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President Xi Jinping urged all-out efforts to achieve the goal of eliminating poverty in China within two years in his three-day inspection tour of Chongqing, which ended on Wednesday.
Israel's president appointed on Wednesday night incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form the country's 35th government, following the April 9 elections.
The first shipment of humanitarian aid from the Red Cross arrived in Venezuela on Tuesday, Venezuela's Health Minister Carlos Alvarado confirmed.
Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia died on Wednesday in a hospital in Lima, Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra confirmed on Twitter.
A representative of the Vatican will participate in the 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition at the invitation of the event's organizing committee, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that the United States on May 2 would lift a ban on U.S. lawsuits against foreign firms operating on the property in Cuba seized from Americans.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr will hold a press conference at the Justice Department on Thursday morning to discuss special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia probe, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
U.S.-based tech giant Amazon.com Inc plans to shut down its third-party seller services on its Chinese online marketplace in July, as it shifts its focus to offering Chinese mainland consumers overseas products rather than goods from local sellers.
China's foreign reserve regulator vowed on Thursday to continue to push forward reforms in investment systems for foreign investors in the year ahead.
China's largest lender has issued its first green bonds focusing on Belt and Road inter-bank regular cooperation (BRBR) in its latest bid to support the initiative's development.
Global institutions based in Britain's capital have been participating in the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Catherine McGuinness, chair of the Policy and Resources Committee of the City of London Corporation, has said in a recent interview with Xinhua.
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has provided an opportunity for the world to transition into a sustainable energy future, experts say.
Sponsors and underwriters of initial public offerings on China's new science and technology board in Shanghai will need to invest their own money and hold the stocks for at least two years.
The Chinese central government has increased financial input for preschool education, from 15 billion yuan (2.2 billion U.S. dollars) in 2018 to 16.85 billion yuan in 2019, the Ministry of Education said Thursday.
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake jolted Taiwan's Hualien County around 13:01 BJT on Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
Twenty-nine German tourists were killed in a bus crash in Portuguese island of Madeira on Wednesday, AFP reported.
The new lawsuit against Liu Qiangdong, the billionaire founder and CEO of Chinese e-commerce giant JD, and his company filed by a University of Minnesota student might further shake investors' confidence, and tarnish the image and reputation of the company, amid tougher competition from rivals such as Alibaba and Pinduoduo.
Four giant pandas were sighted in the wild within two days by staff members of a nature reserve in northwest China during their regular patrol in the reserve.
China's island province Hainan has launched an online recruitment database to attract global talent for development into a pilot free trade zone.
A pair of young Chinese chess players added a new dimension to the challenging and ancient board game, leading millions of people on social media to ask, which tastes better, Coke or Pepsi?
A seat-sharing hot pot restaurant that aims to match singles in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, has been well-received by young people.
A woman in Southwest China, who must have had job-interview-jitters, was surprised and delighted when she was required to play Mahjong during an interview for a sales manager position.
The owner of an e-commerce company in East China has become subject to a lot of snickering in his office and beyond after giving employees small stylized posters or blessing paper that he believes can protect men from going bald.
A 12-year-old boy attempted to add the personal information of the lead actor of The Wandering Earth on his family's household registry, saying he adores the actor and longs to be part of his family.
A video of a young man from a village in North China riding his motorcycle with a single-wheel that is actually a hoop around the entire bike has become a hit on social media, with netizens offering advice and good humor critiques of his invention.
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's navy, ships from all over the world will participate in the naval parade in Qingdao, hosted by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.
A press center opened on Wednesday in Qingdao of Shandong province for the upcoming multinational naval activity to honor the 70th birthday of the People's Liberation Army Navy, according to the Navy.
Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, supervised the test-fire of a new tactical guided weapon conducted by the Academy of Defence Science on Wednesday, state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Thursday.
A spokesman for the Chinese mainland said a military drill by Chinese bombers and warships around Taiwan on Monday was routine and slammed the island's administration for misleading the Taiwan people and hyping tensions.
