Artists of the National Ballet of China perform during a dressed rehearsal of "The Peony Pavilion" in Beijing, capital of China, July 21, 2026.

New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions fell 0.2 percent in the March 2026 quarter, marking a fourth consecutive quarterly decline, official data showed on Wednesday.Total emissions from industries and households decreased by 42 kilotons during the quarter, driven by reduced mining activity, Stats

Belgian National Day celebrated in Brussels

Chinese animated film All Wishes Come True has become a standout hit of this year's summer movie season. Four days after its release, its total box-office earnings, including pre-sales, had exceeded 322 million yuan (about $47 million), according to ticketing platform Maoyan.

Morocco is expanding its hotel capacity ahead of the 2030 FIFA World Cup, with plans to add 60,000 hotel beds for the tournament it will co-host with Spain and Portugal.According to Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts and Social and Solidarity Economy Fatim-Zahra Ammor, Morocco has added around 45,000

Exhibition 'Treasures of the Kremlin: From Peter the Great to Catherine the Great' held in Wuhan, China's Hubei

China's total box-office revenue for 2026 surpassed 20 billion yuan (around $2.9 billion) as of July 19, according to box-office tracker Maoyan. Pegasus 3, A Letter to Grandma and Blade of the Guardians: Desert Storm are currently this year's top three highest-grossing films.

Vice President JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, on Sunday announced the birth of their fourth child, the first born to a sitting vice president in more than 150 years.Born Sunday, Alec Neel Vance joins older siblings Ewan, 9; Vivek, 6; and Mirabel, 4.Vance announced the birth on

The 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee opened in Busan, South Korea, on Sunday. The event brought together around 3,000 participants to consider new World Heritage nominations and discuss the protection of cultural and natural heritage sites.

A visitor takes photos at an exhibition on lacquered wooden treasures at the Three Kingdoms Zhu Ran Family Cemetery Museum in Maanshan, east China's Anhui Province, July 18, 2026.The museum currently exhibits rare lacquered wooden treasures unearthed from the tomb of general Zhu Ran in the Eastern

As of Saturday, China's 2026 summer film season had notched up cumulative ticket sales of more than 4 billion yuan, or over $590 million. A rich lineup of both homegrown and imported films has fueled this robust box office performance. 

How Chinese firm recovers over 99% of battery metals

In 2016, Lu Wenzhen, the resident Party secretary of Hebei's Yugouliang Village in Liangmianjing Town, Zhangbei County, Zhangjiakou City, first arrived in the village and noticed that the elderly villagers all had the habit of sitting cross-legged on the kang, a traditional heated brick bed. He

Featuring vibrant paintings and intricate carvings, the only remaining caisson ceiling at the Zhihua Temple in Beijing is easy to miss. Situated above the city's only surviving Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Zhuanlunzang – an exquisite wooden sutra cabinet standing more than four meters tall – the

When graduates wearing elegant, traditional Hanfu-style academic gowns filed onto the stage during a Shandong Youth University of Political Science ceremony earlier this month, the scene could have easily been mistaken for a traditional Chinese costume performance at first glance.

Students explore Dong ethnic culture via study tours in Guizhou