China marks "March 3 Festival" with folk...
NANNING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Sunday kicked off the "March 3 Festival" with choir competitions and grand banquets, some of which will last for weeks t
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China marks "March 3 Festival" with folk...
NANNING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Sunday kicked off the "March 3 Festival" with choir competitions and grand banquets, some of which will last for weeks t
BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian Foreign Minister Damdin Tsogtbaatar will pay an official visit to China from March 31 to April 2, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Monday. Tsogtbaa
U.S. corn futures higher amid data, floo...
CHICAGO, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) crop futures traded mixed in the trading week ending on March 22, with corn rising sharply over flood concerns and data. The most active co
Namibian president encourages national t...
WINDHOEK, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Namibian President Hage Geingob on Thursday encouraged the country's soccer team -- Brave Warriors to win the decisive AFCON qualifier against Zambia on March 23 in Lus
Spotlight: China-Europe Railway Express ...
by Xu Yongchun and Tang Ji LYON, France, March 25 (Xinhua) -- After traveling about 10,000 km across the Eurasian continent in about 18 days, a freight train from central China's city of Wuhan arrive
S.Korea's business sentiment improves in...
SEOUL, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Sentiment among South Korean businesses over economic conditions improved in four months on strong sales of new smartphone and automobiles, central bank data showed Thursd
Philippines, Cambodia in bid to boost de...
MANILA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines and Cambodia have finalized the joint activities that both the Southeast Asian countries plan to implement in the coming months to boost their defense coo
S. Korean boy band Super Junior, singer ...
HO CHI MINH CITY, March 6 (Xinhua) -- South Korean boy band Super Junior and well-known female singer Chungha will perform in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City on March 29, the Hoa Binh Theater in the city
Vietnam starts construction of F1 racetr...
HANOI, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Construction of the Formula One (F1) car-racing course started on Wednesday in Vietnam's capital Hanoi and is scheduled to complete in March 2020. Designed by the Formula
Greece marks Independence Day, president...
ATHENS, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Greece marked on Monday the 198th anniversary of the beginning of the Greek War of Independence on March 25, 1821 against the 400-year Ottoman rule with a customary milit
Kenya forecasts flash floods in some are...
NAIROBI, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Kenya meteorologists on Monday forecast flash floods due to heavy rainfall towards the end of March after a prolonged dry spell across the east African nation. Stella Au
China Focus: Lawmakers, political adviso...
BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of national lawmakers and political advisors are gathering in Beijing for the annual "two sessions," a key event in China's political calendar. The second ses
China's warehouse, storage services expa...
BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- China's warehouse and storage services expanded in March as economic activities warm up. The Warehouse and Storage Index jumped by 10.1 percentage points from a month ear
U.S. regional manufacturing improves in ...
HOUSTON, March 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on Thursday reported improvement in regional manufacturing conditions this month based on the observation from the March Manufa
U.S. healthcare output growth hits recor...
HOUSTON, April 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. healthcare business activity increased sharply in March, registering the fastest output expansion since March 2012, according to the U.S. Sector PMI (Purchasing Mana
9 Palestinians injured during clashes wi...
GAZA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- At least nine Palestinians were injured on Friday during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the eastern Gaza Strip close to the border with Israel, on the eve of the first an
S.Korea's export keeps fallings for 4 mo...
SEOUL, April 1 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export kept falling for four straight months through March on lower price of semiconductors, which had led the country's outbound shipment, and global economi
Myanmar's gems emporium to kick off in c...
YANGON, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The 56th Myanmar Gems Emporium is due to kick off in the capital city of Nay Pyi Taw on Monday, expecting to attract over 2,600 gems merchants from China, Thailand, Austr
Bank of England holds bank interest rate...
LONDON, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Policymakers at the British central bank, the Bank of England (BOE), on Thursday held the bank interest rate unchanged at 0.75 percent. The BoE said in its March Monetary
China's Xu and teammate Dabrowski lose i...
WASHINGTON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese player Xu Yifan and partner Gabriela Dabrowski from Canada lost to Belgium's Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the women's doubles semifinals of