At this year's BFA, Chinese wisdom promo...
With the world facing mounting downward economic pressure coupled with increasing protectionism and isolationism, officials and experts from around the world are looking for answers, hoping to get s
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At this year's BFA, Chinese wisdom promo...
With the world facing mounting downward economic pressure coupled with increasing protectionism and isolationism, officials and experts from around the world are looking for answers, hoping to get s
68 pct of world's population to live in ...
UNITED NATIONS, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Around 68 percent of the world's population is projected to live in urban areas by 2050, according to a UN report released on Monday. The share of the world's popu
Liu maintains dominance in women's race ...
HUANGSHAN, China, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Liu Hong became the first Chinese race walker in history having two world records to her name, as the world and Olympic champion clocked 3:59:15 to set the world
Djokovic wins his fourth Laureus World S...
MONACO, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Tennis world No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his fourth Laureus World Sportsman of the Year here on Monday, and American record-holding gymnast Simone Biles bagged the
Kenya set to promote new world heritage ...
NAIROBI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Kenya plans to inaugurate the country's seventh world heritage site located in western county of Migori in mid-April in a bid to boost tourism, officials said on Tuesday.
Kenya to hold national trials to select ...
NAIROBI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Kenya will hold national trials next week to select its team to represent the country at this year's World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, athletics offici
The amber capital of the world
Annual world demand for amber ranges in hundreds of tons, and an estimated 90 percent of the world's deposits are found in Russia's Kaliningrad region. The world's only legal amber mine is in the sma
China reigns supreme in FINA Diving Worl...
The invincible Chinese juggernaut continued to roll on unchallenged in the second day of the inaugural leg of the FINA/CNSG Diving World Series, currently underway in Sagamihara, Japan. In the women'
World Bank to aid technology-led transfo...
NAIROBI, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank has partnered with Kenya's ministry of agriculture to facilitate deployment of digital platforms that can be harnessed by small-holder farmers to boost cro
Namibia selects 14-man squad for World C...
WINDHOEK, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Namibia's senior men's cricket team will be led by their new captain Gerhard 'Merwe' Erasmus when they commence their ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 quest in the Worl
Lang Lang releases new album in NYC to c...
A traveling piano placed in a transparent cargo van voyaged through New York City on Friday, making stops at various locations and inviting people to play it as a special way to mark the annual World
World Bank should function more as combi...
WASHINGTON, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank as a leading development finance institution should attach more importance to its role as an integrating force and engage itself broadly beyond the poo
Interview: China offers key strategy for...
China has offered key components of a global strategy for tackling global challenges as the world enters a new era of so called "globalization 4.0," said a leading British expert. "The new stage is
Conference-goers of Boao Forum for Asia ...
BOAO, China, March 27 (Xinhua) -- China remains a major engine and a stabilizer for the global growth and has provided inspiration for the world during the past 70 years of development, delegates fro
World Health Day: Patients in China bene...
This year's World Health Day campaign focuses on universal health coverage, and the WHO is working to ensure individuals across the world have access to the care they need. Now let's take a look at t
China's Chengdu officially bids for Worl...
Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province in southwest China, officially bid to host The World Games 2025, reported Xinhua on Thursday. Working staff from the International World Games Associatio
2019 Special Olympics World Games close ...
Abu Dhabi said good bye to the 15th Special Olympic World Summer Games, the first one of its kind held in the Middle East, with a closing ceremony full of moving moments here on Thursday night. Glob
Olympic bobsleigh champion Jamanka on tr...
OTTAWA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic champion in the two-women bobsleigh Mariama Jamanka of Germany is on track to win her first World Championships gold half way through proceedings at the IBSF W
Simmons, Doncic to lead World team at th...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers and Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks will lead the World team against U.S. team spearheaded by Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Ja
China among eight seeds for FIBA Basketb...
PARIS, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Eight seeded teams for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 draw, including host China, have been confirmed after FIBA updated its World Ranking Men on Tuesday following the conc