China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.3 percent year on year in the first half of 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Tuesday. In the second quarter, the country's GDP ...

SHENZHEN, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Australia rallied past Japan 79-67 to finish as Group B leader, securing a semifinal spot at the FIBA Women's Asia Cup here on Tuesday. Down by nine points at halftime, ...

DAMASCUS/JERUSALEM, July 15 (Xinhua) -- A series of Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday targeted convoys of Syrian forces in and around the southern Syrian city of Sweida, killing and wounding several ...

MAPUTO, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Mozambican President Daniel Chapo opened the 14th Ordinary Session of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) Parliamentary Assembly on Monday in Maputo, ...

Written in 1598, the same year as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Tang Xianzu's "The Peony Pavilion" tells the tale of Du Liniang, a young woman from a wealthy family who falls asleep beside a peony ...

BAGHDAD, July 15 (Xinhua) -- An explosive-laden drone on Tuesday morning hit the Sarsang oil field in Duhok province in northern Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, causing no casualties, ...

BISHKEK, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The gross domestic product of Kyrgyzstan grew by 11.7 percent year on year to reach more than 8.1 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of this year, the National ...

Russia and Ukraine held two rounds of direct talks on May 16 and June 2 in Istanbul, Türkiye. Putin previously said that both sides agreed to hold a third round of talks after the completion of the ...

Over 1,000 daily smokers receiving government financial support were randomly given either eight weeks of vaping products or nicotine gum/lozenges, with all participants receiving supportive text ...

LONDON, July 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump has encouraged Kiev to escalate deep strikes into Russian territory, even asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky whether Moscow could be ...

NAIROBI, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Kenya will step up security ahead of the delayed 2024 CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) which opens next month, according to a senior government official.

Sanseito, an ultraconservative minor party which is gaining in popularity, has led calls for tougher regulations of foreigners and has campaigned on a "Japanese First" platform that calls for limiting ...