaloko halobonus One of the Detroit Tigers’ most notable Latin American success stories has secured a massive new contract. Shortstop Willy Adames agreed to a seven-year, $182 contract with the San Francisco Giants this weekend . Signed by the Tigers out of the Dominican Republic in 2013, Adames spent two seasons in Detroit’s minor-league system before being traded to the Tampa Bay Rays on July 31, 2014, in the deal that brought David Price to Detroit . A decade later, Adames has established himself as one of the game’s top shortstops -- and now one of its wealthiest. RECOMMENDED • mlive .com Tigers ace elected to union leadership spot after Cy Young season Dec. 7, 2024, 3:09 p.m. Former Tigers outfielder signs minor-league deal with Cardinals Dec. 3, 2024, 4:07 p.m. Adames was traded to the Brewers in 2021 for two relievers as the Rays cleared a path for shortstop prospect Wander Franco. He hit free agency following a stellar 2024 campaign in which he played 161 games, hit 32 home runs, and posted a .794 OPS (118 OPS+). Adames has also been a well-regarded defender, although his metrics slipped in 2024 and he expressed a willingness to move to third base for his new team if necessary. It doesn’t look like that will be part of the plan for the Giants, who have slick-fielding Matt Chapman at the hot corner. Adames’ signing removes one of the top free agents from the market just as MLB’s winter meetings get underway this week in Dallas . All eyes are on star outfielder Juan Soto, whose anticipated record-breaking deal is the biggest story of the winter.Canada thumped Trinidad and Tobago 38-0 to win the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens on Sunday and qualify for World Rugby’s second-tier Challenger Series. The tournament-favourite Canadian men outscored their opposition 169-0 over five matches in a first step back up the rugby sevens ladder since being relegated from the elite HSBC SVNS circuit in June. The top four teams from the three-event Challenger Series will face off against the bottom four from the HSBC SVNS at the SVNS World Championships May 3-4 in Carson, Calif., in a promotion/relegation playoff. “I think it’s just about continually building,” said Canada captain Elias Hancock. “We know what we’re capable of. We’ve shown it at times. It’s just time to get back to that place where we know we belong.” Prior to relegation, Canada had been a core team on the top sevens circuit since 2012-13 and lifted the trophy in Singapore in 2017. The Canadian men finished eighth at the Tokyo Olympics. Trinidad had plenty of the ball in the first half of Sunday’s final at Larry Gomes Stadium. But Canada, helped by several penalties, scored first with Hancock touching down under the posts for a try converted by Thomas Isherwood. Matt Oworu, beating two defenders, added another converted try for a 14-0 lead at the break. Cooper Coats added a converted try early in the second half. And Hancock, Jack Shaw and Noah Bain added late tries after Trinidad lost a man to the sin-bin for two minutes midway through the second half for an infraction off a Canadian kickoff. Earlier Sunday, the Canadians defeated Jamaica 26-0 in semifinal play and the Cayman Islands 38-0 in the quarterfinal. Trinidad and Tobago made it to the final — for the first time since 2013 — with a 19-7 comeback win over Mexico. Jamaica defeated Mexico 12-0 to finish third. Weather was a factor during the three-day tournament in Arima, some 30 kilometres east of Port of Spain. After enduring 30-plus C heat and humidity Friday, their final Pool A game against Barbados was abandoned Saturday due to a storm. On Sunday, the Canadians played the Cayman Islands in a downpour and the skies opened again at halftime of the Jamaica game. Alex Russell, Josiah Morra, Coats and Hancock scored tries against Jamaica for Canada, which led 12-0 at the break. Thomas Isherwood added three conversions. Morra and Hancock each scored two tries against the Caymans and Ethan Hager and D’Shawn Bowen added singles for Canada, which led 19-0 at the half. Canada added four conversions. Canada, which blanked Guyana 29-0 Friday, dispatched Bermuda 38-0 Saturday and was leading Barbados 10-0 when the game was halted in the first half due to heavy rain and high winds. While play eventually resumed, the interrupted Canada game was ruled a scoreless draw. The Canadian men are coming off a disastrous 3-36-0 HSBC SVNS season that ended with a 22-14 loss to Spain with relegation on the line. It was a 29th straight defeat. After being relegated, coach Sean White’s team fell short in an Olympic repechage tournament in late June in Monaco, finishing fourth after losing 26-0 to eventual winner South Africa in the semifinals. The Blitzboks went on to claim bronze in Paris. The 13-man roster for the RAN 7s includes six players who were part of the relegation playoff in Madrid: Hancock, Isherwood, Morra, Coats, Oworu and David Richard. Morra, Coats and Oworu joined the sevens team from Bucharest where they were part of Kingsley Jones’ Canadian 15s squad for test matches against Chile and Romania. The Canadian men are scheduled to play in an invitational men’s sevens tournament taking place at B.C. Place Stadium alongside the HSBC SVNS Vancouver stop in February. The Canadian women left Sunday for Dubai and the opening stop of the 2005 HSBC SVNS season. The Olympic silver-medallist Canadians open play next Saturday against Japan before facing Brazil and Olympic champion New Zealand.

