Among them: a first-time visitor fascinated by Chinese culture and considering studying here; a seasoned “China expert” who ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended mixed on Thursday, as investors once again bought the dip despite a disappointing wholesale inflation report.

At a press conference, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said that the state will use the Baker Correctional Institution, a temporarily closed northern state prison, turning it into what he called ...

RIYADH, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Aramco announced Thursday the signing of an 11 billion U.S. dollar lease-and-leaseback agreement for its Jafurah gas processing assets with a consortium of ...

MELBOURNE, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- The World War II film Dongji Rescue was screened during a reception hosted by the Chinese consulate general in Melbourne on Wednesday, one day before it officially hit ...

DAMASCUS -- Over 2.3 million Syrians have returned home since Dec. 8, 2024, a UN refugee agency official said Thursday, noting that returnees face critical shortages of housing and livelihoods, with ...

ROME, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- A prolonged summer of extreme heat and drought has pushed vast parts of Europe into a severe wildfire crisis, triggering mass evacuations, claiming lives and inflicting heavy ...

BRUSSELS, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Thursday urged Israel to drop plans to advance settlement construction in the E1 area of the occupied West Bank, ...

JAKARTA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government was considering introducing an electricity tariff discount as a stimulus to spur consumption, Secretary of the Coordinating Minister for Economic ...

JAKARTA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's footwear exports to Europe could surpass 10 billion U.S. dollars within the next three to four years if the Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic ...

CAIRO, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Egypt on Thursday condemned Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's approval of plans to build 3,401 new housing units for settlers in the occupied West Bank.

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- The conflict-related sexual violence rose sharply in 2024, with over 4,600 survivors having endured abuses used as a tactic of war, torture, terrorism and political ...