Chinese cargo plane delivers relief to flood-hit Sri Lank
COLOMBO, June 3 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese cargo plane carrying emergency humanitarian relief arrived in Sri Lanka on Saturday, which was hit by floods and landslides earlier this week. The…
Ariana Grande Manchester charity show tickets sell out within 6 mins
LONDON, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Around 30,000 tickets for U.S. singer Ariana Grande's concert in Manchester to raise funds for victims of last week's terror attack sold out Thursday within…
Beijing’s service trade volume grows rapidly
BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Beijing's service trade volume exceeded 145 billion U.S. dollars in 2016, a year-on-year increase of 10 percent, according to data released at the ongoing China…
Serbia’s Vucic resigns as PM to assume presidency
BELGRADE, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Serbia's Prime Minister and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic submitted his resignation to the parliamentary Speaker on Tuesday in order to take over his new duty as…
Almost 600,000 flee Iraq’s west Mosul amid ongoing military operations
GENEVA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Tuesday that nearly 600,000 civilians have fled their homes since the Iraqi government started its…
U.S. stocks mixed amid soft economic Data
NEW YORK, May 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks traded mixed on Friday, as investors were digesting the latest economic data from the country. At midday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Over 60,000 migrants reach Europe by sea this year
GENEVA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- A total of 60,521 migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe this year, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported Friday.…
U.S. stocks open higher after Fed minutes
NEW YORK, May 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks opened higher on Thursday, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq hitting all-time highs, as investors continued to cheer the minutes from the Federal…
Gold price closes lower in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The gold price in Hong Kong closed at 11,610 Hong Kong dollars (about 1,490.60 U.S. dollars) per tael on Wednesday, down 90 Hong Kong…
Rouhani wins Iran’s presidential election with 57 pct of ballots
TEHRAN, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's incumbent President Hassan Rouhani won the country's presidential election, Iran's Interior Minister, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, announced here on Saturday. Out of 41,220,131 counted votes,…
2,000-yr-old rock carving reveals China’s ancient astronomy
HOHHOT, May 19 (Xinhua) -- After two years of research, archaeologists Friday confirmed astronomical engravings had been found on a 2,000-year-old rock carving in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.…
Albanian political parties strike deal to end crisis
TIRANA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- After several hours of talks, Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama and head of Albanian opposition Lulzim Basha reached an agreement in the early hours of…
Belt and Road forum points clear way for future cooperation
BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi said Wednesday the just concluded Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation outlined the roadmap for the success of the…
Sweden proposes new weapons amnesty in 2018
STOCKHOLM, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The Swedish Government on Wednesday proposed a three-month weapons amnesty in the spring of 2018, according to a statement issued on the government's website. "We…
Participants in the Leaders Roundtable of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation adopted a joint Communique
BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Participants in the Leaders Roundtable of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation adopted a joint communique and released an outcome list on Monday.…
Belt and Road Initiative has a lot of potential: ICRC chief
BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The Belt and Road Initiative has a lot of potential, said Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in an…
UN chief says China strong pillar of open, multilateral world
BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- China has shown it is a strong pillar of an open world and multilateralism by hosting the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, UN…
Putin, Moon stress political solution to tensions on Korean Peninsula
MOSCOW, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and new South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday emphasized a political and diplomatic solution to the tensions on the Korean…
Girl scores 162 on Mensa test, beating Einstein and Hawking
LONDON, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Not yet a teen, 12-year-old Rajgauri Pawar has demonstrated she is smarter than Albert Einstein or Professor Stephen Hawking. The schoolgirl from Cheshire in Northern…
Emirates Airline annual profit plummets due to stronger dollar
DUBAI, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Dubai's government-controlled carrier Emirates Airline said here on Thursday in an e-mailed statement it generated in the fiscal year 2016-2017, which ended on March 31,…
Chinese firm sells millions of mobile phones in Africa
ADDIS ABABA, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Tecno Mobile sales reached 25 million devices, including 9 million smartphones in 2015, helping it to sustain the most "popular"…
Poland hopes for new opening in Polish-French relations
WARSAW, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo expressed hope for renewed Polish-French relations in a congratulatory letter sent to French President-elect Emmanuel Macron on Monday. Szydlo congratulated…
Gold price closes lower in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, May 4 (Xinhua) -- The gold price in Hong Kong closed at 11,490 Hong Kong dollars (about 1,476.86 U.S. dollars) per tael on Thursday, down 170 Hong Kong…
“No cause for alarm” about Queen’s health
LONDON, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Buckingham Palace said Thursday that there is "no cause for alarm" about the health of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband. An official made the…
Owners of German castle offer to swap property for Melbourne apartment