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte remained cautious at the news of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah . The ceasefire comes from a U.S. proposal that the two groups stop the violence between them that began 13 months ago. For 60 days, everyone will commit to peace as Israel withdraws its forces from Lebanon. Rutte encouraged world leaders to "not be naive" about the deal on Fox News's Fox and Friends Wednesday with host Brian Kilmeade. "Well, obviously, Brian, I welcome it, but let’s not be naive," Rutte said. "Hezbollah is still there. Iran is still backing Hezbollah. So it's good that it is there, but now it has to be implemented, and let’s see what happens, whether they will keep to the deal — the Hezbollah people." Rutte pointed to the Russian weapons found in Hezbollah tunnels as proof that every international conflict is "interconnected." "So this means that we are really facing a global conflict, and this is posing a threat not only to us and Europe, but also to the Americans and, of course, Japan and South Korea because Russia is paying for it," Rutte said. "For example, missile technology and these missiles can then reach the American mainlands, and that's a real risk we have to be very much aware of this." CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER President Joe Biden said Israel reserves its right to defend itself should Hezbollah break its agreement. As it is Iran's proxy force, the ceasefire is stirring up rumors that it could lead to another agreement with Hamas, another Iranian-backed terrorist group, which attacked Israel the day before Hezbollah forces did. Hamas exchanged some of its hostages last year for Palestinians who are in Israeli prisons and allegedly committed crimes during a temporary ceasefire in November 2023. Hamas abruptly ended the agreed-upon pause early by launching missiles at Israel. That was under the leadership of Yahya Sinwar, who died in the conflict last month.

IPL 2025: DC retain McGurk for Rs 9 cr & Harshal Patel joins SRH for Rs 8 crPLEASANTON, Calif. , Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- 10x Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TXG), a leader in single cell and spatial biology, announced today it had secured a permanent injunction in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against the GeoMx products sold by Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR), which acquired the product line from NanoString Technologies. To minimize the risk of disruption to ongoing research, 10x Genomics requested a carve-out for GeoMx users who installed an instrument prior to the trial in November 2023 . The injunction, which the Court said it will enter in January 2025 , is expected to prohibit Bruker from making, using, selling or offering to sell in the United States its GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiler and associated instruments, reagents and services for RNA and protein detection. At the request of 10x Genomics, the injunction will not block ongoing research by researchers who installed a GeoMx instrument prior to November 18, 2023 . Such customers can continue to purchase GeoMx reagents for use with existing GeoMx instruments for purposes of continuing their ongoing research. The Court found that making such an exception for ongoing research strikes a "workable balance between protecting the patentee's rights and protecting the public from the injunction's adverse effects." In addition, the Court affirmed the $31 million damages awarded by the November 2023 jury verdict, as well as supplemental damages and interest that will be added to the total damages when final judgment is entered. "Today's decision helps to safeguard our decade-long investment in innovation and ensures we can continue to develop groundbreaking technologies that help our customers revolutionize science," said Eric Whitaker , Chief Legal Officer at 10x Genomics. "10x exists to fuel scientific progress – not stifle it – and that is why we've done our utmost to ensure this injunction was structured to protect both our intellectual property and existing GeoMx customers' ongoing research." The Court recognized the harm NanoString's infringing conduct caused 10x when it wrote in its ruling, "Having been careful not to license its technology, 10x suffers when it proclaims itself as an innovator in spatial genomics but a competitor is using the same innovative, patented technology." Today's Court decision follows a November 