General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith made a trip to Anji County in east China's Zhejiang Province Wednesday to learn about China's practices in green development.

A 24-hour general strike against labour reforms forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights in Portugal on Wednesday as well as disrupting public transport, hospitals and schools.

A fire ripped through a hotel in New Delhi on Wednesday and killed at least 21 people, many of them foreign nationals, police and local media said. Indian television channels showed flames leaping from the building and thick plumes of black smoke rising into the sky.

Japanese media outlets on Wednesday disclosed an outline of the government's 2026 defense white paper, which continues to portray the regional security environment as "increasingly severe" while calling for enhanced development in unmanned systems and artificial intelligence.

The New York Stock Exchange closing bell rang as markets watched SpaceX's planned record initial public offering. The Elon Musk-led rocket and satellite company is seeking a valuation of around $1.76 trillion, with plans to sell 555,555,555 shares at an initial price of $135 each. If completed, the IPO could raise about $75 billion, potentially shattering the record set by Saudi Aramco in 2019.

The 27th batch of the Chinese medical team delivered its first public academic lecture to nursing students at the Bo Campus of Njala University in Sierra Leone on May 30.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government and the Government of Uzbekistan have agreed to discuss the implementation details of a mutual visa-free arrangement, which would allow visitors from both sides to stay visa-free for up to 30 days, according to a release published on

Former Australian environment minister Peter Garrett will head up a crowd-funded review of the multi-billion-dollar AUKUS submarine deal, Australia's biggest ever defense project, with one of its questions including an examination of how the deal affects Australia's relations with China, BBC News

"The allegation of so-called 'Chinese espionage threat' is entirely fabricated and constitutes malicious slander. We strongly condemn this," said a spokesperson from the Chinese Embassy in UK when asked to comment on the so-called "warning" issued by the UK Security Service (MI5), together with

Open-air yoga class held at Bryant Park in New York

"When a bike starts winning, everybody wants it." Standing in the paddock after the Aragon round of the World Superbike Championship (WSBK), French rider Valentin Debise smiled as he said it.

A man was shot and killed by the FBI early Wednesday after taking 10 school employees hostage inside a Southern California office building and warning that he had strapped explosives to himself and some of the hostages, police said.

Nearly 5 million people, or one in two people across 12 government-controlled areas in Yemen, experienced high levels of acute food insecurity between March and May this year, a UN spokesperson said on Wednesday, citing the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification analysis.

Betting on "Taiwan independence" has no future and will only cost Eswatini its development opportunities, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday. According to media in Africa and the Taiwan region, before and after Lai Ching-te's visit to Eswatini, the Democratic

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday warned about the negative impacts of the ongoing crisis involving Iran and the United States, while emphasizing the importance of securing energy supplies.