The China Pavilion at the ongoing Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan was awarded the gold prize of the exhibition design for large self-built pavilions on Sunday.
The China Pavilion is one of the largest foreign self-built pavilions. With the theme of "Building a Community of Life for Man and Nature -- Future Society of Green Development", the pavilion features three sections to showcase China's traditional ecological wisdom, modern green development initiatives, and its vision of global cooperation in fostering a sustainable future.
The expo runs from April 13 to Oct. 13.
China Pavilion wins gold award of exhibition design for large self-built pavilions at Osaka Expo
Russia said on Thursday that its forces had continued to strike besieged Ukrainian troops in Krasnoarmeysk (known as Pokrovsk in Ukraine) in the Donetsk region, while the Ukrainian side said it had repelled Russian attacks.
Russia's Defense Ministry said that Russian troops had captured 64 buildings in Krasnoarmeysk over the past 24 hours, repelled over 10 Ukrainian attacks and hit Ukrainian targets, including drone storage and launch facilities, temporary deployment areas for Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries, in 149 areas.
The ministry said Russia's air defense systems intercepted two guided aerial bombs and shot down 261 fixed-wing drones over 24 hours and destroyed Ukrainian armored combat vehicles, artillery pieces, and ammunition depots.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that by 8:00 on Thursday, Ukrainian forces had launched offensives against two concentrations of Russian personnel, weapons, and military equipment, repelled over 100 attacks by Russian troops in Pokrovsk and in other areas, and reinforced military units defending the city.
Ukraine also said its forces carried out a strike on a drone storage, assembly, and launch site in Donetsk airport area on Wednesday and hit Russia's Volgograd oil refinery.
Russia claims strikes against besieged Ukrainian forces, Ukraine reports repelled attacks
