Feature: Widely popular dragon boating h...
by Duncan Murray SYDNEY, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- The largest dragon boat event in the southern hemisphere made a splash on Sydney Harbor over the weekend, highlighting the city's Lunar New Year festivit
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Feature: Widely popular dragon boating h...
by Duncan Murray SYDNEY, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- The largest dragon boat event in the southern hemisphere made a splash on Sydney Harbor over the weekend, highlighting the city's Lunar New Year festivit
China's new tech board may enlist around...
BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- About 150 firms will be listed on China's new science and technology innovation board in 2019, analysts with China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC) predi
New Zealand PM says terror suspect used ...
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, March 16 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday that the suspect of the deadly mosque attacks used modified semi-automatic weapons. She told
Chinese telecommunications giants exhibi...
Chinese telecommunications giants ZTE, Huawei and Xiaomi displayed their brand new products at the 2019 Mobile World Congress (MWC2019), which opened Monday in the city of Barcelona in northeast Spa
New Zealand gov't allocates funding to a...
WELLINGTON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's Department of Conservation will invest an extra 76 million NZ dollars (51.7 million U.S. dollars) over the next four years to address the country's biodi
Investing app Stash raises $65M, launche...
Stash, the fintech startup and app that aims to introduce new people to the world of investing, is unveiling some interesting new services while also announcing that it has raised more funding to expa
2 Jordanians killed, 8 injured in mosque...
AMMAN, March 15 (Xinhua) -- At least two Jordanians were killed and eight others injured in mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand on Friday, a Jordanian official said. Sufian Qudah from the Mi
China-New Zealand Year of Tourism to be ...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday that the China-New Zealand Year of Tourism will be launched on March 29 at Te Papa, the National Museum of New Zealand. Ardern said in a
New Zealand bans semi-automatic weapons,...
WELLINGTON, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Military style semi-automatic weapons (MSSA) and assault rifles are to be banned in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Thursday. New Zealand gove
How to survive Nyepi Day in Indonesia’s ...
In most cities, New Year's Day is always linked with fireworks, parades and parties. But in Bali, a largely Hindu Indonesian island, people celebrate the Saka New Year as Bali's Day of Silence. It is
4 Egyptians confirmed dead in New Zealan...
The Egyptian Immigration Ministry confirmed in a statement on Saturday that four Egyptians were killed in the terrorist attacks on two New Zealand mosques in Friday. The Ministry of Immigration and
New porn verification rules may expose u...
Campaigners are alarmed that the government is effectively creating a database of citizens' private sexual preferences.
Works of famous Chinese painters to be a...
NEW YORK, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Works of famous Chinese painters in different time periods are scheduled to be auctioned at Christie's and Sotheby's next week in New York city. The highlight of Christ
U.S. dollar drops amid downbeat manufact...
NEW YORK, March 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. dollar decreased in late trading on Friday, amid concerns over a slowdown in U.S. economic growth.Business activity grew only slightly in New York State, according
Production site of Austrian food company...
NANJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Austrian food company Agrana said that the construction of its new production site in east China's Jiangsu Province has been completed. With an investment of 31.3 millio
New Zealand home consents hit 44-year hi...
WELLINGTON, March 1 (Xinhua) -- A total of 33,576 new homes were consented in the year ended January 2019, the highest number of new homes consented in a year since early 1975, New Zealand's statisti
This is one of New Zealand's darkest day...
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, March 15 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern said on Friday after gunshots in Christchurch that "this is one of New Zealand's darkest days." The prime mini
New Zealand-China economic ties strength...
WELLINGTON, April 2 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Revenue Minister Stuart Nash has said the economic ties between New Zealand and China are being strengthened with the successful negotiation of a new taxat
China-New Zealand ties presented with ne...
The new conditions between China and New Zealand have created new opportunities, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said at a daily news briefing on Tuesday. New Zealand has been a pac
Israeli researchers develop tech to turn...
JERUSALEM, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Israeli scientists have developed a new technology that produces disinfectant from simple tap water and can especially be used to prevent infections in hospitals, as p