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China urges U.S. to be cautious on South China Sea
China is urging the United States to behave cautiously when it comes to the South China Sea and refrain from words and deeds that may encourage provocative actions.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has made this clear to his US counterpart John Kerry in a phone conversation.
For his part, Kerry said the US does not take sides in territorial disputes and it is Washington's hope that relevant parties properly handle the disputes to maintain regional peace and stability.
Meanwhile, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying has urged the US to reflect on its acts on issues concerning the South China Sea.
She said Washington's "mistaken comments" have encouraged dangerous and provocative actions in the region.
Russian, Iranian presidents, UN chief to visit China for CICA summit
The leaders of Russia, Iran and the United Nations are due to visit China next week for an international conference.
The Fourth Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia is to be held in Shanghai next week.
According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will also pay their state visit to China.
And UN chief Ban Ki-moon is due to start his China visit on Sunday.
Israel ex-PM Olmert jailed for six years for bribery
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been sentenced to six years in prison for bribery.
A Tel Aviv court also fined him 1m shekels or around 290 thousand US dollars.
Olmert's spokesman said he would appeal to the Supreme Court and ask to be freed on bail until it had ruled.
The 68-year-old was convicted in March over a real estate deal that took place while he served as mayor of Jerusalem.
He would be the first former head of government in Israel to be jailed.
Ukraine election will play 'crucial role': German FM
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Ukraine's presidential vote on May 25 will be "crucial" in bringing the country out of its crisis.
Steinmeier is in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, amid fresh attempts to find a diplomatic solution.
On Monday, pro-Russia activists in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine declared a separate state after holding votes on self-rule on Sunday.
A separatist leader in Donetsk has called for the region to become part of Russia.
Kiev, the US and EU say the referendums were illegal, while Russia has called for the results of Sunday's vote to be implemented.
US deploys manned planes to find abducted Nigerian girls
The US has revealed it is flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria to try to find more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
The US is also said to be sharing commercial satellite imagery with the Nigerian government.
It comes after militants released a video of about 130 girls, saying they could be swapped for jailed fighters.
However, Nigeria's interior minister has dismissed the offer, saying no exchange would take place.
Suspect killed in bus fire in SW China: authority
Local authorities have identified the arson suspect in a bus fire in southwest China's Sichuan province.
The government of Yibin city says 51-year-old Yu Yuehai was believed to have set fire to the bus, killing himself and injuring many others.
Yu used to be a middle school teacher. His motive for the arson is still under investigation.
Altogether 77 people have been hospitalized, including three who were seriously injured and nine in critical condition.
More Chinese cities tighten security amid terror threats
More Chinese cities have stepped up security and tightened armed patrols on the streets following a string of violent attacks.
Armed police in Guiyang, capital of the southwest Guizhou Province, have been asked to patrol the city 24 hours a day.
Meanwhile, fully-armed patrol teams are deployed at the city's railway station, bus station and airport.
Starting on Monday, Beijing police deployed 150 armed patrol vehicles to city streets.
China has seen a string of violent attacks since March, with two attacks at train stations in Kunming and Urumqi, which left 32 dead and more than 200 injured.
N China province blacklists 51 companies over salary delay
Fifty-one companies in north China's Hebei Province have been blacklisted for delaying salaries of migrant workers.
Eleven construction companies in the province are banned from bidding for new projects and 38 construction companies from outside the province were asked to exit the Hebei market.
Another two developers are forbidden from taking new bids.
Salary delays have been a perennial headache for hundreds of millions of migrant workers, who often lack formal contracts and sometimes go unpaid after their companies report low earnings or declare bankruptcy.
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