Chinese consumers ushered in the Spring Festival holiday with a burst of spending, filling restaurants and malls and ...

COLOMBO, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's government is drafting laws to allow courts to place suspects under house arrest instead of remanding them to ease severe prison overcrowding, according to a ...

Xu Xiaoming (R) and Fei Xueqing of China communicates during the curling men's round robin session 12 match between China and ...

Zhao Jiawen of China is seen during the ski jumping trial round of the nordic combined team sprint at the 2026 Milan-Cortina ...

Scientists from Australia's University of Technology Sydney (UTS) reported Friday that the fast-flowing jet stream air currents about 8-10 km above the continent have moved roughly 1,000 km south ...

KABUL, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Afghan authorities have completed 25 major development projects in central Afghanistan's Daikundi province, the official media Bakhtar news agency reported on Friday. The ...

TOKYO, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed in a fire that broke out at a temple in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi, early Friday, local media reported.

In his reply letter, Xi warmly encouraged friends in Iowa to remain committed to promoting friendship between the people of the two countries, encouraging more young Americans to be inheritors of ...

The research team, comprising Peking University, the Peng Cheng Laboratory, ShanghaiTech University, and the National Optoelectronics Innovation Center, has developed a converged communication system ...

VIENTIANE, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Lao authorities have stepped up nationwide publicity and voter mobilization efforts ahead of the election of members of the Lao National Assembly's 10th legislature and ...

Fiona Fu, a merchandiser with Guanyi Toys, a China-based supplier of wooden toys, crafts and kids' furniture, said U.S. customers have largely absorbed additional costs due to the tariff hikes. Retail ...

YANGON, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar has banned the import, sale and use of e-cigarettes, e-shisha and related accessories, according to the Ministry of Health on Friday.