2023 jury verdict that found that NanoString's GeoMx products willfully infringed seven patents exclusively licensed to 10x Genomics by Prognosys. During the trial, the jury heard testimony from the sole inventor of the patents, Illumina co-founder Mark Chee , and NanoString CEO Brad Gray and NanoString CSO Joe Beechem. After hearing all of the evidence, the jury determined that all seven patents had been infringed by NanoString, that each patent was valid, that NanoString willfully infringed those patents and that monetary damages were owed to 10x for the infringement of all seven patents. In affirming the jury's finding that NanoString willfully infringed, the Court relied on the evidence showing that NanoString knew or was willfully blind that its acts would cause infringement of 10x's rights. The asserted patents in Case No. 21-cv-653-MFK include (a) U.S. Patent No. 10,472,669; (b) U.S. Patent No. 10,961,566; (c) U.S. Patent No. 10,983,113; (d) U.S. Patent No. 10,996,219; (e) U.S. Patent No. 11,001,878; (f) U.S. Patent No. 11,008,607 and (g) U.S. Patent No. 11,293,917. About 10x Genomics 10x Genomics is a life science technology company building products to accelerate the mastery of biology and advance human health. Our integrated solutions include instruments, consumables and software for single cell and spatial biology, which help academic and translational researchers and biopharmaceutical companies understand biological systems at a resolution and scale that matches the complexity of biology. Our products are behind breakthroughs in oncology, immunology, neuroscience and more, fueling powerful discoveries that are transforming the world's understanding of health and disease. To learn more, visit 10xgenomics.com or connect with us on LinkedIn or X (Twitter) . Forward Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 as contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are subject to the "safe harbor" created by those sections. 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Springboks flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit has been named World Rugby's men's player of the year for a second time, with England fullback Ellie Kildunne taking out the women's award at a ceremony in Monaco. Du Toit also won the award in 2019. He joins All Blacks Dan Carter, Richie McCaw and Beauden Barrett as the only players to have won the award more than once. McCaw and Carter have each won the award three times. No New Zealanders were shortlisted for either top award, though the All Blacks loose forward Wallace Sititi won men's breakthrough player of the year. Three All Blacks, prop Tyrel Lomax, first five Damian McKenzie and fullback Will Jordan were named in the men's 15s team of the year with three Black Ferns players, hooker Georgia Ponsonby, midfielder Sylvia Brunt and winger Katelyn Vaha'akolo making the women's 15s team of the year. Black Ferns Sevens Paris Olympic gold medallists Michaela Blyde and Jorja Miller missed out on women's sevens player of the year award to Australia's Maddison Levi, though the two New Zealanders were named in the women's sevens team of the year. It is a case of third time lucky for Levi after her nominations in 2022 and 2023. The Australian set a new record for most tries in a single Olympic Games (14) after scoring 69 tries on the World Series circuit in 2024, the second-highest figure in men's or women's series history. The prolific finisher becomes the third Australian recipient after Emilee Cherry and Charlotte Caslick. France's Antoine Dupont won men's sevens player of the year, becoming the first player to win both the sevens and 15s player of the year awards in a career. Dupont, who won the 15s player of the year award in 2021, led the French men's sevens team to Paris Olympic gold this year. No All Blacks Sevens players were shortlisted for men's sevens player of the year and no New Zealanders were included in the men's sevens team of the year. Dupont's sevens head coach Jérôme Daret was named coach of the year, recognising his efforts in ending a 19-year wait for World Series Cup title and steering France to Olympic gold in July. Daret is the first sevens coach to receive this award. During the event five legends of the game were inducted in the World Rugby Hall of Fame including New Zealanders DJ Forbes and Chris Laidlaw. Laidlaw is a former All Blacks halfback while Forbes was a long serving captain of the All Blacks Sevens. The others inducted were Australian sevens player Emilee