HONG KONG, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- A festive spirit fills the air as Hong Kong welcomes the Year of the Snake with a vibrant array of Lunar New Year celebrations, marking the first Spring Festival since ...

A member of China's 41st Antarctic expedition team decorates the dining hall on Chinese research icebreaker Xuelong 2, Jan.

BUDAPEST, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Hungary is prepared to provide its full transit capacities to supply Slovakia with gas via the southern TurkStream pipeline, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and ...

With Vietnam's rice prices relatively high ahead of the harvest season, many importers are turning to other countries for their supply. As a result, rice prices this year are expected to be lower than ...

VIENTIANE, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Laos' Ministry of Health will partner with the private sector to preserve plant species used in traditional medicine production and improve the quality and quantity of ...

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The National Institute of Health (NIH) of Pakistan has confirmed the 1st wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of 2025. An NIH official told Xinhua on Thursday that the ...

CAIRO, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Ten members of a criminal gang were killed and one injured during a police raid on a drug smuggling network in southern Egypt, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said Thursday.

Chinese students perform lion dance during a gala held to greet the upcoming Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, in Minsk, ...

DAMASCUS, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- A Turkish Airlines passenger jet carrying Syrian passengers landed at Damascus International Airport on Thursday for the first time in 13 years, state news agency SANA ...

The 2024 World Robot Contest Finals was held in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province. Consisting of two major competitions, the event covered more than 20 major events, 50 minor events, and 100 ...

SHENYANG, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Thursday inspected Shenyang, capital city of northeast China's Liaoning Province. Xi ...

BUDAPEST, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- At least 20 schools in Budapest and surrounding areas were evacuated on Thursday morning due to bomb threats, Hungarian local media reported. Hungarian Prime Minister ...