At the invitation of Zhao Leji, chairman of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee, Seah Kian Peng, speaker of the Parliament of Singapore, will lead a delegation to visit China from June 8 to 13.

Authorities in Nigeria have launched a search operation to locate six students who went missing after armed men raided an off-campus residence in the country’s northwestern region.Police said the attack occurred early on Wednesday in the Kaura Namoda area of Zamfara State, where gunmen abducted

The final of the "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Show for Primary School Students in Botswana was held on Friday in the capital, Gaborone, aiming to strengthen people-to-people exchanges between China and the southern African country.Organized by the Chinese Embassy in Botswana and hosted by the Confucius

China and Greece should step up practical cooperation in maritime affairs, shipping finance and green development, officials and industry leaders said Wednesday during an international maritime exhibition in Athens.The calls came during a series of China-hosted events on the sidelines of the

Under the scorching summer sun, hundreds of Vietnamese fans gathered at a cultural exchange event themed "rednote Global Village Gathering · Vietnam" in the capital Hanoi for a chance to catch a glimpse of Chinese actress Liu Shishi.

A senior adviser to Iran's supreme leader has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to make decisions independently of Israel, stop the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, and release Iran's frozen assets.The negotiations between the two sides "are at a deadlock and Trump must break this deadlock,"

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SpaceX on Friday signed a blockbuster cloud computing agreement under which Google will pay the Elon Musk-founded rocket company $920 million per month for access to a massive cluster of AI chips, according to a disclosure in its initial public offering (IPO) filing.The deal, which will bolster

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 452, including 82 deaths, according to the latest situation report released by the country's health ministry. A total of 258 patients are currently in isolation or receiving hospital care, while eight

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called for launching a new investment cycle to restore economy, as Russia's economic growth has moderated.Speaking at a plenary session of the 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin said Russia continues to strengthen its sovereignty and

TEHRAN, June 6 (Xinhua) --Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Saturday that it targeted U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain with ballistic missiles in response to U.S. attacks.

China firmly opposes the US doubling down on its blockade and sanctions on Cuba, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday.The spokesperson's remarks come after the United States imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and individuals and entities linked to the nation's

Several explosions were heard in Iran's Sirik near the Strait of Hormuz early Saturday, Iranian media reported.

For more than a decade, the United States dramatically reduced its national smog levels, but since 2015 smoke from increasingly larger wildfires is reversing that clean-up trend and making the air dirtier and deadlier, a new study finds.

A ceremony marking the start of construction of the first nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan was held in the country's Jizzakh region overnight Thursday, according to the Uzbek presidential press service.The ceremony was conducted via video link, connecting the construction site in central