Cherry, Scotland's Donna Kennedy and former Italian captain Sergio Parisse.By Christopher Oji The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has rescued a male toddler stolen from his school in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in Abuja. The Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT, Olatunji Disu, who handed the child over to his mother on Sunday, explained that the baby’s whereabouts were traced using technology. According to the CP, the incident unfolded dramatically and involved a suspect, Blessing Okoi. The case began on 31 October, when Miss Lydia Jonah Gabriel reported the sudden disappearance of her four-year-old son, Hope Evans, from Community Primary School, Azubie, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. “According to school officials, a woman, later identified as Blessing Okoi, lured Hope away from the school premises at approximately 1:28 p.m. by offering him biscuits and a boiled egg. “The woman, who was not known to the school management, managed to leave with Hope unnoticed. The disappearance was only discovered later that evening when the child’s family could not locate him. Upon realising her son was missing, Miss Lydia Jonah, alongside family members, visited the school to gather more information. “They discovered that the woman who took Hope was known locally as ‘Destiny’s mum.’ However, upon visiting Destiny’s residence, the family learned that the suspect had hurriedly vacated the premises on the same night, 31 October. “On 1 November 2024, the family revisited the school and spoke with the headmaster. Several students identified the woman as Destiny’s mother, prompting the family to report the matter to the Trans Amadi Police Station. The case was later transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation. “Suspecting that the suspect might have escaped to Abuja, the younger sister of the victim’s mother reported the matter to the FCT Police Command. The FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu, ordered an immediate investigation. “Following a detailed investigation, police tracked the movements of the suspect, Blessing Okoi, to Maraba, Abuja. After over two weeks of persistent efforts, she was arrested on 29 November 2024 at approximately 8:00 p.m., and the four-year-old Hope Evans was rescued, two months after his abduction. “During questioning, Blessing Okoi initially claimed to be Hope’s biological mother, referring to him as ‘David Evans.’ However, her claims were inconsistent with information provided by the victim’s mother, who confirmed her son’s name as Hope Evans and presented recent photographs as evidence. “The suspect admitted to changing the boy’s name to David and began calling him that. Investigations revealed that she convinced her former lover, named Evans, that the boy was the result of a past pregnancy. The boyfriend accepted the child as his own. “Another twist was the discovery of another young boy with the suspect, whom she claimed was her biological child, stating that the boy’s father had died. “The FCT command contacted the victim’s mother, who arrived in Abuja on 6 December 2024. The emotional reunion between mother and son occurred in the office of the Commissioner of Police, bringing immense joy to both.” CP Disu advised school owners to prioritise the safety of children entrusted to their care and praised the officers involved in the operation. The child, Hope Evans, was unharmed and has since been reunited with his family after receiving medical attention. The suspect, Blessing Okoi, remains in police custody undergoing further questioning and will be charged to court accordingly.Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) stock has been chopping lower since its Nov. 6 52-week high of $29.94, down 10% in just the last week. The shares could be headed for a short-term bounce, however, as the pullback has them running into a short-term "buy" signal. BTU just moved below the bottom band of its 20-day Bollinger Bands . Per Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White, the shares moved higher after the past nine tests of this trendline, averaging a one-month gain of 6.4%. From its current perch at $24.58, a move of similar magnitude would put the stock back above $26. Adding another layer to its "oversold" status, BTU's 14-day relative strength index sits at a low 19.8. An unwinding of short interest could further momentum in the case of a rebound, too, as it represents 13% of the stock's available float.

