7 killed as car drives into crowd in Chi...
Seven people, including the perpetrator have been killed, as the latter drove into a crowd in Zaoyang City in central China's Hubei Province at around 6:00 a.m. Friday local time. The perpetrator was
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7 killed as car drives into crowd in Chi...
Seven people, including the perpetrator have been killed, as the latter drove into a crowd in Zaoyang City in central China's Hubei Province at around 6:00 a.m. Friday local time. The perpetrator was
E-commerce giant Suning.com net profits ...
Chinese e-commerce giant Suning.com announced Thursday that the company registered a net profit increase of 216.2 percent in 2018 thanks to soaring online consumption. The net profits attributable to
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
U.S., Taliban agree to end 17-year Afgha...
The United States and Taliban negotiators Saturday agreed in the Qatari capital Doha to put an end to the 17-year Afghanistan war, Al Jazeera news channel reported. The sources said that the agreeme
Iran to eliminate tattooed soccer player...
TEHRAN, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian tattooed soccer players will have no place in the national team, Tehran Times daily reported on Monday."The Iranian Football Federation has been told it must
Biz China Weekly: Fiscal revenue, rare e...
BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are the highlights of China's key business news from the past week: FISCAL REVENUE China's fiscal revenue rose 7 percent year on year to 3.91 trillion yuan
China treasury bond futures close mixed ...
BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- China's treasury bond futures closed mixed on Friday, with the contract for March 2019 closing 0.11 percent higher at 99.67 yuan (about 14.88 U.S. dollars). The contract
Xinhua Headlines: For translators, a fai...
by Xinhua writers Tang Peipei, Chen Shan, Hao Weiwei Translating the book "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" into Urdu offered Farrukh Sohail Goindi a rare glimpse into the thoughts of the Chines
Death toll rises to 109 in Mexico pipeli...
The number of people killed in a fuel pipeline explosion on Jan. 18 in the central state of Hidalgo has risen to 109, the Mexican government said Friday. The death toll was adjusted to 109 from the
A second patient appears to be cured of ...
Twelve years after a first patient was identified as cured of H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, a second patient undergoing similar treatment was diagnosed as in long-term remission, according to a
F1 approves extra point for fastest lap ...
Formula One is changing its scoring system to award a point to the driver who sets the fastest race lap, starting from this weekend's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. The driver, wh
China Hushen 300 index futures open lowe...
BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- China's Hushen 300 index futures opened lower on Wednesday, as the contract for settlement in April 2019 opened 0.21 percent lower at 3,826.60 points. The May 2019 contr
Chinese air carriers join hands in scale...
The ARJ21, China's first indigenously developed regional jetliner, will enter the scale operation phase in the joint hands of two domestic airliners, according to its developer the Commercial Aircra
Is this the year of the THAAD makers?
Editor's note: Ghanbar Naderi is an Iranian journalist, a current affairs commentator, a documentary filmmaker, and a member of the Writers Guild of Great Britain. The article reflects the author's o
U.S. high school staff shot, suspect arr...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- A hall monitor at a high school in Baltimore, U.S. state of Maryland, was shot Friday noon by a male visitor, authorities said. The suspect is in custody. The shooting
UN Security Council condemns terrorist a...
The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned "in the strongest terms" the terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, which killed 49 people. The members of the Securit
Lithuanian capital holds photo show on C...
VILNIUS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- A photography exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up was held on Monday in the Lithuanian capital. The event is organized by the Chi
Reporter's Diary: Interview with the dir...
I don't know about you, but I love going to the movies. It's one of the true forms of escapism. A chance to get outside yourself for a couple of hours. In fact, I like it so much there's hardly a fil
Commentary: Politicized humanitarian aid...
BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations (UN) stipulates that humanitarian aid ought to focus on fixing international problems of economic, social or humanitarian character. Yet the politiciza
Vulture: Sacred scavenging bird on the p...
Vulture, a large scavenging bird of prey, is considered sacred on Tibetan plateau. The majority of Tibet follows Vajrayana Buddhism, which teaches the transmigration of spirits. The followers believe