MOSCOW/BAKU, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the "tragic incident" in Russian airspace during a phone talk with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on Saturday ...

LHASA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region was home to 523,900 private sector entities at the end of the third quarter of 2024, making up 97.4 percent of the region's total ...

GUANGZHOU, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Guangdong Province, China's economic powerhouse, handled a record-breaking 600 million passenger trips in 2024, including a surge in trips to and from Hong Kong, ...

NEW DELHI, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Heavy snowfall hit plains and upper reaches of Indian-controlled Kashmir Saturday, disrupting normal life and leading to the closure of roads and cancellation of flights ...

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Former Real Madrid left-back Marcelo could join reigning Mexican top-flight champion Club America in January 2025, according to widespread media reports. The ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Cruzeiro has completed the signing of former Everton and Aston Villa winger Yannick Bolasie on a free transfer, the Brazilian Serie A club said on Friday. The ...

COLOMBO, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has asked officials of Airport and Aviation Services and Sri Lanka Customs to establish a unified monitoring division to curb ...

DAMASCUS, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The de-facto head of Syria's new governing authority, Ahmed al-Sharaa, held separate talks with delegations from Bahrain and Libya on Saturday, signaling a continued push ...

ISTANBUL, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Turkish police have arrested 93 individuals in a wide-ranging operation targeting suspects allegedly linked to the 2016 coup attempt, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said ...

In the face of instability and uncertainty in today's world, Wang said China and Iran must stay focused and strengthen solidarity and cooperation, jointly advocate and practice genuine multilateralism ...

The number of startups in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) hit 4,694 in 2024, up 10 percent year-on-year and approximately 40 percent more than that in 2020, the HKSAR government ...

BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- China has unveiled two newly revised national standards aimed at improving the quality of services provided by maternity matrons and nannies, in a bid to support ...