Russia's aging thermal power infrastructure requires urgent investment to maintain energy security, industry experts warned at the opening of the Russian International Energy Forum 2026 on Wednesday.

Relatives mourn during funeral of Palestinian young man killed by Israeli settlers

Officials and experts from China and Africa have called for further deepening China-Africa collaboration in infrastructure development, with the private sector taking a leading role in narrowing the widening infrastructure gap in Africa.

Eleven people were injured early Wednesday after a work vehicle collided with a metro train in downtown Washington, D.C., local authorities said.

At least two people were killed and 19 others sent to hospital on Wednesday after a chemical leak occurred at a silver catalyst manufacturing plant in the U.S. state of West Virginia, local authorities said.

The 25th batch of the Chinese medical team in Cameroon on Wednesday donated a consignment of medical supplies to the Mbalmayo District Hospital, located about 50 km from the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde.

The Embassy of China in Japan on Wednesday issued a notice to remind Chinese citizens in the country to strengthen emergency preparedness for earthquake disasters after a 7.7-magnitude quake struck off the Sanriku coast in northeastern Japan recently.The embassy said after a 7.7-magnitude

Editor's Note: Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and minister of foreign affairs, will visit Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar upon invitation from Wednesday to Sunday. It has been four months since the cease-fire consensus between Cambodia and

Russia will halt Kazakh oil supplies to Germany through the Druzhba pipeline starting May 1 due to "current technical capabilities," Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Wednesday.Novak said volumes of Kazakh oil previously delivered to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline will be

April 22 is International Mother Earth Day. The 2026 theme, "Our Power, Our Planet," underscores the urgency of collective action as the Earth's natural systems face mounting strain.The United Nations notes that extreme heat, wildfires, and floods are affecting millions while ecosystems that

Japan on Tuesday eased rules on overseas sales of lethal weapons, a move that has drawn wide domestic criticism. Some critics say it could lead to a "cycle of death".

On Wednesday, a delegation of Pakistani media professionals and think tanks visited Xinjiang Medical University in Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, gaining firsthand insight into China-Pakistan cooperation in medical education.

Namibia on Wednesday launched a national solidarity campaign to support Cuba, with senior parliamentary leadership calling for the lifting of long-standing unilateral sanctions against the Caribbean nation.Speaking at the launch, Speaker of the National Assembly Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said the

The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a package of measures aimed at protecting European households and industries from energy crisis and accelerating the shift to clean, homegrown energy.In a statement, the commission said that, for the second time in less than five years, Europeans were