Zambia encourages overseas citizens' par...

LUSAKA, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Zambia on Thursday launched a policy aimed at encouraging its citizens living abroad to participate in the country's development agenda. The government realizes that all i

New analysis reveals cost of living alon...

LONDON, April 4 (Xinhua) -- A new study Thursday has revealed the financial and wellbeing impact of the growing number of people in Britain living alone. An analysis by the Office for National Statis

China strengthens support for needy peop...

BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhua) -- China's central government budget financed over 840 billion yuan (125 billion U.S. dollars) for urban and rural basic living allowance, medical assistance, support for th

Doctors complete first-ever kidney trans...

WASHINGTON, March 30 (Xinhua) -- For the first time, a person living with HIV has donated a kidney to a transplant recipient also living with HIV, offering new hope for patients with the virus, docto

Aussie Opposition reveals plan for "livi...

CANBERRA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP) has revealed its plan to transform the minimum wage into a "living wage" if it wins Australia's general election in May. ALP

China: Reincarnation of Dalai Lama shoul...

The reincarnation system for the living Buddhas should follow Chinese laws and regulations, religious rituals and conventions, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said Tuesday in respon

Xinjiang invests 4 bln yuan to improve r...

URUMQI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region said it invested nearly 4.2 billion yuan (626 million U.S. dollars) last year to improve the living conditions in rural

Bolivia's oldest living woman hospitaliz...

LA PAZ, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia's oldest living woman, 118-year-old Julia Flores, also known as "Mama Julia" was admitted to hospital on Wednesday in the central city of Cochabamba. According to

China's 2018 standard of minimum living ...

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Minimum living allowances for rural areas in China have reached or surpassed the national poverty line in 2018, according to a press conference of the Ministry of Civil A