02

Authority responds

to volunteer service

Local middle school students are scrambling for volunteer jobs driven by a pilot policy issued by the city’s education authority last year that links voluntary service hours with a student’s application for senior high school

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05

Kurds look to

Assad for

protection

Syria’s Kurds said Syrian government forces agreed Sunday to help them fend off Turkey’s invasion — a major shift in alliances that came after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered all U.S. troops withdrawn from the northern border area

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08

NBA censured, but

foreign businesses

are welcome

Beijing said Thursday that it will, as always, welcome foreign businesses, including companies from the United States, to invest and operate in China, reaffirming its commitment to protect their legitimate rights and interests

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15

The revival of

porcelain art

Elegant porcelain wares from Liling City in Hunan Province, one of China’s three porcelain capitals, are on display at an exhibition in Nanshan Museum