SAINT-AIGNAN Taylor Moton Jersey , France, Aug.4 (Xinhua) -- Huan Huan Curtis Samuel Jersey , the female panda which is on loan to France from China, has delivered twin cubs on Friday night.
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The female panda and her male partner Yuan Zi arrived in central France's Beauval zoo in January 2012. They are on loan from China for ten years.
The female panda is only on heat once a year for two days.
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ULAN BATOR, March 29 (Xinhua) -- China's Belt and Road Initiative is a great investment opportunity for Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia, the city's mayor said Wednesday.
The Belt and Road Initiative, proposed by China in 2013, aims to build a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along and beyond the ancient trade routes.
In an exclusive interview with Xinhua, Batbold Sundui said he expects Ulan Bator to play an important role in connecting Mongolia's Steppe Road program and the Belt and Road Initiative.
Batbold highlighted the capital's favorable geological location in the construction of an economic corridor linking China, Russia and Mongolia aimed at boosting transportation connectivity and economic cooperation in border regions.
"As a mayor, I meet with representatives of Chinese enterprises almost every day. Chinese enterprises comprise the largest proportion of foreign enterprises in Ulan Bator," Batbold said.
Batbold praised Chinese construction companies participating in Mongolia's road and infrastructure development projects for their professionalism and bringing the latest technologies to Mongolia.
Chinese enterprises will start work on new airport highways, city bridges and suburban road construction and the re-development of slum districts in Ulan Bator as spring arrives, Batbold said, adding that all these investments will change the city's future.
Besides, Batbold said Ulan Bator is adopting measures to woo foreign investment amid concerns from foreign investors sparked by Mongolia's deep economic crisis and foreign debt burden since the second half of 2016.
The city government has set up a council to protect the rights of foreign investors and help them become better informed about Mongolia's complicated laws and regulations, the mayor said.
As Mongolia's largest city, Ulan Bator is home to 1.38 million people or close to half of the land-locked country's population and accounts for 60 percent of its gross domestic product.
CAPE TOWN, June 6 (Xinhua) -- The South African government has noted the terror alert issued by the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria over the weekend, but there is no need to panic, Minister of State Security David Mahlobo said on Monday.
The alert, he said, "is part of the US government standard precautionary communication to its residents".
The U.S. Embasssy in Pretoria said on Saturday that the U.S. government has received information that terrorist groups are planning to carry out near-term attacks against places where U.S. citizens congregate in South Africa, such as upscale shopping areas and malls in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
"This information comes against the backdrop of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's public call for its adherents to carry out terrorist attacks globally during the upcoming month of Ramadan," the embassy said without giving further details.
The security services of South Africa have liaised with the Americans on the concerns they have and these engagements will continue as part of the ongoing work, Mahlobo said in response to the alert.
"It is the responsibility of the South African security forces to ensure that all people within our territory are and feel safe," Mahlobo said.
The SA security services will continue to work on matters of violent extremism and terrorism amongst others and ensure the safety of all citizens and residents, he said.
Fears for terror attacks on Western targets in South Africa have been existed for some time. There have been reports that "White Widow" Samantha Lewthwaite was seen spying on Western embassies in South Africa before she allegedly masterminded the West Gate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya in 2013.
The 31-year-old Briton is known to have been in South Africa between 2008 and 2011, travelling under the assumed name Natalie Faye Webb on a fraudulently obtained South African passport.