HONG KONG, July 3 (Xinhua) -- A fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy led by the aircraft carrier Shandong arrived in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Thursday ...

WASHINGTON, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Pentagon said Wednesday that U.S. strikes last month on three key Iranian nuclear facilities have set back Tehran's nuclear program by as much as two years.

Editor's Note: The enduring vitality of Chinese civilization stems from its rich cultural heritage. The Yongle Encyclopedia, ...

TOKYO, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The election campaign for Japan's House of Councillors, or the upper house of the Diet, was officially launched on Thursday. The 17-day campaign will determine whether the ...

Researchers at the Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) in Sydney have discovered that these proteins play a crucial role in controlling telomerase, an enzyme responsible for protecting DNA ...

Bolstered by sustained policy support for trade-in programs, China's consumption is likely to continue its robust growth ...

Four people have been confirmed dead, 38 are missing, and 23 others survived after a passenger ship sank in the Bali Strait of Indonesia early Thursday, a senior official from the East Java Search and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Internacional is in talks to sign midfielder Alan Rodriguez from Argentinos Juniors, according to media reports in South America. The Porto Alegre club has ...

Qingtian's rise to a hotspot for Western cuisine started with the county's long history of emigration. The county is the hometown of about 381,000 overseas Chinese people living across over 140 ...

ROVANIEMI, Finland, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Youth football teams from China and Finland played friendly matches on Wednesday in Rovaniemi, the Arctic "hometown of Santa Claus," as part of a cultural and ...

BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- On the banks of the shimmering Huangpu River that cuts through the Chinese metropolis of Shanghai sits the headquarters of the New Development Bank, co-founded by the BRICS ...

SYDNEY, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Sydney police are investigating after gunshots were fired into a home in the city's inner-west and a suspected getaway car was set on fire. A police statement on Thursday ...