Scenery of Khone Phapheng falls in Lao

African countries have secured an additional $900 million in commitments to expand access to clean cooking, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said after a high-level virtual meeting on Thursday.

The globe experienced its second-warmest June on record in 2026, while the global ocean surface temperature reached a record high for the month, according to an analysis released Thursday by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The gymnasium at La Salle College Preparatory erupted in cheers as members of China's national table tennis team showed off their skills before a crowd of students, teachers and parents -- some of whom later stepped up to trade shots with the pros themselves.

A Chinese envoy on Thursday called for de-escalating the Ukraine conflict, saying its current trajectory is concerning.The conflicting parties have conducted frequent military attacks with higher intensity, greater scale and larger scope than before

The Europe Commission (EC) announced on Thursday that it has published a regulation imposing definitive anti-dumping duties of up to 45.3 percent on imports of passenger car and light lorry tyres originating in China and has launched a so-called anti-dumping investigation into Chinese Peking

Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was laid to rest on Friday in the holy shrine of Imam Reza in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the official news agency IRNA reported.Khamenei's eldest son Mostafa Khamenei led and performed the ritual prayers over the bodies before the late leader and his

OpenAI showcased a new AI ‌agent on Thursday meant to help white-collar workers access the power of coding tools without the sticker shock.The agent, called ChatGPT Work, combines OpenAI's popular chatbot with its AI coding tool, Codex, to create documents, presentations and websites, the company

The El Nino weather pattern picked up strength over the past month and is highly likely to "rank among the largest" ever recorded when it peaks between October and December, US forecasters said Thursday.

Pak Thae Song, premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), also member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and vice president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, arrives in Beijing, capital of China

Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was laid to rest Friday in the holy shrine of Imam Reza in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the official news agency IRNA reported.Khamenei's eldest son Mostafa Khamenei led and performed the ritual prayers over the bodies before the late leader and his

People attend the funeral procession of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Mashhad, Iran, July 9, 2026.

Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan and Acting President Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday praised the Communist Party of China (CPC) for steering China's remarkable economic transformation through strong institutions, long-term planning and effective governance.