NonePHILADELPHIA — The mood in the Eagles’ locker room was a bit more bleak than it should have been for a team riding a nine-game winning streak and celebrating a franchise rushing record. Former 1,000-yard receiver DeVonta Smith — who caught a touchdown pass and not much else — was exasperated at the offensive no-show. A.J. Brown, who holds a slew of team receiving records, had as much to offer in his sour postgame interview as he did on the field when he was held to four catches. This was the sullen attitude of a team still in the hunt for a top seed in the NFC? Here’s the good news for the Philadelphia: Saquon Barkley rushed for 124 yards to break the Eagles season record, and Jalen Hurts threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score in Sunday’s 22-16 win over the Carolina Panthers. Barkley’s consistent brilliance aside, Hurts and the Eagles slogged through another rough offensive outing. “Everybody has a reason to want more,” Hurts said. The Eagles (11-2) maintained their position as the No. 2 team in the NFC, behind Detroit (12-1), after a mostly lethargic effort against the Panthers (3-10). Hurts’ passing numbers were a pedestrian 14 of 21 for 108 yards. Brown had four catches for 43 yards — and threw his helmet in anger after a three-and-out — and Smith had four catches for 37 yards. What do the Eagles need to improve on? “Passing,” Brown deadpanned. How tough was it for the receivers to find a rhythm? “Incredibly tough,” he said. Hurts didn’t do enough to get Smith and Brown involved, one reason why the lowly Panthers stayed in striking distance until the final possession. He took four sacks. He held the ball too long as open receivers ran with their arms up trying to get their QB’s attention. “I play my role in how we execute,” Hurts said. “But ultimately it’s about what position we put ourselves in. It’s not my choice.” That message will surely reverberate through coach Nick Sirianni and offensive coordinator Kellen Moore’s offices this week. “I think that’s fair that the questions are about our pass game right now,” Sirianni said. The Eagles at least had Barkley to bail them out. Barkley added another milestone in his MVP push when he used a 9-yard run in the fourth quarter to surpass LeSean McCoy’s Eagles record of 1,607 yards, set in 2013. Barkley now has 1,623 yards with four games left. “How cool is it that we have a team rushing record in Week 13?” Sirianni said. Hurts had flashes of form, like when he hit Grant Calcaterra with a 4-yard TD pass and Barkley ran in the 2-point conversion for a 22-16 lead early in the fourth. Bryce Young gamely moved the Panthers into Eagles territory on the final drive. He completed a 13-yard pass on fourth down that moved the ball to the 38, and a second-down pass to Xavier Legette gave the Eagles a brief scare when the receiver seemed to have the ball in the end zone. He didn’t. Young eluded a pass rush on fourth down but his final attempt was incomplete. He finished 19 of 34 for 191 yards. Panthers coach Dave Canales said Legette “absolutely” had to make the catch. “That’s a big play we’re counting on. He’d be the first one to tell you he’s got to make that play,” Canales said. “Bryce steps up, makes a beautiful throw in the situation. We had the coverage we wanted, all that. Those are the plays that we’ve just got to find a way to make for us to get back on the winning column.” A 12 1/2-point underdog according to BetMGM Sportsbook, the Panthers played more like a team with playoff seeding at stake. Chuba Hubbard, who rushed for 92 yards and topped 1,000 on the season, made it 16-14 on a 1-yard run in the third quarter. Eddy Pineiro, who kicked a 38-yard field goal in the first quarter, missed the extra point. Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson, who was examined earlier for a concussion, changed the game late in the second quarter when he picked off Young’s deep pass at Philadelphia’s 41. Hurts scrambled 15 yards on the next drive and finished it with a 4-yard TD pass to Smith for a 14-10 lead. Gardner-Johnson’s pick bailed out an uneven effort by the Eagles. They failed to score on their opening drive for the 13th time this season, but the offensive bursts that usually follow never came. Hurts scored on tush push early in the second quarter, his 13th rushing score of the season, for a 7-3 lead. With nothing to lose, the Panthers went for it on fourth-and-3, and Young hit Tommy Tremble for a 3-yard TD and a 10-7 advantage. The Eagles did just enough. Their challenge now is getting the receivers’ production up — and getting them happy — headed into the postseason. “Let the dissatisfaction fuel you for more,” Hurts said. “I think that’s always a fair place to be. And so we know there’s more out there for us, and we’re in pursuit of trying to find it.”

