The 3rd Silk Road Global News Awards calls for submission

A humanoid robot that grabbed a 400-meter title at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games (WHRG) in Beijing while appearing to "cover its face with both hands" developed the unusual posture by itself during sprinting, its developers said, after clips of the run drew wide attention online.

Recent media attention has focused on Taiwan region's purchase of 66 F-16V (Blk 70) fighter jets from the US, the first two of which are now en route to the island. A mainland expert said the induction of these jets cannot change the cross-Straits air power balance.

On the blue track inside the National Speed Skating Oval, robots chased each other in the 400-meter race. A sprinting Tien Kung robot was tripped by a rival robot lying on the track but did not fall. Instead, it adjusted its posture in seconds and continued toward the finish line with a result of

South Australian authorities on Monday reported a second suspected case of H5N1 bird flu in a seal, one day after the state reported Australia's first case in a mammal. South Australia's Department of Primary Industries and Regions said on Monday that the long-nosed fur seal was found at the Pages

Joint China-Russia media delegation experiences culture, innovation in China's Suzhou

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Saturday inaugurated the 2,115-megawatt Julius Nyerere Hydropower Plant, a landmark project expected to strengthen electricity supply and accelerate industrial and economic development.

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Sunday pledged to improve local governance and service delivery as it launched its manifesto for the country's Nov. 4 local government elections.

True strength is revealed in the storm; backbone is forged through trials. In the first half of this year, China's economy advanced under pressure and maintained an overall steady trajectory of development oriented toward the new and the better.