5 miners killed, 2 wounded as landslides...

JAKARTA, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Five bodies have been retrieved from the affected areas and two others sustained injuries after landslides hit a pearl mining in South Kalimantan province of central Ind

Top DPRK leader urges party officials to...

PYONGYANG, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un has urged senior officials to fully display a high sense of responsibility and creativity, a

China's central bank skips open market o...

BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- China's central bank continued to skip open market operations on Wednesday, citing abundant liquidity in the banking system.The People's Bank of China said liquidity has

Xi's expositions on building human commu...

BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- A book of Xi Jinping's discourses on promoting the building of a community with a shared future for humanity has been published in English by the Central Compilation and

China's central bank continues to skip o...

File photo: A passer-by walks past the headquarters of the People's Bank of China in Beijing. (Xinhua/Zhang Chunlei) China's central bank continued to skip open market operations for the 14th conse

Xi's expositions on building human commu...

BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- A book of Xi Jinping's discourses on promoting the building of a community with a shared future for humanity has been published in English by the Central Compilation and

China's central bank continues to skip o...

BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- China's central bank continued to skip open market operations for the 14th consecutive trading day on Tuesday, citing abundant liquidity in the banking system. The People

Israeli central bank reduces forecasts o...

JERUSAELM, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Israel's central bank said on Monday that its forecast of the 2019 GDP had been lowered from 3.4 percent to 3.2 percent. The basic interest rate forecast for the end of

Kenya, Uganda riders to rekindle contest...

NAIROBI, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Kenya and Uganda will battle for bragging rights in the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) Central Africa Motocross Challenge, which will be held in Uganda on Ap

Earthquake strikes off central Indonesia

JAKARTA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring at 6.1-magnitude rattled East Nusa Tenggara province in central Indonesia on Sunday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.