Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Sept. 12
Family members of some of those who lost their lives on that day– along with U.S. government and military representatives– gathered near the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., in the morning. MOSCOW– Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, held a telephone conversation on the safety of the…
WASHINGTON — Americans mourned the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks on the 21st anniversary of the world-changing event on Sunday.
Family members of some of those who lost their lives on that day — along with U.S. government and military representatives — gathered near the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., in the morning. (US-9/11-War On Terror)
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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, held a telephone conversation on the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (NPP), the Kremlin said in a statement Sunday.
“The Russian side drew attention to the regular Ukrainian attacks on the NPP facilities, including the storage of radioactive waste, which is fraught with catastrophic consequences,” it said. (Putin-Macron-Nuclear Plant)
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ISTANBUL — A gunfight in a shopping mall left six people wounded on late Sunday in Istanbul’s Sariyer district, local media reported on Monday.
“After the gunfight incident that broke out between two groups with a prior history of animosity, a total of six citizens, namely five foreign individuals and one Turkish citizen, were transferred to nearby hospitals for treatment,” said local officials in a statement. (Türkiye-Gun Attack-Injuries)
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BISHKEK — Five people were killed in a traffic accident in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday after three cars crashed into each other as a horse ran onto the road, highways authorities said on Monday.
The accident occurred on the Balykchy-Ananyevo-Karakol highway in the northeastern Kyrgyz region of Issyk-Kul, said the Main Directorate for Road Traffic Safety of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Internal Affairs. (Kyrgyzstan-Road Accident-Casualties) Enditem