30 Products That'll Help You Get The Best Sleep Of Your LifeShivakumar seems to be the latest winner in the war over Vokkaliga heartlandThe Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Karachi, Yang Yundong Wednesday stated that under the guidance of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperation will continue to deepen KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Nov, 2024) The Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Karachi, Yang Yundong Wednesday stated that under the guidance of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperation will continue to deepen. He said the recent visit to Pakistan by Chinese Premier Li Qiang, following Prime Minister Shehbaz's visit to Beijing, exemplifies this high-level cooperation. During media briefing at Chinese Consulate, here, Yang Yundong said currently, China-Pakistan iron-clad friendship is everlasting and ever-refreshing. The Pakistan-China relationship is of strategic significance and both sides firmly support each other’s core interests and development paths, the China-Pakistan relationship has always been a priority in China’s foreign relations. Any attempt to disrupt or undermine Pakistan-China cooperation would be failed, he added. Chinese CG said the two sides will continuously strengthen practical cooperation across various fields, jointly upgrade the CPEC and accelerate the construction of major projects in railways, highways, and ports. Following the important common understanding between leaders of the two countries, both sides are ready to advance the upgradation of ML-1, and agreed to build Karachi-Hyderabad section in line with the modality of implementing in a phased manner. He said the two sides will work together to refine and optimize the construction plan of Karachi-Hyderabad section and formulate financing and implementation plans that are feasible and sustainable at the earliest. He said the two countries will actively seek financial support for the Karakoram Highway (Raikot-Thakot) realignment project under the terms of the Framework Agreement of the project, and facilitate the project’s early execution. He said Pakistan and China will speed up the development of the auxiliary infrastructure of the Gwadar Port, steadily attract more cargo shipments to the port, find a solution to inadequate water and power supply at an early date, accelerate the development of the port’s industrial zone, and solidly enhance connectivity between the port and other parts of Pakistan. The New Gwadar International Airport project aided by China has been completed. Yang said we are also deepening cooperation in agriculture, mining, information technology, energy, trade, and culture. China supports its companies to invest in Pakistan’s Special Economic Zones in line with the market and commercial principles. It is expected that the Pakistani side will improve its business environment and provide a favorable policy framework for Chinese investment. He said China will continue support Pakistan to improve the well-being of its people, aiming to ensure that development benefits reach all regions and communities. Under the framework of the CPEC Working Group on Socio-Economic Cooperation, and added that the two sides will strengthen their cooperation particularly in areas like healthcare, agriculture, education, climate response, and disaster prevention, while continuing to promote projects that improve people’s livelihoods. He said his country firmly supports Pakistan’s efforts in combating terrorism and asks Pakistan to take targeted security measures to comprehensively safeguard the safety and security of Chinese personnel, projects and institutions in Pakistan, so as to create a safe and secure environment for the cooperation between our two countries. He stressed that media cooperation was an important part of China-Pakistan relations as it plays a crucial role in advancing people-to-people exchanges, promoting mutual understanding and enriching the content of bilateral relations. He hoped that the media friends will continue to report extensively and positively on China's economic and social development, China's foreign policy as well as China-Pakistan relations and the construction of the CPEC and make more positive contribution to the enhancement of mutual understanding between the people of our two countries and the deepening of the development of bilateral relations. He expressed hope that the media of the two countries strengthen communication and exchanges and push forward practical cooperation. The Consulate General of China in Karachi is willing to play the role of a bridge to actively provide assistance and will continue to invite the media friends to visit China to experience China's development and progress by yourselves and the profound friendship between the Chinese and Pakistani people. Elaborating China's 75 years journey, especially after launch of the reform and opening up policy in 1978, China has achieved remarkable economic and social development. China has maintained an average annual economic growth rate of 8.9% for 45 consecutive years, increasing its economic scale by 47 times. It has become the world’s largest industrial manufacturer, largest trading nation, largest foreign exchange reserve holder, and the second-largest economy, he added. Yang Yundong said China now has built the most complete modern industrial system in the world and has realized industrialization in just a few decades, which took developed