Xi Jinping held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron
On the afternoon of May 6, local time, Chinese President Xi Jinping held formal talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. The two sides issued four joint statements on the situation in the Middle East, artificial intelligence and other fields, and signed nearly 20 bilateral cooperation documents in the fields of green development, aviation, agriculture and food, commerce and people-to-people relations.
Putin was sworn in as Russia's new president on May 7
At 12 noon Moscow time on May 7, Putin will be sworn in as president of Russia, which is also his fifth presidential term in charge of Russia, and the new term will last for six years, until 2030. In the three-day Russian presidential election held in March this year, Putin was elected as the new president with an ultra-high percentage of 87.28 percent of the votes.
The United States and the Philippines held an anti-landing exercise to simulate the scenario of enemy troops landing on the Philippine coast at sea and being repelled by the United States and the Philippines
On May 6, the United States and the Philippines held an anti-landing operation exercise in the northwestern part of the Philippines near Taiwan, simulating the scenario of enemy troops landing on the Philippine coast from the sea and being repelled by the United States and the Philippines, with a total of about 200 US and Philippine troops dispatched. Seidhom, commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, said that the exercises were very successful, the weapons were accurate, they did hit very small targets, and the range of fire was effectively covered.
Columbia University has announced the cancellation of its university-wide commencement ceremony
On May 6, Columbia University announced that it would cancel the university-wide graduation ceremonies originally planned for mid-May, leaving only the scattered graduation ceremonies of each college. Thousands of other Columbia alumni signed a petition in support of the "pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli" protests, saying that they would suspend all financial and academic support for their alma mater until the university withdrew from Israel.
The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador to Russia
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said last week that Ukraine had the right to use British weapons against Russia. On May 6, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador to Russia to criticize Cameron's remarks as tantamount to acknowledging that the UK has become part of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, violating the UK's previous pledge not to attack Russia with long-range weapons supplied to Ukraine. Russia's Foreign Ministry has warned that Russia will strike at any British military facility in Ukraine if British weapons are used to attack Russia. In addition, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the French ambassador to Russia on the same day, but did not give a detailed reason.
Source: Phoenix Satellite TV Information Channel
Editor: Wanqing