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China Mobile shares rise in Shanghai IPO

Chinese president encourages athletes to strive for excellence at Beijing 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping has encouraged the country's athletes to work hard for excellence at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

He made the remarks while visiting an ice and snow sports training base in Beijing.

The president learned about how Chinese athletes train and recover from injuries with the help of technology.

He wished the athletes good luck at Beijing 2022.

BOCOG introduces 2 spokespersons

The organizing committee of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games has introduced Zhao Weidong and Yan Jiarong as its spokespersons.

The pair will co-host press conferences along with their counterparts from the International Olympic Committee.

Wang Yi visits Kenya during New Year trip

The tradition for Chinese foreign ministers to start the New Year by visiting African countries continues with Wang Yi's trip to Eritrea, Kenya and the Comoros.

China Mobile shares rise in Shanghai IPO

China Mobile shares gained on its Shanghai debut on Wednesday after the company raised 48.7 billion yuan, or about 7.6 billion U.S. dollars in the country's biggest public share offering in a decade.

The stock opened at 63 yuan, over 9 percent higher than the offer price.

The world's largest mobile operator by total subscribers says it plans to use the proceeds to develop projects such as 5G networks, infrastructure for cloud resources, and intelligent ecosystems.

Capitol police to introduce measures to enhance security

U.S. officials have outlined plans to enhance the long-term security of the Capitol in the aftermath of the January 6th attack last year.

Most Americans fearful rather than hopeful about 2022: poll

A recent poll shows that the majority of Americans are more fearful and nervous about what 2022 holds in store for them.

The year-end Axios/Momentive poll suggests that 51 percent of respondents are more fearful about what lies ahead in the year for the United States, and 54 percent feel the same about the world.

Americans are also less hopeful about their individual prospects in the New Year.

Half of the respondents expect 2022 to be a bad year for the U.S. economy.

Kazakh president accepts government's resignation

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a presidential decree, accepting the resignation of the country's government.

Government members will continue to fulfill their duties until a new government is formed.

Meanwhile, states of emergency have been imposed in Almaty and in an oil-rich western region.

NASA lands trickiest job on new telescope

NASA's newly launched space telescope has nailed its most complicated and critical job, unrolling and stretching a sunshade the size of a tennis court.

It's set to release its gold-plated mirrors this weekend.

The James Webb telescope was launched on Christmas Day. It is currently more than halfway toward its destination 1.6 million kilometers away.

Considered the successor of the Hubble telescope, James Webb will attempt to capture light from the universe's first stars and galaxies from billions of years ago.