Chinese resort island to expand duty-free goods categories

The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has started its fourth plenary session in Beijing. General Secretary Xi Jinping of the CPC Central Committee delivered a work report.

Official data shows China's economy expanded by 5.2 percent in the first three quarters of this year, demonstrating strong resilience and steady progress despite global headwinds.

Thieves have broken into the Louvre Museum in Paris through a window and stolen pieces of jewelry before escaping on motorbikes.

China's security authorities say they have found conclusive evidence of a major cyber intrusion by the U.S. National Security Agency targeting the National Time Service Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The Qatari Foreign Ministry says Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire during a round of negotiations in Doha.

Hamas says Israel's continued closure of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza will delay recovery operations and the handover of bodies of Israeli hostages.

The Gaza-based health authorities say Israel has handed over the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza through the International Committee of the Red Cross as part of the prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.

Israel says it has received 10 of the 28 hostage bodies held in Gaza. The Israeli military says Hamas knows the location of the remaining bodies. But Hamas says it needs heavy machinery and excavating equipment to speed up the search for bodies under rubble.

Officials from China and the United States have agreed to convene a new round of economic and trade talks as soon as possible.

During his talks with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says China is willing to work with Canada to restart dialogue and exchanges at all levels.