As Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries look for new drivers of growth, China's technological advances and investment are helping the region move into more innovative and higher-value-added industries, participants at an economic forum in Poland said.

The China-Africa Costume Culture and Art Exhibition was held Thursday in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, featuring traditional Chinese costumes and a fashion show blending Chinese and African elements.During the opening ceremony, Hanna Wendot Cheptumo, cabinet secretary for Kenya's Ministry of Gender,

Five people were killed and 40 others injured when a coach carrying Dutch tourists in eastern Switzerland flipped over, police said on Friday.

A solar power plant is bringing cleaner energy to remote communities. A digital industrial platform is connecting businesses across borders.

This photo taken on Sept. 10, 2026 shows blooming canola flowers in New South Wales, Australia.

The U.S. national average price for diesel touched record 6.0556 U.S. dollars per gallon on Friday, surpassing the previous record of 5.9015 dollars set on Monday, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA).Diesel prices have surged more than 74 percent over the last 9 months. In

U.K. lawmakers will vote again on Friday on whether to back legislation to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives.The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has returned to the House of Commons after running out of time when the last parliamentary session

Tourism officials are asking visitors to steer clear of one of Hawaii's most picturesque islands as residents and businesses work to recover from the latest tropical storm to thrash the state.Intense wind and surging waves from Hurricane Lowell damaged oceanfront resorts, ripped apart roads and

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted the Banda Sea at 1156 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

Britain's monthly real gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.4 percent in July, with all three major industrial sectors recording mild growth, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed Friday.The figure followed 0.3 percent growth in June, and no growth in May, according to the ONS.In

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Friday that he would resign on Sept. 25 or 26 and then campaign as an ordinary citizen for prime minister in the snap parliamentary elections due on Oct. 25.

The French government has cut its 2026 economic growth forecast to 0.5 percent from 0.7 percent previously, the country's Economy and Finance Minister Roland Lescure said Friday.Lescure announced the forecast at a press conference on the government's updated macroeconomic outlook, adding that the

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday the upcoming 18th BRICS Summit in India provides an important opportunity to promote multilateralism.He made the remarks before departing for New Delhi to attend the summit, scheduled for Sept. 12-13, according to a statement published on the

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed 13 bills to strengthen protections for children against online risks, particularly those involving social media and artificial intelligence (AI) companion chatbots.The measures prohibit covered platforms from providing users under 16 with

A woman takes photos of the Waves of Flags at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, the United States, on Sept. 10, 2026.

A giant panda cub born in South Korea made its first public appearance on Friday at Everland, the country's largest theme park in Yongin, about 40 km south of the capital Seoul.Everland also announced the 100-day-old cub's name on the same day, naming it "Shu Bao."Kang Cheol-won, a giant panda