Lithuanian trucks have not entered the country for a second day after two border checkpoints with Belarus reopened, the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) told the Baltic News Service on Friday.Lithuanian soldiers patrol a road near the Lithuania-Belarus border near the village of Jaskonys,

The Russia-China Education Festival, aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation in education, science and culture, launched here on Thursday.Hosted by Russia's Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the opening ceremony drew representatives from the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Chinese

The Philippines has fired the opening shot in its bid to become a major player in global aquaculture with the inauguration of the country's largest crayfish nursery, the Department of Agriculture said on Friday.The new facility will mass-produce Australian Redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus),

Germany's largest football stadium, located in the western city of Dortmund, has completed the installation of what has been confirmed as the world's most powerful photovoltaic (PV) system ever mounted on a stadium roof, the stadium operators said Friday.The project is part of a sustainability

Poland has launched a special operation to protect critical railway and road infrastructure following recent sabotage on major rail lines, Polish media reported.A railway yard is seen in Warsaw, Poland on April 21, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)Polish President Karol Nawrocki signed an order Thursday

Turkish authorities seized nearly 2 million narcotic pills and a large quantity of chemical substances used in pill production in simultaneous operations across three major cities, Izmir, Ankara, and Istanbul, the country's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Friday.Authorities confiscated

A fighter jet belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed at the ongoing Dubai Air Show on Friday, resulting in the pilot's death, confirmed the IAF in a post on the social media platform X.An inquiry was ordered to investigate the cause of the mishap involving a Tejas aircraft, according to

A series of devastating earthquakes struck parts of post-war Afghanistan in August and November this year, respectively, resulting in significant loss of life and extensive property damage.A 6.0-magnitude quake hit the eastern region of Afghanistan on Aug. 31 and was followed by several aftershocks

New Zealand's total meat exports reached a record 10 billion NZ dollars (5.6 billion U.S. dollars) in the year ended October 2025, Stats NZ reported Friday.This marks the first time annual meat export values have hit the 10-billion-NZ-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous high of 9.9 billion NZ

Myanmar held a ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday to mark World Children's Day and the 36th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the state-owned daily The Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Friday.The event was attended by Union Minister for

Le Van Dai, a senior student in the capital Hanoi, celebrated Vietnam's Teachers' Day by offering a bouquet of sunflowers to his lecturer on Thursday morning, and later that afternoon, he also received flowers and small gifts from his students.Vietnam Teachers' Day, celebrated annually on Nov. 20

An Indian aircraft crashed Friday during a demonstration at the Dubai Air Show.The Indian HAL Tejas fighter jet crashed around 2:10 p.m. local time while flying a demonstration flight. An exhibitor who witnessed the crash confirmed the incident.It wasn't immediately known whether the pilot

Over decades, China and South Africa have built a deep and resilient partnership in public health, one grounded in long-term medical aid, pandemic solidarity and the exchange of traditional medicine. The collaboration reflects not only strategic cooperation between two major developing countries

The White House issued an executive order to eliminate punitive tariffs on some agricultural products from Brazil on Thursday.The refund of the duties collected since April 13, when the executive order took effect, will be handled by the US Customs and Border Protection.The newly added exemption

Cambodia's total import of diesel fuel, gasoline, and combustion gas was valued at 2.02 billion U.S. dollars in the first 10 months of 2025, a year-on-year decrease of 11.5 percent, said a Ministry of Commerce's report on Friday.The kingdom spent 1.07 billion dollars for importing diesel fuel

Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index ended sharply lower Friday, pressured by heavyweight technology issues tracking overnight declines on Wall Street.The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 1,198.06 points, or 2.40 percent, from Thursday at 48,625.88.The broader Topix index, meanwhile,