Chinese firm helps ground efforts at Eth...
ADDIS ABABA, March 11 (Xinhua) -- China Railway Seventh Group (CRSG), a construction firm, has helped with recovery efforts at the site of the crash on Sunday of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302. The
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Chinese firm helps ground efforts at Eth...
ADDIS ABABA, March 11 (Xinhua) -- China Railway Seventh Group (CRSG), a construction firm, has helped with recovery efforts at the site of the crash on Sunday of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302. The
Avian legends: The red-billed blue magpi...
Magpies belong to the corvidae family, but unlike crows which are gray and dark, magpies are more colorful. The red-billed blue magpie is described as a mysterious Chinese bird with a beautiful tail.
Indian parliament's last session under M...
NEW DELHI, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Indian Parliament's last session under the current government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi ended on Wednesday. In the past five years, the parliament witness
Int'l swimming competition for persons w...
SARAJEVO, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The international swimming competition "Oaza Open" for persons with intellectual difficulties kicked off here on Thursday, attracting about 150 competitors.The competit
China treasury bond futures close mixed ...
BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- China's treasury bond futures closed mixed on Thursday, with the contract for June 2019 closing 0.16 percent higher at 99.43 yuan (about 14.87 U.S. dollars). The contrac
9 injured in gas explosion in The Hague
THE HAGUE, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Nine people were injured after a gas explosion destructed a building in The Hague on Sunday. At around 4 p.m. local time (1500 GMT) a gas explosion caused the collapse
Namibia, UNESCO-China Funds-in-Trust lau...
WINDHOEK, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The Namibian government joint with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)-China Funds-in-Trust (CFIT) on Thursday launched the int
U.S. stocks close lower amid gloomy job ...
NEW YORK, March 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday, as investors digested U.S. job report in February that largely fell short of market expectations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was
Weekly culture snapshot of China
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The following were highlights of China's key cultural news in the past week: -- Construction of national cultural heritage think tank kicks off The State Administration
Man opens fire in Dutch city of Utrecht,...
THE HAGUE, March 18 (Xinhua) -- A man opened fire in a tram at the 24 Oktoberplein square in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on Monday, wounding several people, Dutch media reported. The incident occurred
Asian civilization dialogue: A community...
Editor's note: Dr. David Bartosch is a professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University.The article reflects the author's views, and not necessarily those of CGTN. Mankind is approaching a new aeon. N
Fitbit CEO James Park talks lessons lear...
Two years ago, Fitbit was in a rough spot. The company had ridden the wearables boom to an IPO and become virtually synonymous with the fitness tracker space, only to watch its fortunes dwindle as the
Mongolian parliament elects new speaker
ULAN BATOR, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Mongolian parliament on Friday elected Gombojav Zandanshatar as its new speaker through a vote of 95.2 percent in the country's 76-seat parliament. The former head
India unveils ambitious plan to reduce a...
NEW DELHI, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Indian government has unveiled a plan worth 885 billion rupees (12.4 bln U.S. dollars) to cut back on emissions and develop infrastructure for electric vehicles (EV
Elysee due to reply to "untruths" in Sen...
The Elysee, French President Emmanuel Macron's office, would reply shortly to the opposition-led Senate's findings related to the investigation into violent conduct of the president's ex-top securit
World Bank loans to finance elderly care...
BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank has approved a 350-million-U.S.-dollar loan to support elderly care in China's southwestern Guizhou Province. The bank's board of executive directors has
Top 5 most read Xinhua China news tweets...
The following are the top five most read China news tweets on the official China Xinhua News Twitter account on Wednesday. -- #ChinaPoll: The annual sessions of China's national legislature and polit
Macao SAR's GDP grows 4.7 pct in 2018
MACAO, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The economy of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) grew 4.7 percent in 2018 as its gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to 440.3 billion patacas (54.6 billion U.
Zimbabwean gov't quells rumor of fuel pr...
HARARE, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government on Thursday moved in to quell rumors of an imminent fuel price increase, which had prompted more motorists to join queues in a bid to fill up. En
Roadshow promoting Canada-China business...
The 2019 Canada-China Business Development Roadshow will be held in six Chinese cities in 2019, beginning from June, according to the Canada China Business Council (CCBC) on Monday. The roadshows, t