The spokesman of China's Taiwan Affairs Office on Tuesday dismissed Taiwan authorities accusations, saying the military exercises around Taiwan were part of annual routines aimed at maintaining the cross-Strait peace and stability.
Nobody should underestimate China's firm resolve and strong ability to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity, a mainland spokesperson said Tuesday.
Nepal's first ever satellite was launched into space on Thursday morning, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli confirmed here.Nepali Prime Minister Oli expressed happiness over Nepal's entry into the global space age while thanking all those involved in developing the first ever Nepali satellite.
After settling a lawsuit with iPhone maker Apple, U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm has added about 26 billion U.S. dollars to its market value over the course of two days.
Even modest intake of red and processed meat every day could increase the risk of developing colorectal cancer, according to a study by British scientists.
Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) has announced it will support 100 outstanding AI scientists each year till 2021 to serve the city's AI development, Beijing Daily reported on Thursday.
Scientists from Yale University restored circulation and cellular activity in a pig's brain four hours after its death.
Yang Lan, a Chinese media proprietor and talk show host, said she believes it will be hard for artificial intelligence tools to replace human beings in artistic endeavors.
China has seen two more sites added to the UNESCO Global Geopark List - Yimeng Mountain in East China's Shandong province and Jiuhua Mountain in East China's Anhui province - according to UNESCO's official website on Wednesday.
The Walt Disney Company announced Wednesday that it will donate 5 million U.S. dollars to help rebuild the fire-ravaged Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
The China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan province said on Wednesday it had started rebuilding a fence where a visitor had touched a panda cub.
Cultural exchanges and collaborations, especially movies, could provide a bridge for building trusts and creating opportunities between the United States and China, experts have said recently at a film festival in the U.S.
It is not unusual for relics and heritages to be discovered underground in Xi'an, a city with a long and rich history of more than 3,000 years.
An inferno that destroyed the spire and a large portion of the wooden roof structure of the 12th-century Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday reinforced a cautionary message to Chinese authorities about the need to better protect vulnerable heritage sites.
In a bid to find more teenage talent, basketball trials are being held at different locations in China this month, including middle school campuses around the country.
Chinese gymnastics legend Li Xiaopeng will be inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame (IGHOF) on May 18 along with four other great figures of the sport, the Hall of Fame announced on Monday.
American David Kocher captured his biggest victory as a pro on Sunday, beating Japan's Yuwa Kosaihira in a playoff at the weather-affected Haikou Championship in Haikou, Hainan province, the third event of this year's PGA Tour Series-China.
While on a visit to Beijing, Jurgen Klinsmann, the German football manager, pundit and former player, said he would not exclude the possibility of becoming the head coach of China’s national team.
Tiger Woods captured his 15th major title with an epic back-nine rally in the final round at the U.S. Masters Tournament on Sunday, making a mighty comeback after his 11-year major drought.
Han Xu, a 19-year-old center for China's national team, has realized her dream of being drafted by the WNBA, the world's premier women's professional basketball league.
A postal worker in Northwest China encountered a wild giant panda on his way to work and after glaring at each other for seconds, the panda ran into the forest on Sunday.
The 20-year-old male panda left China for Austria on Tuesday for a four-year collaborative research project.
Four giant pandas were sighted in the wild within two days by staff members of a nature reserve in northwest China during their regular patrol in the reserve.
A visitor to a giant panda research park has received some heavy criticism after snapping a photo of her hand touching one of the bears, leading the park to raise barrier that separates people from pandas.
The China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan province said on Wednesday it had started rebuilding a fence where a visitor had touched a panda cub.
Giant panda Yuan Yuan, 20, is transported from the Shenshuping base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda to the Shuangliu International Airport on its way to Austria for a four-year collaborative research project, April 15, 2019.
An expert has called for increasing the retirement age as China becomes the only country in the world to have more than 200 million elderly people, Beijing Youth Daily reported.
A survey of university students shows that those who place more online orders for food seem more likely to feel depressed.
