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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan greet African leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during the China-Africa summit. IMAGES
Two months after the commemoration of the Normandy Landings, French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed several African leaders to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Operation Dragoon, its equivalent in Provence, a little-known but essential episode in the Liberation. IMAGES
"On behalf of the Arab Group, I express our gratitude to the efforts of all the state parties in order to have a successful first global stocktake," Saudi official Albara Tawfiq tells the COP28 conference. Nearly 200 nations meeting at the UN climate talks in Dubai on Wednesday approved a first-ever call for the world to transition away from fossil fuels, tackling the top culprit of climate change after years of avoidance although at-risk countries said far more action was needed. The text stopped short of backing appeals during the summit for a "phase-out" of oil, gas and coal, which together account for around three-quarters of the emissions responsible for the planetary crisis. SOUNDBITE
Brigitte Macron receives Ukrainian First Lady, Olena Zelenska, who is on an official visit to Paris, at the Elysee Palace. IMAGES
The first group of refugees fleeing the separatist region of Nagorny Karabakh returns to Armenia, following Azerbaijan's lightning military victory this week. A few dozen residents, mainly women, children and the elderly, have arrived at the reception center set up by the Armenian government in Kornidzor. IMAGES