GENEVA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Wednesday condemned the escalation in deadly attacks by the March 23 Movement (M23) and other armed groups against ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said Kanazawa City in Ishikawa prefecture logged a record-high 148 millimeters of rainfall in three hours ending at around 5 a.m. local time. Overnight, a record ...

SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Foreigners bought South Korean stocks for the third straight month in July due to efforts of the new government to boost the local stock market, financial watchdog data ...

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Three Pakistani soldiers were killed when a bomb went off in the southwestern Balochistan province on Wednesday, the military said in a statement.

BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's phased free preschool education policy will cover all children in their final year of kindergartens nationwide, benefiting around 12 million people this autumn ...

BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have assessed the spatiotemporal variation characteristics of the global wetland carbon sink and quantified it, according to a recent research article ...

Canada agreed to increase investment in Mexico, expand direct trade and advance educational issues, Sheinbaum noted, adding that she also addressed the environmental issues related to Canadian mining ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Boeing announced on Wednesday that China's Hong Kong-based carrier Cathay Pacific ordered 14 more 777-9 passenger jets at a cost of 8.1 billion U.S. dollars, bringing ...

The outage, beginning just after 6 p.m. Eastern time (2200 GMT), prompted ground stops at several major United Airlines hub airports, including Chicago, Houston, Denver, Newark and San Francisco, ...

BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks were mixed in the morning session on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.12 percent to 3,638.4 points. About | Contact | Careers ...

LANZHOU, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have developed a high-precision gridded precipitation dataset to support climate and precipitation research in alpine cold regions, according to the ...

Among the driving forces of the revival of traditional crafts are young Chinese consumers. Gen-Z in particular has developed a proud appetite for homegrown designs and motifs, fueling the "Guochao" or ...