Philippines to keep interest rate unchan...
MANILA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Monetary Board, the policymaking body of the Philippines' central bank Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), decided on Thursday to keep the interest rate on the BSP's o
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Philippines to keep interest rate unchan...
MANILA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Monetary Board, the policymaking body of the Philippines' central bank Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), decided on Thursday to keep the interest rate on the BSP's o
Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski announ...
The New England Patriots' fun-loving, touchdown-spiking tight end Rob Gronkowski announced Sunday that he is retiring from the NFL after nine mostly dominant, Super Bowl-filled seasons. The four-time
Kaohsiung mayor's mainland trip brings h...
Editor's note: Xu Mengxi is a senior correspondent covering Taiwan affairs, cross-Strait relations and international issues. She has covered a number of cross-Strait events, including the Xi-Ma meeti
Top new items in major Zimbabwean media ...
HARARE, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Zimbabwe's major media outlets on Tuesday. -- Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has trashed claims
Freight train derailed in Turkey's capit...
ANKARA, March 14 (Xinhua) -- A freight train carrying fuel derailed in Turkey's capital Ankara early Thursday, with no casualty reported. The accident occurred at 1:30 a.m. local time (GMT 2230) in S
Students continue climate strike in Belg...
BRUSSELS, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The eleventh national climate march, initiated by the Youth for Climate movement, took place Thursday in Brussels and other parts of Belgium, local Belgian press report
Kim Jong Un visits DPRK embassy in Hanoi
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un visited the country's embassy in Hanoi on Tuesday afternoon, hours after arriving for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, ac
Moroccan police seize 1.6 tons of cannab...
RABAT, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The Moroccan police busted on Monday a drug trafficking gang in the northern city of Fez and seized 1.6 tons of cannabis. The banned substance was on board two cars, the po
U.S. decision to end Turkey's preferenti...
ANKARA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. decision to end the preferential trade status with Turkey contradicts the bilateral trade goal and will harm U.S. companies and manufacturers, Turkish Trade Minis
Turku 2017 stabbings defined as terroris...
HELSINKI, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The two murders and eight attempts committed by Abderrahman Bouanane in August 2017 in Turku, Finland remains as "crimes with terrorist intent", after he gave up appeal
Syria rejects report on chemical weapons...
The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Thursday rejected as "full of falsifications" a report that chemical weapons were likely used in the attack on Douma district near the capital Damascus last year, stat
Breedr raises £2M led by LocalGlobe for ...
Breedr, a U.K. startup that wants to help farmers make better use of their livestock data to improve profitability, has raised £2.2 million in funding.The seed round is led by London-based LocalGlobe,
The blow to the DPRK should be ended
Editor's note:Tom Fowdy, who graduated from Oxford University's China Studies Program and majored in politics at Durham University, writes about international relations focusing on China and the Demo
Munich public prosecution imposes 8.5 ml...
BERLIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Munich district attorney's office on Monday imposed a fine of 8.5 million euros (9.7 million U.S. dollars) on the German premium car manufacturer BMW for violations of
PBOC stresses lending for real economy, ...
China's central bank vowed to strengthen financial support for the real economy and people's livelihoods in 2019, according to a financial market work conference that ended Tuesday. The People's Bank
Top news items in major Zimbabwean media...
HARARE, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Zimbabwe's major media outlets on Tuesday. -- Commuter omnibus operators were Monday forced to reduce their fares following the in
Video books on "two sessions" published
A series of video books on this year's annual national legislative and political consultative sessions have been published by the People's Publishing House. The books include transcripts of the press
Feature: A gift from Macron to Xi, a fri...
PARIS, March 26 (Xinhua) -- "It is a pleasure to have friends coming from afar," the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius said in The Analects of Confucius, a collection of his ideas and sayings. Th
Chinese-produced comedy "The Merchant of...
BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese production of William Shakespeare's comedy "The Merchant of Venice" will hit the stage of the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) from April 9 to 14.
Tackling nitrogen pollution key to promo...
NAIROBI, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The rising toll of nitrogen pollution linked to mechanized farming and burning of fossil fuels to power transport, energy and industrial sectors, should be tackled urgent