Customs data showed a strong performance in foreign trade for July, with total goods trade rising 6.7 percent year on year. Exports jumped 8 percent, while imports climbed 4.8 percent to mark the ...

On March 30, 2016, he was sworn in as vice president of Myanmar. U Myint Swe became acting president on Feb. 1, 2021, after then-President U Win Myint was detained. Subsequently, U Myint Swe declared ...

The study said long-term changes to the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle, with more frequent and intense hot, dry El Nino events due to climate change, disrupt the natural balance between El ...

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, ...