SYDNEY, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The owners of a German castle have offered to swap their sprawling property for an apartment in Melbourne, Australia. Lord James Richard Welsh and his…
Second fence is ready at Hungarian-Serbian border
BUDAPEST, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The second line of a double-row fence alongside the Hungarian-Serbian border has been completed Friday, along all of its 155-km length, said Karoly Kontrat, Hungary's…
Secrets of Ancient Egypt revealed for 1st time at new national gallery
LONDON, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The largest Egypt gallery in Britain outside of the British Museum in London opened Thursday in Liverpool with a VIP reception ahead of its public…
Macron tops first round of French presidential elections
PARIS, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Final results issued by the French Interior Ministry confirmed that the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron dominated the vote in Sunday's first round of the French…
Oil prices extend losses amid rising U.S. production
NEW YORK, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices reversed early gains to settle lower Monday, as concerns about rising U.S. crude output continued to weigh on the market. The West…
Police detains eight suspects with possible links to Brussels attacks
MADRID, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The Catalan police force of Spain confirmed Tuesday that it has detained eight people in an operation against a group linked to jihadist terrorism in…
Rich man, poor man report shows gap between salaries in Britain
LONDON, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The average annual income of the richest fifth of households in Britain before taxes and benefits reached 84,700 pounds (108,500 U.S. dollars) in 2016, the…
Germany pleased with results of first-round French presidential poll
BERLIN, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Germany made a sign of relief on Monday after Sunday's first-round presidential election in France. "We are pleased and relieved that the vote of the…
China, Hungary to boost cooperation within Belt & Road Initiative, 16+1 framework
BUDAPEST, April 25 (Xinhua) -- China and Hungary have agreed to deepen cooperation within the Belt and Road Initiative and 16+1 framework. China-Hungary relations are at their best after years…
Le Pen lead first round of French presidential election
PARIS, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Centrist candidate and former minister of economy Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen on Sunday came out on top in the first round…
Fur coat worn by Titanic survivor sold for over 230,000 USD
LONDON, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A fur coat worn by a stewardess when the famous passenger liner Titanic sank in 1912 was auctioned in Britain Saturday for 181,000 pounds (232,000…
French elections will have spillover effect on Italian politics
ROME, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Sunday's presidential poll in France will have a spillover effect on Italian politics as the country is also heading to general elections within months, said…
Manufacturing, trade boost Serbian economy in 2016
BELGRADE, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The Serbian economy in 2016 saw accelerated growth buoyed by an increase in investments and export, higher profits and fresh hires especially in manufacturing and…
Fuel efficiency improvement of new cars in EU smallest in a decade
BRUSSELS, April 20 (Xinhua) -- The European Environment Agency said Thursday that the fuel efficiency improvement of new cars sold in the European Union (EU) last year was the smallest…
IMF warns of risks in leveraged corporate sector in U.S
WASHINGTON, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday that global financial stability has continued to improve since October last year, but warned that risks in highly-leveraged…
UN: Nearly 9,000 migrants rescued over weekend
UNITED NATIONS, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that nearly 9,000 migrants were rescued over the past long weekend by individual non-government organizations (NGOs) and…
International Monetary Fund announced economic Growth in 2017
The International Monetary Fund announced that the acceleration of global economic growth this year is expected. This was announced in Washington on the eve of the spring session of the…
Gold up on political uncertainty in Europe
CHICAGO, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Tuesday amid worries over the political uncertainty in Europe. The most…
China, Egypt seeks to promote Belt and Road Initiative
CAIRO, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Egypt is an important partner of China in promoting the Belt and Road Initiative, a visiting senior Chinese official said here on Thursday. When meeting…
Georgia to spend 10 bln USD on infrastructure projects
TBILISI, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Georgia will invest as much as 10 billion U.S. dollars to upgrade its infrastructure in 2017-2020, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said Wednesday. After presenting…
Russian, Spanish, Israeli, French are most prolific online shoppers
HANGZHOU, April 10 (Xinhua) -- AliExpress, an online marketplace and subsidiary of e-commerce giant Alibaba, on Monday announced it has had more than 100 million overseas buyers. The largest groups…
Trump denounces terror attacks on churches in Egypt
WASHINGTON, April 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump condemned the "heinous" terrorist attacks on Egyptian churches that killed and injured dozens of people, the White House said Monday. In…
Xi says ready to boost China-U.S. ties from new starting point with Trump
MAR-A-LAGO, the United States, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Thursday that he is ready to work with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, to push forward China-U.S. relations…
Every 7th death in Germany caused by smoking
BERLIN, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Smoking continues to be a leading cause of death worldwide, a recent report published in The Lancet medical journal showed, citing findings from the Global…
UN: At least 27 children killed in northwest Syria
UNITED NATIONS, April 6 (Xinhua) -- At least 27 children were confirmed killed in the attack in Idlib in northwest Syria, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said here Thursday. A…
German shares rose slightly
FRANKFURT, April 6 (Xinhua) -- German shares rose slightly on Thursday, with the benchmark DAX index up 13.35 points, or 0.11 percent, to close at 12,230.89 points. Energy groups RWE…
