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CHINA

Envoy heads to S. Africa for leader's inauguration

Chinese President Xi Jinping's Special Envoy Xiao Jie, who serves as vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, will attend the inauguration of President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, capital of South Africa, on Wednesday. Ramaphosa, leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress, was reelected by the National Assembly on Friday as the nation's president for the next five years. The trip was organized after the invitation of the government of the Republic of South Africa, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Monday.

Senior CPC official to attend Singapore forum

Chen Wenqing, a senior Communist Party of China official, will attend the fourth China-Singapore Social Governance Forum in Singapore. Chen is a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the CPC Central Committee. From Tuesday to June 25, he will also visit Singapore and South Africa upon invitation, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Monday.

INDIA

15 killed, 30 injured in railway collision

A freight train smashed into the rear of a stationary passenger train in India's West Bengal state on Monday, police said, in an accident that railway authorities blamed on a disregarded signal. At least 15 bodies have been pulled from the mangled carriages and nearly 30 people were injured, said Abhishek Roy, a senior police official in the district of Darjeeling, the site of the accident.

ITALY

10 migrants dead after shipwreck off coast

Ten migrants have died after a shipwreck, a migrant rescue charity said Monday. Rescuers coming to the aid of migrants on a wooden boat off Lampedusa found 10 bodies below deck, the German aid group ResQship said on X. A total of 61 people were on the wooden boat, it said. The crew aboard ResQship's vessel is caring for 51 people on board.

China Daily - Agencies