Kenya says no injuries as fire disrupts ...
NAIROBI, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's airport authorities said Thursday no one was injured after a minor fire broke out at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi on Wednesday night.
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Kenya says no injuries as fire disrupts ...
NAIROBI, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's airport authorities said Thursday no one was injured after a minor fire broke out at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi on Wednesday night.
AU agency prepares mechanism to respond ...
JOHANNESBURG, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The African Risk Capacity (ARC), a specialized agency of the African Union (AU), said Tuesday it is working on some mechanism to help member countries prepare for n
Russia interested in preventing arms rac...
MOSCOW, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Russia is open to discussing solutions aimed at preventing an arms race while strengthening international security and stability, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesda
S.African tax collection department to g...
JOHANNESBURG, March 26 (Xinhua) -- South African Revenue Services (SARS) employees will down tools on Thursday over salary disagreements, said the National Health, Education and Allied Workers' Union
China on solid track toward sustainable ...
CHICAGO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China is a modern state with a legal system founded on the rule of law and is on a solid trajectory toward sustainable growth, a U.S. scholar said. "This is of crucial im
More cost-effective way to recycle glass...
Australian researchers said they have found a new way to recycle glass into everyday products, pointing to major cost and waste reductions for the environment. The method extracts liquid silicate fr
China to train more lawyers for foreign-...
BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- China will train more lawyers to handle foreign-related matters, the Ministry of Justice said Thursday. Xiong Xuanguo, vice justice minister, said at a meeting that the m
Senior U.S. diplomats keep upbeat about ...
Senior U.S. diplomats said here on Monday that America keeps diplomacy "very much alive" with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the leaders of the two countries remain "open to th
Russian navy to get new submarines, surf...
MOSCOW, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Russian navy will get new submarines and surface ships this year within its re-equipment program, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday. Two nuclear and
DPP repeatedly attempts to politicalize ...
BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese mainland spokesman on Wednesday said Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration over a period of time had made repeated attempts to make politi
China exempts citizens from submitting t...
BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities have exempted individuals and corporations from submitting more than 6,000 types of verification documents, a senior official with the Ministry of Jus
Bank robbers kill at least 7 in Nigeria
LAGOS, April 8 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people were killed following a robbery attack on a commercial bank in Ondo state in southwest Nigeria, eye witnesses and local officials said on Monday.Eye w
U.S.-Cuba regatta seeks to enhance frien...
HAVANA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The third edition of the St. Petersburg-Havana regatta is a sign of the will and desire of the U.S. and Cuban people to reverse the current setback in ties, said organize
WARSAW, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Poland would agree to a delay to Brexit if that could help bring about an orderly exit, the Polish government's spokesperson said on Thursday. "A no-deal Brexit is the wo
Xinjiang reports increasing endangered w...
URUMQI, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region said Thursday that the number of endangered wild Bactrain camels has increased to 650. Cameras have captured an increas
Washington to offer benefits to federal ...
The U.S. State of Washington will give unemployment insurance benefits to its federal employees to ease their hardship caused by the month-long partial federal shutdown, said state Governor Jay Insl
Malta to turn to EU for help over damage...
VALLETTA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said Monday that his country would be evaluating the damage caused by a massive storm over the weekend in order to determine whether
China hopes Algeria to advance political...
BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- China said Tuesday that it hopes Algeria will smoothly advance its political agenda. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang made the remarks at a routine press confer
5.5-magnitude earthquake rattles norther...
MANILA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- A 5.5-magnitude earthquake rattled Cagayan province in northern Philippines on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The instit
Nigeria says kills 50 Boko Haram fighter...
ABUJA, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Fifty Boko Haram militants were killed following a joint operation by forces from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger, the Nigerian military said on Sunday. Troops comprisi