Ireland on Wednesday formally began its six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) as it hosted an opening ceremony at the Dublin Castle, pledging to strengthen Europe's economic competitiveness, security and resilience at a time of mounting geopolitical challenges.

One more Chinese national was confirmed dead following the powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, bringing the death toll among Chinese citizens to nine, the Chinese Embassy in Venezuela said Wednesday.

A serious fire broke out on Wednesday morning in a ten-storey apartment building in Antwerp, Belgium. Antwerp police confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that at least six people had died in the fire, according to Belgian media.Everyone in the affected building has now been evacuated.

Soldiers attend celebrations marking 66th anniversary of Somalia's independence

The US and Iran held indirect technical talks in Doha on Wednesday as they seek to agree on the flow of shipping through the ‌Strait of Hormuz and secure a lasting ceasefire, a source with direct knowledge of the talks and an Iranian official said.The talks are based on a 14-point interim accord

Vietnam's railway operator will cut fares by 10 percent on North-South passenger trains from Wednesday through Aug. 16, passing on savings from falling domestic fuel prices, the Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday.The fare adjustment is expected to help reduce travel costs for passengers and

A special exhibition on China-US people-to-people friendship is underway at the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China in Beijing.More than 20 foreign faculty members and students from Beijing-based universities, including Beijing Foreign Studies University, Peking University, and the University

Leaders of political parties and governments from around the world have sent congratulatory messages to the Communist Party of China (CPC)'s 105th founding anniversary, praising China's development under the CPC and expressing support for closer ties with China.Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the

U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to stick with diplomatic talks after weighing a return to all-out war with Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. officials familiar with the matter.Amid the current diplomatic stalemate, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced changes to the country's coalition government, appointing new ministers and deputy ministers in a reshuffle of the Government of National Unity (GNU).In a statement issued Tuesday by the Presidency, Ramaphosa said the changes followed

'The Forbidden City: Six Centuries of Mystery' exhibition held in Paris

Spain's Daily Mortality Monitoring System, coordinated by the National Epidemiology Center of the Carlos III Health Institute, estimated that 1,029 deaths were attributable to high temperatures in June, the second-hottest June in the country's history.The figure includes people who died directly

Some in the West argue that communist governments are not naturally suited to innovation, but China's experience challenges that assumption. At a CGTN panel, Dr. Geeganage Weerasinghe, general secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka, said China's technological achievements are underpinned by

A Sudanese medical group has accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of detaining 20 doctors, including four women, in El Fasher, warning that the conflict in North Darfur has taken a devastating toll on healthcare workers.A recent report from the Sudan Doctors Network revealed that 25 medical

This summer, Europe is once again baking in relentless heat, with temperatures flirting with or breaching 40 C. The data from public health authorities, such as France's initial estimates of around a thousand excess deaths during a single heatwave, are grim. It is a recurring tragedy, and yet, the