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CHINA

FM to attend follow-up meeting on FOCAC

Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend the Ministerial Meeting of Coordinators on the Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the opening ceremony of the Fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in Changsha, Hunan province, from Tuesday to Thursday. Wang will be joined by representatives from the 54 African members of the FOCAC, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Friday. Lin said the two sides will work together to deepen China-Africa cooperation for high-quality development and send a strong message of solidarity and collaboration among members of the Global South.

UNITED STATES

Judge blocks ban on foreign students

A federal judge in Boston on Thursday temporarily restrained US President Donald Trump from barring US entry of foreign nationals seeking to study or participate in exchange programs at Harvard University. Under a two-page temporary restraining order granted to Harvard, US District Judge Allison Burroughs enjoined Trump's proclamation from taking effect pending further litigation of the matter amid an escalating dispute between the Ivy League school and the president. The judge ruled that Trump's directive prohibiting foreign nationals from entering the United States to study at Harvard for the next six months would cause "immediate and irreparable injury" before the courts have a chance to review the case.

DPRK

Damaged destroyer's balance restored

A field restoration promotion team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK, has restored the balance of a newly-built destroyer, which was damaged during a launch accident, and "moored it at the pier by safely conducting its end launching (on) Thursday afternoon," the official Korean Central News Agency, or KCNA, reported on Friday.

PORTUGAL

Nation's new govt officially sworn in

Luis Montenegro, leader of the Social Democratic Party, or PSD, and head of the Democratic Alliance, or AD, was officially sworn in as Portugal's new prime minister on Thursday along with 16 ministers of the new cabinet. At the inauguration ceremony, Montenegro pledged to "continue serving the country", and vowed to "declare war on bureaucracy". President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said the election result reflected increased political confidence in Montenegro, but stressed that the public had not granted the government "absolute trust".

China Daily - Xinhua - Agencies