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Dr. Hong, Tao-Tze, the leader of Tai Ji Men, center, waves his hand at spectators during the Parade of Faiths. He has led Tai Ji Men dizi (disciples) to visit 101 nations to promote conscience, love, and peace through cultural exchanges. He was instrumental in the United Nations’ designation of April 5 as the International Day of Conscience.

Brandon Johnson, the mayor of Chicago, giving the opening remark

Additional sanctions were levied against Niger on Tuesday, hours after its military leaders rejected the latest diplomatic efforts by a joint delegation from West African states, the African Union and the United Nations.

Moscow Mayor Sergie Sobyanin said one of the aerial drones was shot down in the Domodedovo region south of the capital, which is home to one of Moscow’s busiest international airports, while the other was downed near the Minsk highway west of the city.

South Sudan acceded to the international Convention on Cluster Munitions on August 3, 2023, the 112th country to do so, Human Rights Watch said, Augest 7.

The ongoing violence in Haiti continues to threaten the well-being of children and women. The latest reports received by UNICEF reveal an alarming spike in kidnappings, with nearly 300 cases confirmed in the first six months of 2023, almost matching the total number documented for the entire previous year, and close to three times more than in 2021.

A Ukrainian woman was killed in Russian attacks on the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, local officials said.

Kherson Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on his Telegram messaging app account that the shelling had started around midnight and lasted for several hours.

The Love of the World Cultural Goodwill Group participated in the World Conference of Mayors in New Orleans, conducting a youth conscience education program with cultural performances of dance, music, and martial arts.

On August 3, the first day of the World Conference of Mayors, an international press conference was held with a full house of guests, filled with an atmosphere of love and peace, inspiring people to cooperate and work together.

Saturday intelligence update on Ukraine from the Britain’s Ministry of Defense says strike on 113-meter-long Russian landing ship, the Olenegorsky Gornyak, was the largest naval vessel damaged since sinking of the Moskva in April of last year.