Western countries several centuries. At the same time, China's system and capacity for governance have been further modernized. China now has put in place the world’s biggest systems of education, social security, medical care and community-based institutions of democracy, has become one of the safest and most orderly countries in the world, and the happiness index of the Chinese people is constantly improving. Referring to the report of 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he said report clearly stated that China is a large developing country and is still in the primary stage of socialism. No matter how China’s economy develops or how its international status rises, China will always be a member of the developing world, striving for common rights and interests and safeguarding shared benefits with the vast number of developing countries. He said as a large developing country and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, China has made positive and significant contributions to world peace and development over the past several decades. In the 1960s and 1970s, despite its own limited wealth and resources, China helped build some major infrastructure projects like Karakoram Highway and Tanzania Zambia Railway, which vividly illustrated the “true friendship in times of need” between China and Pakistan, as well as other countries. He said from 1979 to 2023, China contributed 24.8% annually to global economic growth, ranking first in the world. It has taken the lead in achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and has contributed over 70% to global poverty reduction. He said in 2013, President Xi Jinping proposed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and more than 150 countries and over 30 international organizations have signed the BRI cooperation agreements with China for now. Over the past 10 years, under the principles of “extensive consultation”“joint contribution” and “shared benefit”, the BRI has mobilized nearly one trillion U.S. dollars in investments worldwide, initiated over 3,000 cooperative projects and created 420,000 jobs for BRI partner countries. According to the World Bank, the BRI has led to a 4.1% increase in trade, a 5% increase in foreign investment, and a 3.4% rise in GDP for low-income countries, Chinese Consul General said and hoped that by 2030, the BRI is expected to generate 1.6 trillion U.S. dollars in global benefits annually, accounting for 1.3% of global GDP, helping nearly 40 million people get rid of poverty around the world. The BRI has become a platform for global cooperation and a breakthrough for the world economy to overcome low growth. He said China is one of the most peace-loving countries in the world. For a long time in human history, China was one of the most powerful countries in the world, but it has left no record of colonization and invasion of other countries. China's adherence to the path of peaceful development is an inheritance and development of the peace-loving cultural tradition of the Chinese nation over thousands of years. Yang Yundong said since its founding, the People's Republic of China has remained firm in pursuing an independent foreign policy of peace, and has always been committed to emphasizing its foreign policy goals of upholding world peace and promoting common development. Even as China grows stronger today, it has no intention of turning itself into an American-Soviet-style super-hegemony. He said China does not pursue the path of great power rivalry, nor does it follow the traditional approach of emerging nations challenging established powers. It does not engage in colonialism, or enslave underdeveloped countries. It does not undermine the existing international political structure, challenge the international order, or pursue spheres of influence. Instead, China advocates for the principle of peaceful coexistence and strives to live in harmony and develop together with all countries in the world. He said nowadays, China will work with all countries in the world to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and implement the Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, and Global Civilization Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping, and actively advocate an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization. He also outlined China’s eight actions for global development, including : on top of RMB 700 billion yuan added financing windows and an additional RMB 80 billion yuan injection into the Silk Road Fund, China is moving ahead with the development of the multidimensional Belt and Road connectivity network to build a green Silk Road and empower a digital Silk Road. Implement the Global Development Initiative, build the Global South research center, and put to good use of the 20 billion US dollars of development funds to support developing countries. Join theGlobal Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty and support the G20 in continuing to convene the Development MinisterialMeeting, and will stay a committed host of the International Conference on Food Lossand Waste. From now to 2030, China’s imports from other developing countries are likely to top 8 trillion US dollars. Author of the book 'China Leads' Dr Junaid Ahmad, former Vice Chancellor Sindh Madressatul Islam University Professor Muhammad Ali Shaikh also spoke on the occasion and shed light on all weather friendship of China and Pakistan.

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